Example sentences of "[prep] determine whether [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At the very least , the precaution of staining thin sections with Alizarin Red S and potassium ferricyanide ( Chapter 4 ) is required as a rapid and sensitive method of determining whether variation in CL intensity is likely to be due to fluctuations in Mn activator or to the presence of Fe as a quencher .
2 In relation to videos , the BBFC has become a fully fledged State censorship Board , charged by law with determining whether material on video is " suitable for viewing in the home " and with determining whether particular cassettes can be sold or hired to children .
3 The question of public accessibility is only one of the issues which must be addressed in determining whether information has the necessary quality of confidence .
4 Commenting on this guideline in Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , at 15 , McPherson J said : … the existence of a " dispute " , although a factor , is not necessarily a decisive factor in determining whether arbitration or appraisement is involved .
5 ‘ A local housing authority may perform any duty under section 65 or 68 ( duties to persons found to be homeless ) to secure that accommodation becomes available for the occupation of a person — ( a ) by making available suitable accommodation held by them under Part II ( provision of housing ) or any enactment , or ( b ) by securing that he obtains suitable accommodation from some other person , or ( c ) by giving him such advice and assistance as will secure that he obtains suitable accommodation from some other person , and in determining whether accommodation is suitable they shall have regard to Part IX ( slum clearance ) , X ( overcrowding ) and XI ( houses in multiple occupation ) of this Act .
6 The closing words of the subsection as it now stands , providing that ‘ in determining whether accommodation is suitable they shall have regard to Part IX ( slum clearance ) , X ( overcrowding ) and XI ( houses in multiple occupation ) of this Act ’ seem to me to call unmistakably for the exercise by the local authority of a subjective judgment as to what constitutes suitable accommodation .
7 If the courts decide to adopt the type of approach favoured by the Court of Appeal in Olugboja , the age of the girl would be one factor which the jury could be invited to consider in determining whether consent was present and non-consent might be more broadly construed .
8 The [ draft ] FRS contains requirements for determining whether capital instruments should be accounted for as liabilities .
9 It is not a work or method study exercise , but a way of establishing and monitoring agreed measures of performance , as a basis for determining whether action needs to be taken to bring this performance within desired parameters .
10 For determining whether resource contributions of taxpayers , grantors , and service recipients intended to support activities of a given time period were sufficient to recover the cost of those activities .
11 As diabetic patients have little feedback on their daily lipid concentrations we aimed at determining whether self monitoring of plasma triglyceride concentrations improved lipid concentrations ( and perhaps indirectly glucose concentrations ) in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus .
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