Example sentences of "[noun sg] to determine [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows the psychologist to determine whether the subject has detected a change in a stimulus or can discriminate between two stimuli . ) |
| 2 | This was an action by Thorne , a member of the M.T.A. , against the Association to determine whether a demand of a sum of money in lieu of placing a person 's name on the stop list would constitute a demand of money with menaces and without reasonable or probable cause within section 29 ( 1 ) ( i ) of the Larceny Act 1916 . |
| 3 | I for one would not trust a lexicographer or philologist to determine whether the socio-economic profiles of eighteenth-century Scottish immigrants to the American colonies should be represented in social class terms or as indices of their pre- or post-industrial occupations . |
| 4 | The error , if such it was , was an honest error of judgment , but Classic Cinemas Ltd were committed for trial at the Old Bailey to determine whether the film itself was indeed grossly indecent . |
| 5 | In his attempt to determine whether the methods and concepts of ecology and physical geography can contribute effectively to analysis of urban issues in the context of the city as an integrated open system of living things interacting with their physical environment , Douglas ( 1981 ) argues that an attempt must be made to link the city as a habitat or an ecosystem with the city as a social system and he develops an ecosystem approach to the study of cities . |
| 6 | If so , a conflict may well arise between the work of the consultants in their capacity as testers of design for the private operators and what they do for the HSE to determine whether the safety case is well established . |
| 7 | Additional measurements were also made of liver protein synthesis to determine whether the presence of gastrointestinal pathology affected protein synthesis in this tissue which was not directly affected by the disease . |
| 8 | We can now formulate a provisional test to determine whether a deviance is grammatical or semantic ( 'provisional' , because , as we shall see , things are not so simple ) : if the minimal change required to ‘ cure ’ an anomaly in a sentence involves one or more closed set items , then the deviance is grammatical ; if , however , the sentence can most easily be normalised by replacing one or more open set elements , then the deviance is semantic . |
| 9 | Here , we will confine ourselves to obtaining all efficient BFSs and , as our first task , we will develop a test to determine whether the BFS corresponding to a given tableau is efficient . |
| 10 | They prefaced their findings by the statement that they applied the objective test to determine whether the vehicle was intended or adapted for use on public roads and they asked the question which was suggested by Lord Parker in Burns v Currell 1963 2QB 433,440 . |
| 11 | For example , how is management to determine whether the object of minimizing pollution to the environment or supporting scientific research establishments are objectives supported by a general social consensus and if so which of these should take priority ? |
| 12 | The research involves mainly participant observation in and around the temple , supplemented by archival work to determine whether the role and importance of the temple has changed over time . |
| 13 | the emotional environment at home to determine whether the child 's behaviour is a reflection of the tension and distress in the family . |
| 14 | The need to determine whether the patient has suffered brain-stem death arises only if the patient is on a ventilator . |
| 15 | Moreover , the provinces believe there is no need to determine if the management of the blood-supply system was negligent in the pace at which it implemented heat treatment and blood screening measures . |
| 16 | A common question is whether people should be tested before vaccination for existing immunity to HBV and/or after inoculation to determine whether the vaccination was successful . |
| 17 | There was insufficient evidence to determine if the mixed infections were concurrent , intercurrent , or sequential . |
| 18 | The nuns , therefore , had no opportunity to determine whether the Ministry could have been wrong , she said . |
| 19 | It can act as an inspection tool , for instance to determine whether the design of postage stamps is correct ; alternatively , the computer can feed instructions about the shape of objects to a robot in enough time for the machine to pick it up . |
| 20 | The surprise findings have worried island fishermen , who want more detailed monitoring to determine whether the oil is localised or spread over a wide area . |
| 21 | Of course , you have to wait until the nut has warmed up to savour it , but experiments are currently in progress to determine whether a frozen and thawed Brazil remains easy to deal with . |
| 22 | You can use this function to determine whether a number is positive , negative or zero . |
| 23 | The use of linguistic information in these systems has been extremely limited — at best these systems perform lexical checking to determine whether the input forms a valid word . |
| 24 | Calvin 's doctrine of election had the consequence that no earthly priesthood could arrogate the authority to determine whether an individual was of the elect . |
| 25 | It is , of course , for the requested State to determine whether the special method is impractical or impossible of performance . |
| 26 | In the ensuing contempt proceedings the High Court of Australia adopted a broad balancing approach to determine whether the publication of prejudicial material was counterbalanced by the public interest in freedom of expression . |
| 27 | If they do not return to the office or call in as arranged the supervisor should ensure that contact is made with that address to determine if the visit has been made and concluded . |
| 28 | This first set of questions is interrelated and confused by the fact that both the courts and Parliament have , at times , claimed exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a particular privilege exists , and the criteria which they have applied in making this determination have differed . |
| 29 | In countries with a written constitution the ordinary courts or a constitutional court will have jurisdiction to determine whether the acts of the legislature are constitutional . |
| 30 | There could however be a tribunal which had jurisdiction to determine whether the preliminary state of facts existed ; here it would be for the inferior tribunal to decide upon all the facts . |