Example sentences of "determine whether a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , I propose that question ( 1 ) in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) should be answered : whilst at present it falls to the member state concerned to determine whether a vessel is entitled to be registered in that state , the member state in question is none the less bound to comply with the relevant principles and provisions of Community law . |
| 2 | ( 1 ) Whilst at present it falls to the member state concerned to determine whether a vessel is entitled to be registered in that state , the member state in question is none the less bound to comply with the relevant principles and provisions of Community law . |
| 3 | The criteria to be applied in order to determine whether a person was ‘ knowingly concerned ’ are not specified . |
| 4 | This test ( Fenn 1979 ) was designed to determine whether a child who is able to understand single words can also understand the relationships which are expressed by different forms of word order . |
| 5 | Whereas these may appear to be easy to recognize in theory , in practice it can be difficult to determine whether a sediment is grain supported or matrix supported in a hand specimen , but particularly when seen in two dimensions within a thin section ( e.g. Fig. 5.2d ) . |
| 6 | The central issues which require resolution are the criteria to be used to determine whether a capital instrument represents debt or equity and the treatment of instruments like convertible debt which will or may be exchanged for other instruments . |
| 7 | Thus the criterion proposed in the Discussion Paper and the FRED to determine whether a capital instrument represents a liability is whether it contains an obligation to transfer economic benefits . |
| 8 | So Dr Palcic and his team are developing a second test to help decide who might benefit from their first test — they are trying to determine whether a patient might have signs of lung cancer by looking at cells coughed up in his sputum . |
| 9 | Tables drawn to determine whether a patient 's medical history influenced the doctor 's involvement in decision-making revealed that only rheumatoid arthritis produced a statistically significant difference in the decision maker ( p<0.05 ; Table 4 ) . |
| 10 | This has not been based on the theoretical approach adopted above ; instead , it has been concerned with offering criteria to be used in practice in order to determine whether a unit should be included within the overall financial report of what they call the ‘ oversight unit . |
| 11 | Najibullah proposed that a referendum be held in both government and mujaheddin-controlled areas to determine whether a ceasefire should be implemented . |
| 12 | In response to a letter from the Law Society , the Revenue states that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether a payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement . |
| 13 | He went on to compare the thesis title with the title of the paper , to determine whether a relationship might exist . |
| 14 | Pursuant to the Practice Direction ( Transfer of Action ) [ 1991 ] WLR 643 ( see para 1.35 ) , every action set down under automatic directions will be examined within seven days by a master to determine whether a transfer should be considered . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One needs to know by how much , for example , screening for breast cancer reduces mortality from the disease in order to determine whether a screening programme is worthwhile . |
| 17 | Now it is for us to determine whether a corporation can bring such an action , and I must say that , to my mind , to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle . |
| 18 | In short , to determine whether a tax on books is a runner . |
| 19 | In siliciclastic sediments careful attention to petrographic detail , particularly the compaction history , is necessary to determine whether a cement formed during deep burial ( >2,000 m ) or at an earlier stage in the diagenetic history . |
| 20 | If the object is to determine whether a puritan spirituality was conducive to scientific activity , it would surely be necessary to take into account the far larger body of puritans who were not so enthralled by the book of nature . |
| 21 | Two general techniques have been used to determine whether a string is a legal combination of characters . |
| 22 | The court had to determine whether a number of pictures , fixed by screws into the recesses of a panelled dining room in a mansion house , a white marble statue of a Greek athlete and a sundial in the garden , comprised part of the conveyance to the purchaser of the estate . |
| 23 | You can use this function to determine whether a number is positive , negative or zero . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | These record all screen and keyboard activity and provide the basis both for programme debugging in the event of the unexpected happening , and for determining whether a user needs advice or further training . |
| 26 | It refused to rule out the inclusion of other factors for determining whether a borrower was likely to default or not — like disability or homosexuality . |
| 27 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 28 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 30 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |