Example sentences of "[noun] to determine [conj] the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not . |
| 5 | In February 1987 a mass petition was presented to the Queen asking that a referendum be held in Northern Ireland to determine whether the agreement should continue . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | the emotional environment at home to determine whether the child 's behaviour is a reflection of the tension and distress in the family . |
| 13 | The need to determine whether the patient has suffered brain-stem death arises only if the patient is on a ventilator . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Another troublesome shoulder , that belonging to Dean Richards , will be X-rayed within the next 10 days to determine whether the Leicester No. 8 has any chance of playing for England against Fiji on 4 November . |
| 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 have been no scientific studies to determine whether the eggs themselves are infected . ’ |
| 18 | For information acting as a historical record , it may not be necessary to carry out periodic examinations to determine if the data require updating ; for example , where an evidential/security ‘ log ’ of all messages sent and received by an electronic messaging system is being maintained . |
| 19 | The nuns , therefore , had no opportunity to determine whether the Ministry could have been wrong , she said . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ONE OF the doughty pack leaders to emerge in the late 1940's from the Manchester scrum of ‘ palaeomagnetists ’ was S , Keith Runcorn — a former Cambridge engineer with an almost unhealthy liking for the rough and tumble of the rugby field , Keith Runcorn is now professor of physics , and geophysics supremo , at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — and incidentally the president of the university 's rugby club , To honour Runcorn 's reaching the age of 60 , the university organised earlier this month a three-day conference on ‘ Magnetism , planetary rotation and convection in the Solar System ’ , Since the Second World War , geology has undergone conceptual upheavals as never before , The apparently ludicrous ideas proposed by Alfred Wegener in the 1920s , that the Earth 's continents were drifting around , have found solid ground , The evidence came from physicists inspired by wartime work on radar , by cosmic-ray research and the discovery that some rotating stars have a magnetic field , The physicists set themselves the task of measuring whether rotating bodies on Earth also produce magnetic fields , The eminent Patrick Maynard Blackett devised a highly sensitive magnetometer for this work , but finding that a spinning gold cylinder produced no magnetic field , turned his machine to measuring rock magnetism , A school of expertise concerned with ‘ fossilised magnetism ’ developed around him at Manchester and later at Imperial College , London , The fruits of such work inspired a reappraisal of continental drift and new theories to explain the mechanisms responsible for moving the continents , and later produced the foundations on which were forged the unifying concepts of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading , Runcorn applies an enormous enthusiasm to all that he takes on — as many past students and editors of various science journals can testify , His first notoriety came with his attempts to determine whether the Earth 's general magnetic field was related to the planet 's rotation , or related to some deep-seated phenomenon , To determine this he took his magnetometer down some of the deep Lancashire coal pits . |
| 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 | After this , a CAA Surveyor was to be asked to inspect the modifications to determine whether the CAA would categorise them as Minor or a Major Modifications and to establish the details of the flight testing required . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ In order to properly defend our clients , ’ Shaughnessy explained later , ‘ we decided that we should serve subpoenas on a number of Federal agencies in an effort to determine whether the government had any documentation which would either confirm or dispute what Mr Aviv had reported . ’ |
| 29 | It was not possible from the divisional information to determine if the product was profitable overall . |
| 30 | The cashier then initiates a sequence of automated steps to check a cardholder database to determine whether the card is legitimate ( i.e. not stolen ) and the amount of the charge is within the cardholders available credit limit . |