Example sentences of "[be] test against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suggestions and hypotheses will need to be tested against the evidence Strategies need to be worked out to try to find the answers . |
| 2 | Lakatos offers a universal criterion of rationality , then , which is conjectural and is to be tested against the history of science . |
| 3 | According to Lakatos , a field of enquiry is a science if it conforms to the methodology of scientific research programmes and is not if it does not , bearing in mind that this is a conjecture to be tested against the history of physics . |
| 4 | Michael Perry stresses that these are no more than speculations prefaced by ‘ perhaps ’ and ‘ I do n't knows ’ , and adds the caveat that they must be tested against the touchstone of a Christian understanding . |
| 5 | For instance , if a leaf spring was being made , each leaf would be tested against the pattern whilst work proceeded to ensure the correct curve . |