verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a determined campaign
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His wife waged a determined campaign for his release.
a determined chin literary (= giving a face a determined appearance )
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She had short hair and a determined chin.
a determined effort (= showing a lot of determination )
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She had made a determined effort to lose weight.
assess/establish/determine the extent of sth
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We are still trying to assess the extent of the problem.
decide/determine the outcome (= be the thing that causes the final result )
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This move untimately decided the outcome of the conflict.
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At the leadership elections today, it is their votes that will determine the outcome.
determine/decide the course of sth
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Don’t let chance decide the course of your career.
determine/establish/identify the cause (= discover definitely what it is )
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A team of experts is at the scene of the accident, trying to determine the cause.
factors determine sth
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The final cost of the product was determined by a combination of factors.
the decisive/determining factor (= the one that has the biggest effect )
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The support of middle-income voters was the decisive factor in the election.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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The size of the body also plays a part in determining how quickly decomposition occurs.
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The School Board next week is expected to meet in executive session and determine how much it can afford to offer.
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Secondly, there is a need to determine how genetically engineered organisms will react when released into the environment.
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And a scheduling function will be needed to determine how often a processing element should apply its transfer function.
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Knowing how much was there to start with and how much remains determines how much time has passed.
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Long is trying to determine how much that hampered Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan as they searched for Howland.
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Mat design determines how fast a mat will drain.
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The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection was on scene to determine how much oil might be leaking.
largely
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Political attitudes were very largely determined by partisanship, but not completely.
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What he makes of this inheritance largely determines his place in history.
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This will be largely determined by whether you are right- or left-handed.
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The greatest influence was, of course, the aptitude the student brought to school-something. determined largely by family background.
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The progression is determined largely not by time sequence, but by other connections.
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Choice of an expansion card, with a particular processor, will be determined largely by intended application for the device.
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On the one hand, there are those who have argued that this variation is largely determined by inherited potential.
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It means most of all for Bourdieu that the value of political products is largely determined outside of the political field.
■ NOUN
amount
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He determined the amount of neutral gas lying in front of Beta Canis Majoris and in front of 10 other stars in a similar direction.
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The federal formula for determining funding amounts , Atha says, is based in large part on unemployment rates.
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The angle of view determines the amount of background visible and also the angle at which leaves are viewed.
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This is a mathematical model designed to determine the optimal amount of inventory that a firm should carry.
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By controlling the total number of permits available, the authorities can determine the overall amount of waste discharged.
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If the jurors find Simpson responsible, Fujisaki told them, they will then have to determine the amount of monetary damages.
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These figures determine the amount of land that must be set aside for housing in Local Plans.
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The market supply and demand situation prevailing when economic profits become zero will determine the total amount of X produced.
attempt
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An attempt was made to determine if fluid transport varied between days 6 and 9.
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Ever the experimentalist, Fermi busied himself dropping pieces of paper in an attempt to determine the strength of the blast.
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The system made no attempt to determine deep structure parses, limiting itself to finding surface parse trees.
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A male bighorn sheep curls back his upper lip in an attempt to determine the reproductive state of a female close by.
extent
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Government policy in the nineteenth century was important, but it did not determine the extent and geography of cattle stealing.
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Military intelligence maintained its surveillance of black organizational activity to determine the extent of black radicalism.
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The initial setting of the co-text determines the extent of the context within which the hearer will understand what is said next.
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This is important for determining the extent to which the congregation may participate in the prayer.
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At the same time a referendum on his rule should determine the extent of parliament's legitimacy.
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When Johnson was diagnosed, he ceased physical activity while doctors determined the extent of his illness.
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However, an overall sense of direction will be determined by the extent to which we are happy with the answers given.
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Laid on top of this choice is that of determining the extent of the investment in co-ordination of the various operations.
factor
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Cost Cost is usually the major factor that determines the use of antimalarial drugs.
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The physical strength of these bodies is a major factor in determining how hazardous they are.
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The later the process of formation of States, the less the importance of domestic factors in determining their creation.
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Gender is also a particularly important factor in determining whether or not individuals are supported or prevented in their attempts to live independently.
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Will social factors be given equal weight with medical factors when determining such claims?
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A number of factors determine the length of the notation in a classification scheme.
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What makes the failure devastating is that education is probably the most important factor in determining human development.
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Within the same language, text type seems to be an important factor in determining the choice of pattern.
level
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A person's previous research experience will obviously determine the level of research which is to be begun.
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This time around, the poll again will be used to determine the level of taxation voters would support.
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He typically determines the nature and level of the demands to be made of a polluter.
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Pantox determines levels of 20 antioxidants including Vitamin E and compares them to its database of 4, 000 blood tests.
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Much effort may need to be spent in determining the level of salary paid to expatriates working overseas on fixed-term contracts.
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Until a decade ago, the kingdom had greater flexibility in determining its level of income and expenditure.
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Analyse how the agency determines the level of spending.
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She also was determined to cut the level of sodium in her diet.
nature
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The extent to which life is difficult in old age is by no means all determined by nature .
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The problem is, however, to determine more specifically the nature of the salvation the Orphics sought.
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Given this, determining the nature of the interactions between the variables becomes a matter of major difficulty.
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It looks as though the nature of the whole determines the nature and function of its parts.
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You know he is my enemy, just as I am his enemy, an enmity determined by our respective natures .
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He typically determines the nature and level of the demands to be made of a polluter.
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The chairman alone has the power to determine the nature of the punishment.
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The nature of the breach determined the nature of the contractual term.
number
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The price is not important except in so far as it determines the number of units to be created after subscriptions have been received.
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The prize was determined by how many numbers matched.
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You can use this function to determine whether a number is positive, negative or zero.
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Your computer should determine the number of spaces between paragraphs and the width of your margins.
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These cards come equipped with their own VideoRAM memory which determines the number of colour the monitor can display at certain resolutions.
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The size and type of structure and the rate of completion determine the number of other site visits they must make.
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There is no simple procedure to determine the number of blocks which may be used by the media item.
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Their responses are always determined by the number of blocks of each color remaining in the bag.
outcome
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The first to score in a sudden-death extension determines the outcome .
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The long-term impact of the crisis will likely be determined by the outcome of the hostage crisis.
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Critics point to the disservice to the public of allowing the self-interest of organizations to determine welfare outcomes .
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Global rating scales were used to determine outcome expectations.
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Next day: Of the 30 and 40 constituencies that count tomorrow, five are marginal and could determine the outcome .
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For the second consecutive game, a ruling by the umps helped determine the outcome .
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At the leadership elections expected today, it is their votes that will determine the outcome .
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The interaction of the elements in figure 5.1 will determine the outcomes of both the stated and the hidden curriculum.
policy
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There are several individual societies that the Co-op Group says are separate entities that determine their own ethical policies .
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Yet these accounting systems were used to determine all public policy .
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It is politicians who tend to determine and legislate for policy objectives.
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In the past, national presidents have imposed their will on the party, not only determining policies but leaders.
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Pluralists deny that higher social classes monopolize power and believe that in liberal democracies the wishes of the people determine government policy .
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Alternatively, judges might become deeply involved in determining budget policy , including whether Social Security or Medicare checks should be stopped.
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In general, it was for the governors to determine the admissions policy at the school after consultation with the local education authority.
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He is certainly ill, but whether he is too ill to determine policy and control his subordinates is unclear.
position
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One involved using whole word shape to help determine segment positions and to allow for letter shape variations within words.
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Motorola is determined to maintain its position as the price leader, and Nokia is determined to become No. 1.
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This grid enables the software to determine the position of the pen.
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It uses a variety of infrared sensors to determine the location and position of objects that are to be lifted and moved.
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This determines the position for horizontal sections and must be dome at the top and bottom of the stairs.
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The destination of the soul beyond the grave was often determined by the social position of its owner on earth.
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How far do women determine the occupational positions and behaviour of their husbands?
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In each case, the rates of change are determined by the various positions and momenta at that time.
price
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How then do firms determine their prices in practice?
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Using the equilibrium condition Q, Qi solve the equations to determine equilibrium price .
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Different patterns of demand imply different demand curves for individual goods and services and determine different equilibrium prices and quantities.
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Calling prices stay the same because call distance determines the price.
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The parties failed to agree and an independent surveyor, acting as an expert, determined the price .
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The auction will finally determine a fair price .
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Economic practices come into the literature in determining a fair price or a fair wage.
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Acheson was determined to bring the price down to eight cents a pound.
rate
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It is the demand and supply conditions in these segmented markets which help to determine the wage rates of different workers.
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The first concern is determining the appropriate earnings to be capitalized. the second is determining the appropriate capitalization rate .
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The mathematical principles of determining where the rate of change is maximal are, for mathematicians, very straight forward.
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Timing the motion of the lamp by his own pulse, Galileo saw that the length of a pendulum determines its rate .
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The frequency of this planning activity will be partly determined by the rate of change in the educational environment.
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While exercising, pause to determine your heart rate .
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Do markets determine interest rates ? 5.
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From this analysis, it should be clear that the authorities have considerable power to determine interest rates .
size
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How do I determine the size of protein skimmer I need.
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Finally, when appropriate, establish a production budget that will determine the size and style of your document. 2.
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The investment in advice will be determined by the size of the investment in technology.
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Although water constitutes that volume, the quantity of salt present determines its size .
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What determines the size of L 1?
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The size of them determines the size of your soul.
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The available space in the cabinet or box housing the p.c.b. which determines the overall size of the board. 4.
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That will help determine what engine size to get.
structure
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Secondly, while it wishes pupils to experience freedom, in practice it is easy for the teacher to determine the structure .
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Eventually reason will prevail, but only after the determining structures have developed.
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The system made no attempt to determine deep structure parses, limiting itself to finding surface parse trees.
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There are five main factors which determine the structure of any industry.
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Perhaps you should determine your structure again, this time using transitions more conscientiously.
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Flows of materials and energy have been primarily determined by market structures and economics and only secondarily by ecological factors.
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They also denied that the morality of an act could always be determined by its physical structure .
study
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The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
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The size, staff requirements and cost of the studies remain to be determined .
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Before operation all patients underwent general physical examination and electrocardiographic and lung function studies to determine their general fitness for operation.
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Some stroke victims recover on their own; the study will determine how many, and whether mo re recover on tPA.
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Thus the study of reproduction is determining the pattern of the study of production.
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The study aims to determine what effect recent developments in technology and slaughterhouse design have had on animal welfare standards.
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It undertook feasibility studies to determine the usefulness of various techniques as applied to frescos and plasterwork.
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The number of events in a study determines its statistical power.
test
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Theology tests and determines the sense of the images, it does not create it.
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All civilians possessing army-distributed guns must return them and undergo physical and psychological tests to determine their fitness to bear arms.
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These are the tests which determine what is education and what is not.
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Anderson was undergoing tests on Monday to determine whether he will need surgery.
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Six subjects did not consent to a glucose tolerance test and tolerance was determined from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations.
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Other tests will determine what problems might have contributed to the passengers' deaths.
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An objective test would be determined by a court.
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Noury uses two tests to determine if there is enough water in the dough.
value
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These are the inevitable results of leaving the merit of a book to be determined exclusively by market value .
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All are in the preliminary stages, until architectural historians survey each house to determine which have historic value .
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There is nothing in a methodology which determines the values governing its use.
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Never before have societies left it almost completely to the commercial marketplace to determine their values and their role models.
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As a result there are areas of ambiguity in determining the value of state support for the railways.
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The state then determines how this surplus value will be used to serve its objectives and to provide goods to certain actors.
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When this indicated a probability of less than 0.05 for the null hypothesis Student-Newman-Keuls analyses were performed to determine which values differed significantly.
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Granted, the fundamentals that ultimately determine stock-market value are favorable; there is no reason for bearish growls.
■ VERB
help
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The only realistic question that poses itself is whether Britain can help to determine the how and the when of reunification.
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These providers depend on coaxial cable as transport roads and will help determine which broadband applications and services the viewing public prefers.
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Such examination may also help us to determine provenance by revealing inclusions characteristic of particular geological sources.
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Federal agencies then help determine whether any action, such as a recall, is needed.
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Custom of the manor defined peasant obligations, but it could also help to determine peasant rights.
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The exercise also will help the Navy determine targeting requirements for a future fleet battle experiment, a spokesman said.
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Starting at the software end of the project will help us to determine the hardware configuration best suited to the task.
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Detectives have a phrase they use to help determine the trail of guilt from crimes of venality: Follow the cash.
try
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Mr Ugas is trying to determine the health of the last livestock in Ogaden-the camels.
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They will try to determine whether media reports of his arrest properly explained the incident.
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Advanta is trying to determine which farms used the contaminated seed.
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Prosecutors are trying to determine whether Clinton was bribed to grant the pardon.
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In the years that followed endless analyses were made to try and determine whether Penkovsky had really been what he seemed.
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The panel also will try to determine how and when the fungus arrived in Arizona.
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Police said they are still trying to determine whether a third suspect, a male, was also involved.
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Since they want people to watch their shows, they also try to determine what audiences think is important and interesting.
use
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Local authorities using video cameras determine their own controls.
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It seems reasonable to assume that he used his science to determine the probable course of the history of the immediate future.
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An adjustable cutoff distance value is used to determine where the contig breaks occur.
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P uses to determine bond ratings.
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What can realistically be accomplished by Community Economic Development strategies and what criteria can be used to determine and evaluate success?
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Such formations are believed to have been used for determining the solstices and other events and are quite rare.
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This fact can be used to determine the identity of unknown organic compounds by the method of mixed melting points.
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Noury uses two tests to determine if there is enough water in the dough.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bound and determined
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Klein is bound and determined to win at least five races this year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Web police" are often able to determine the exact source of unwanted mailings on the Internet.
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A survey of traffic accidents determined that seat belts reduced serious injuries by up to 90%.
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Quizzes are used to determine how much material students have learned.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I think this will go a long way in determining where we are going.
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Investigators took seven days to determine conclusively that a bomb had blown up Pan Am 103.
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Its leaders were determined to maintain an independent and non-partisan identity.
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The extent to which life is difficult in old age is by no means all determined by nature.
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The next step is to determine the cost of manufacturing each component of the product.
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These materials, like wood or stone or brick, also determined the architectural style.
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We strongly recommend the use of an instant read thermometer to determine doneness more accurately.
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What determines which of the possible Pareto-efficient allocations it picks out?