Example sentences of "[adj] test [be] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more reliable test is whether a fruit comes away from the plant without much persuasion . |
| 2 | Oman ( 1984 , 1989 ) suggests that the crucial test is whether the arrangement involves some element of risk to the seller — and some prospect of a share in future income . |
| 3 | The crucial test was whether , under s 57(3) of the EP(C)A 1978 , the employer had acted reasonably or unreasonably in treating the reason for dismissal as sufficient reason for dismissing the employees . |
| 4 | A simple test is whether you can hear the very high pitched whistle a television makes when it is switched off . |
| 5 | The real test is whether they have been used in all the cases where there has been flagrant abuse , and I have reason to believe that the traffic commissioners are doing their job competently in that connection . |
| 6 | Like any other scientific theory , it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons , but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation . |
| 7 | This basic test is whether the damage would not have occurred but for the breach of duty . |
| 8 | An even better test is whether , after two years , the successful candidate is promoted again or given a larger international role . |
| 9 | One test is whether a material has an economic value . |
| 10 | Sennett was the initial genius who taught the others that anything ought to be tried that produced laughter and that the ultimate test was whether any movie actually worked for audiences . |
| 11 | In the application of COB Rules under the foreign business carve-out as such ( see page 40 above ) , the relevant test is whether the customer is physically in the UK . |