Example sentences of "[adj] test [is] 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 | A simple test is whether you can hear the very high pitched whistle a television makes when it is switched off . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This basic test is whether the damage would not have occurred but for the breach of duty . |
| 7 | An even better test is whether , after two years , the successful candidate is promoted again or given a larger international role . |
| 8 | One test is whether a material has an economic value . |
| 9 | 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 . |