Example sentences of "is determined " in BNC.

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1 The rest is determined by decor , the welcome you give and the atmosphere .
2 Flavell accounts for this paradox in terms of , what he calls , cognitive salience , which amounts to the claim that the thought of the three-year-old is determined by whatever is ‘ up front in consciousness ’ at any given moment .
3 The ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch fibres varies between individuals and is determined by heredity .
4 The amount of calories a person needs each day is determined by the type of work they do , the exercise they take and their metabolic rate .
5 Election fever rises and falls with the opinion polls but CAMRA is determined that issues affecting the pub and drinkers will be fully debated during the election , whenever it comes .
6 There will be no hasty purchases , as Tony is determined to keep a focus on the chain 's niche market , which he describes as the top end of the traditional ale market .
7 Gain of the INA103 is present by the connection of internal resistors to provide gain of 1 or 100 , but the potentiometer ( right ) shows how external resistors can be used to obtain other settings ; gain is determined from RG = 6/ ( G-1 ) k , G being the gain .
8 Traditionally , her top class has spent a residential week at Paignton Zoo and she is determined that , given the restriction on charging for activities within school hours , the tradition will be maintained ad infinitum .
9 The leadership is determined that reform of the block vote should be inextricably tied to the party 's mass membership drive , and to the extension of one member , one vote democracy .
10 The terms of reference of Sir Geoffrey 's committee indicate that the Exchange is determined that all aspects of the creation of a clearing house are fully explored .
11 Inflation is determined by money supply growth .
12 Maybe time does give it some perspective , he agrees , but he is determined to take the blame for the controversy it provoked .
13 Despite some domestic political resistance — from its own right-wing rather than the opposition — it is determined to produce a major ‘ package ’ for the Chancellor 's visit to Poland later this year .
14 The Eurodisney share price , 707p in sterling terms , is determined by its price in Paris and the relative exchange rates , and the issue will succeed or fail on the willingness of ordinary French people to invest in this project .
15 The Branch is determined to take a positive approach and plans a full range of social and fund-raising activities for the year ahead .
16 The size of EMI 's operation in any country is determined by the size of the local market , the availability of promotional outlets like .
17 The size of each national publishing company is determined by the depth of the international song catalogue to be promoted , and the songwriting talent available locally .
18 Eliot , though , is determined , like the anthropological writers he had been reading , to make plain the root of the custom , which he does in the next line , ‘ And flowers of deflowered maids ’ .
19 I found her infuriating … she goes on and on and is determined to get her own way . ’
20 Postman Anthony Creed is determined to smash the 3 lb roach barrier and he 's already well on his way after landing a 2 lb 12 oz beauty from a private stretch of the Hampshire Avon .
21 The role of women is determined by this earlier social structure and the economic influences it faces .
22 In practice , the sleep/wake cycle seems to exert an important effect upon many of our daily rhythms and the timing of many of them is determined by the time of mid-sleep or the middle of our waking hours .
23 How comfortable we feel is determined not only by the temperature of the body ( in effect , the temperature of the blood going through the brain ) but also by that of the skin .
24 It is plain that such essentially lightweight structures , the form of which is determined almost entirely by operational considerations , may offer few opportunities for conversion into comfortable living accommodation .
25 In its new form , the BHRCA is determined to lead the hospitality industry in its attempts to head off these ‘ threats ’ and further challenges from Brussels .
26 The whole point of a visit to Hong Kong now , five months after Tiananmen Square , should be to declare with royal authority that Britain shares the concerns of the Hong Kong people and is determined to do something about them .
27 It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts .
28 The next is almost certain to be its fellow Baltic republic of Estonia , whose Communist Party is determined to follow suit , according to its ideology secretary , Mr Mikk Titma .
29 It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts .
30 Mrs Thatcher , although she has criticised the Delors monetary union plan for being ‘ undemocratic , ’ is determined to try to exclude consideration of a bigger role for the European Parliament from the Rome Treaty review process .
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