Example sentences of "to predict which [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Culver has estimated , in the laboratory , the competition coefficients among the three species of isopods and amphipods which inhabit a set of caves , and then used the coefficients to predict which species will co-exist in nature .
2 On any particular occasion of measurement , however , we are unable to predict which possibility will be realised .
3 At any one time , it was relatively easy to predict which electors would give parties and leaders high ratings .
4 Criminological science should be able to predict which offenders ( and perhaps even which people who have not yet offended ) are likely to commit further crimes .
5 We noted in Chapter 4 that it is hard to predict which sentences will have very many overlapping interpretations , that it depends on many factors including the phonemes in the utterance , the content of the lexicon , and so on .
6 The pattern recogniser should be improved , perhaps by the use of some interactive techniques whereby the recogniser and the lexical look-up work together so that the look-up may be able to predict which characters could be next within a word .
7 It is often difficult to predict which patients will be able to develop effective work skills , and some quite seriously disturbed people with persistently odd behaviour can work effectively while others with few overt symptoms of mental disorder may have great difficulties .
8 Dr Garfield himself has been as cautious as anyone in making claims for his technique , not least because it does not allow one to predict which specialities the Nobel authorities will single out for acclamation .
9 Is it possible to predict which 10% of the Population have addictive disease ?
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