6 sentences with 'predict'
Example sentences and phrases with the word predict and other words derived from it.
• « The priests not only performed sacrifices to the gods, but practised the art of divination: the practice of trying to predict the future. »
• « -Every baby is different, so it's impossible to predict," Dr. Bass replied. Fortunately, only about ten percent of these children become mentally retarded. However, babies often have low muscle tone and are slow to learn to crawl and walk. »
• « A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore shows that in patients with adequate cholesterol levels, low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL, the "good" cholesterol) can predict cardiovascular "eventualities" such as heart attack and death from heart disease with a high degree of confidence. »
• « Today, not even the most optimistic physicist is able to predict when we will be able to combine quantum theory and gravity to construct a Theory of Everything. Stephen Hawking looks forward to this achievement: a complete theory, comprehensible to anyone in its broad outlines. »
• « What other consequences will this dizzying advance of man's quest for well-being bring? It is difficult to predict, in a world where Frankenstein may look like a warm and innocent electric blanket. »
• « However, geologists and volcanologists have come up with a number of theories from which it is possible to predict where and how volcanoes will strike in the near future. »