6 sentences with “assess”

The doctor recommended an X-ray of the femur to assess the injury.

In the stone cutting room, Leo Smans, the workshop manager, and his staff assess the stones selected for jewellery and determine how to cut them to make the most of their qualities.

In order to assess the consequences of sleep deprivation, the researchers subjected a number of people to a series of psychological and performance tests. They were asked, for example, to do arithmetic sums or to remember a text that had been read to them a few minutes earlier.

Glasnost stands for "openness" or "transparency" in information. It represented the relaxation of censorship within the Soviet system, most dramatically demonstrated in 1986 when Gorbachev allowed the press to accurately assess a horrific nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Then ask yourself if you have heard that criticism before. "When we are repeatedly criticised for the same thing, it may be worth paying attention," says Margaret Verble. However, consider the reason for the criticism, and try to assess the emotional atmosphere in which it was delivered.

Almost from the beginning of his tenure, Pope Paul III was on the offensive: he commissioned a report in 1536 to assess the possibility and necessity of reform, which concluded that there were numerous abuses within the Church that needed to be corrected (e.g., the lack of education of the clergy, the practice of drawing revenue from parishes that the bishops never visited, etc.), but there was no change in doctrine.