6 sentences with 'determining'

Example sentences and phrases with the word determining and other words derived from it.


« The determining factor, the doctor continued, was that the prostate was very large. »
« The speed of the impulses is the determining factor for the brain to recognise, interpret and command the corresponding action. »
« Greek sailors already knew that the world was round and had devised a system for determining latitude that was surprisingly accurate; Pytheas' own calculation of the latitude of Massalia was only eight miles wrong. »
« The Catholic hierarchy also used the occasion to establish the canonical and somewhat "final" version of the Christian Bible itself (it was a matter of determining which books should be included in the Old Testament). »
« A patchwork of peace treaties across most of Europe had established the principle of princes determining the acceptable religion within their respective territories, but these treaties in no way represented anything recognisable today as 'toleration' - in fact, all parties believed they had exclusive access to spiritual truth. »
« Something comparable happened around the world in Egypt even earlier, representing another case of an independence movement that became embedded in Cold War politics. There, unlike in Vietnam, both superpowers played an important role in determining the future of a nation emerging from imperial control, though (fortunately) neither committed itself to war in doing so. »

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