The phrase "and the decisive test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a critical evaluation or assessment that determines the outcome of a situation or decision.
Example: "In the end, the project was evaluated based on its results, and the decisive test was whether it met the client's expectations."
Alternatives: "and the critical assessment" or "and the ultimate evaluation".
THE decisive test of Junichiro Koizumi's decision to send troops to Iraq was bound to come from events on the ground.
By 2012, the decisive test will be not some level of growth and job creation, but public perception of whether the economy and the nation are doing better.
Things could still go wrong, though.Some analysts believe that the most recent downturn shouldn't be seen as the decisive test for the post-crisis bond market.
But the French food safety agency, the AFSAA said in July that: "Considering the current state of knowledge the mouse bioassay should remain the decisive test".Oystermen are surely the last people to ask for objective advice on whether their shellfish are safe to eat: it is their living.
In the decisive test condition, males heard chimpanzee alarm calls followed by leopard growls.
That means Deans's fate was effectively sealed long before the 41-16 defeat in the third and decisive test against the Lions on Saturday, let alone his meeting Sunday night with Pulver, when the New Zealander agreed to step down.
A12 U.S. Missile Test Delayed The Pentagon said the next decisive test of a national missile defense system, planned for June 26, had again been delayed by a wiring problem, increasing pressure on the project's managers to meet the Clinton administration's timetable for deciding whether to deploy the system.
SYDNEY — The British and Irish Lions' emphatic 41-16 victoverover Australia in their third and decisive test erased any lingering doubts about the credibility of the Lions and their place in modern rugby.
A23 Antimissile Test Is Put Off The Pentagon said it would delay by two months the next, decisive test of national missile defense technology, probably pushing back to October President Clinton's decision on whether to deploy the system.
