Sentence examples for been to determine from inspiring English sources

Our goal has been to determine how dogs' brains work and, even more important, what they think of us humans.

Another Democrat, Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, the committee's chairwoman, said the panel's mission had never been to determine the governor's guilt or innocence in relation to any crimes.

The increasing challenge has been to determine how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can effectively change the system from within once they step into positions of power.

A primary motivation of many investigators in the field has been to determine how the culminating mental abilities of adulthood were reached during the preceding phases.

Another area of focus has been to determine how certain other dual-use materials have been relocated or used -- that is, materials that could be used in nuclear weapons production but also have other legitimate uses.

One central question of moral philosophy has been to determine what things are intrinsically good for human beings.

The aim of our research has been to determine the surface energy and pressure of a liquid in porous materials.

One goal of this work has been to determine supply chain designs and policies that minimize volatility.

The second stage of the study has been to determine and evaluate the potential use of bottom ash as an additive in the production of cement.

Thus, the objective of the dimensioning has been to determine the network resources in order to minimize the required backhaul subject to given coverage and blocking probability constraints.

A vexing problem of democratic theory has been to determine whether ordinary citizens are up to the task of governing a large society.