This however laid the foundations for the definitive introduction of the metric system across Europe in the middle of the 19th century.
Not definitive, just definite.
We suggest that professional or government bodies promote collaborative multicentre observational studies to evaluate important new interventions in their specialty, and incorporate their work as a strong foundation towards a definitive randomised controlled trial, as a secondary aim.
The judge, Stanley Ott of Montgomery County Orphans' Court, had been expected to make a definitive ruling but instead asked the foundation for a detailed feasibility study and a business plan.
The study results will be used to optimise the intervention content, and may serve as the foundation for a larger definitive trial.
The foundation presented what they say is definitive evidence of a sharp decline in koala numbers due to habitat destruction and disease.
Although the second story ends abruptly, lacking a definitive conclusion, Cyrano's works clearly laid the foundation for a science fiction that would be built upon by his successors, such as Voltaire and Jonathan Swift.
These observations suggest that the foundations of mathematics have not achieved a definitive shape but are still evolving; they form the subject of a lively debate among a small group of interested mathematicians, logicians, and philosophers.
"His desire to create a definitive account of Amy's life, that will solely benefit the foundation he has established in her name, is something that we are incredibly proud to be part of".
This work was placed on solid formal foundations by Brian Charlesworth, whose 1980 book [ 36] marked a definitive summation of this minor, primarily British, theoretical tradition.
