Sentence examples for desires to determine from inspiring English sources

For example, Smith may currently be neither for nor against some particular legislation proposal, but desires to determine whether he is for or against the proposal so he can vote responsibly.

Nevertheless, our actions are not free in the sense of being autonomous if we choose to act only on material principles, because in that case we do not give the law to ourselves, but instead we choose to allow nature in us (our desires) to determine the law for our actions.

You are allowing your bodily desires to determine who you are and how you behave, rather than letting your mind and personality do some of the thinking.

Secretary of State Colin Powell's reported desire to determine whether, under the Geneva Convention, these persons should be considered prisoners of war was a statesmanlike response to global pressure -- but Mr. Powell has apparently failed to persuade President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld.

The upgrade was partly motivated by the desire to determine the contribution of heavy quarks and gluons to the proton structure more accurately.

For the design of microsystems it is frequently desired to determine elastic constants of the used materials in their real dimensions.

His desire to determine the course of international affairs through intrigue caused him to set up, about 1748, an elaborate system of secret diplomacy known as le Secret du roi.

The study becomes more interesting if a possible advance in basic technology is considered, such as an improvement in propulsion or aerodynamics, and it is desired to determine how it might best be applied in a new airplane design.

The motivation for the study was the desire to determine if consideration of bending warping restraint in bending theory is as important as is torsion warping restraint in torsion theory.

In typical designs of ovens, it is often desired to determine the position and geometrical configurations of heaters to attain uniform heating of the materials subjected to thermal processes.

The decision to divide the inquiry in two is partly driven by a desire to determine whether there are safety lessons that need to be applied to some of the 304 high-rise buildings in England that are clad in similar combustible panels and have failed government fire tests.