"determining force" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to an influential factor or element that has a significant impact on a situation or outcome. Example: The determining force in his decision to pursue a career in medicine was his desire to help others in need.
A major change in the interpretation of Indian history has been a questioning of an older notion of Oriental despotism as the determining force.
The tie, between two eye-wateringly expensive and lavishly paid squads, embodies the determining force of money in modern football, in which international cast lists of players go to the European clubs which pay the most.
But it is rare that I've seen test scores work as a determining force of any kind on an admissions decision when the preponderance of other evidence points in a different direction.
His lectures at the Collège de France attacked Roman Catholicism, exalted the French Revolution, offered support for the oppressed nationalities of Europe, and promoted the theory that religions were the determining force in society.
For nearly 20 years now anxiety has been a powerful, often determining force in my own life, and the longer I live with the experience, the more this sadly exultant phrase strikes me as emblematic of one of the great dangers of the anxious life.
We obtained the result that most of the initial heating time (∼10 15 s after appearance of ignition source) is for turbulent heating on the closest, horizontal region of aerosol cloud; the next stage (∼up to 40 s), on the other hand, has the determining force on vertical movement of the "heated kernel" as the new ignition source on fresh aerosols feed.
An "updated measure" would be used in determining forces' final funding allocations, she said.
There are determining forces at work in history because it cannot be divorced from natural conditions.
An important variable for determining forces, velocities, and impulses is the amount of rotation possible between each free caudal vertebra.
"He was determined," Force's wife, Laurie, said.
The judges described the OCCRP as "a memorably motivated, determined force for good everywhere it operates.
