Sentence examples for difficult to ascertain a from inspiring English sources

This long gap is in part why it is difficult to ascertain a link between offending and active service.

But munitions that are produced in one country are often copied by manufacturers in another, so it can be difficult to ascertain a weapon's point of origin.

In the past decade, Miller said, it has been difficult to ascertain a precise pattern because many attacks have been carried out by unaffiliated individuals.

Although statistics pointing to migratory patterns are notoriously difficult to ascertain, a recent report by Citi Habitats, a Manhattan brokerage firm, shows that 80percentt of the new leases in Manhattan last year were signed by people who already lived in or near the city, compared with only 50percentthree years agogo.

Where, however, damages flowing from a breach are difficult to ascertain, a provision fixing the damages in advance will be upheld if the amount is a reasonable measure of the anticipated probable harm (Ward v. Hudson Riv. Bldg. Co., 125 N.Y. 230, 235; Restatement, Contracts, § 339; 5 Corbin, Contracts, §§ 1059, 1063).

The fact that the IPCC estimates did not include rapid ice sheet decay into their sea level predictions makes it difficult to ascertain a plausible estimate for sea level rise but recent studies find that the minimum sea level rise will be around 0.8 m by 2100.

If there is irony in the décor, it's difficult to ascertain, an enigma that extends to the fare: cocktail shrimp practically brined in chili seasoning; listless crudités; artichoke dip updated, needlessly, with kale.

It's cripplingly difficult to ascertain an answer to that question because to countless fans it doesn't seem to matter whether the latest shift is true, significant or neither.

This is not surprising as the two symptoms often occur together in the same patient, and so it is difficult to ascertain an independent effect.

This data together with the fact that ascorbate levels decrease and glutathione levels increase make it difficult to ascertain an important role for this cycle during ripening as it has been described for tomato [ 42].

Diagnoses and problems were considered important to managing the case, but it was difficult to ascertain all problems without a direct functional assessment, nor to describe problems and interventions to a consistent degree of detail.