Sentence examples for difficult to distinguish whether from inspiring English sources

In late September, two reports on the tariffs by a United States government agency, the International Trade Commission, said that the case was muddy and that it was difficult to distinguish whether the tariffs or changing market conditions were responsible for the problems of steel consumers.

It is difficult to distinguish whether they are volcanic or tectonic in origin.

It is difficult to distinguish whether CA, CPB, or both are responsible for the inflammatory response after CA in our model.

However, the rats were sleepy and were less active after being given the AMI; therefore, it was very difficult to distinguish whether the decrease in nociceptive behaviour was caused by being pain-free or sleepy.

It is difficult to distinguish whether women who are obese (BMI ≥ 30) and diagnosed with BD had sexual dysfunction due to their psychiatric diagnosis, side effects of medication and/or because of their obesity or other factors.

For example, the color of crater lake water suddenly changed in an active volcano (Mt. Zao, Japan) in 2014, but it has been difficult to distinguish whether the phenomenon was related to a volcanic event.

Therefore, it is also difficult to distinguish precisely whether the excess of fluid balance is the cause or the result of postoperative complications.

A major drawback with TEM when trying to resolve how CNTs enter cells is the loss of the third dimension, as it can be difficult to distinguish between whether CNTs are inserted through the membrane, are membrane bound, or have been dislodged during microtomy and thereby lie on the surface of the TEM section [ 9].

Although it is difficult to distinguish between whether the observed variation reflects clustering of risk factors for SLE or regional differences in diagnosis and treatment, there is a clear pattern of elevated mortality in clusters with high poverty rates and greater concentrations of ethnic Hispanic patients versus those with lower mortality.

The picture quality is good for 10-15m [30-50ft] - but after that it is difficult to distinguish details, for example whether an opponent is carrying a weapon".

Further, the retrospective nature of this method makes it difficult to distinguish cause from effect, that is, whether the reason was the reason at the time of discontinuation, which could have been many years before, or whether it emerged as a consequence of the discontinuation itself.