Sentence examples for efforts at ascertaining from inspiring English sources

The story recounts Mr. Mitchell's efforts at ascertaining the truth behind one of the more colorful denizens of Greenwich Village.

The action is aimed at ascertaining the scope of illegal data-sharing that took place between the NSA and GCHQ.

It is therefore essential to aim our efforts at trying to ascertain the mechanisms responsible for altering the BBB integrity, and to reduce the process leading to the CNS involvement in SLE.

"Difficulty in obtaining the loan documents has presented a challenge to the enterprises' efforts" to ascertain whether losses at the companies are the responsibility of others, its press release said.

In an unsuccessful effort to ascertain at least which propositions are unsolvable, the English mathematician and logician Alan Turing rigorously defined the loosely understood concept of an algorithm.

Six months later, 'looking into it' did not begin to cover the worldwide efforts to ascertain the importance of the constant seven point two.

Local facilitators do not always assist Post's efforts to ascertain the true circumstances of a child's abandonment.

These studies of stroke incidence made comprehensive efforts to ascertain all cases of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke from a defined population registered at general practitioners' (GP) offices, where virtually all primary care in the United Kingdom is delivered.

Concerted efforts to ascertain the representativeness of the data base were strongly encouraged.

Throughout 2014, we underwent further efforts to ascertain vital status of patients by contacting patients and families directly.

Despite our best efforts to ascertain medication compliance, some patients may still have not taken their cholecalciferol.