Sentence examples for is determinative from inspiring English sources

So, Powers seems to say, we shall have to wait and see which is determinative of happiness, nature or nurture; for now, however, at novel's close, the answer must be, happily enough, "a bit of both".

It appears that the incidence function form is determinative in the study of the model system.

A third factor which is determinative for the seriousness of the injury is the volume.

On one account since children's views should not be 'authoritative', that is determinative of what is done, they have only a 'consultative' role (Brighouse 2003).

It's not that a judge's background is determinative of the outcome in any particular case.

The opinion decided three issues: First, whether the Capobiancos had improperly removed the child from Oklahoma; second, whether state law or the ICWA is determinative of Brown's status as a parent; and third, whether the Capobiancos met their burden of proof to terminate the parental rights of Brown.

No single evaluation will be determinative.

A victim's views must never be determinative.

They were the ones tweaking these things, and it was their taste that was determinative".

"It won't be determinative about whether clean-tech will work or not".

But his colleague Lord Walker said, in paragraph 94, that the Vienna convention point was "determinative".