Sentence examples for making it difficult to test from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, our data is thin about the actual relatedness between partners, making it difficult to test the inbreeding avoidance hypothesis with much confidence.

Practices of NMA regimen often include the same GVHD prophylaxis as a treatment package, making it difficult to test a single component separately.

Few informative data are available for short-lived herbaceous species, making it difficult to test for a trend (only five cases, all with tm > ts, P = 0.063).

In addition, the relatively small sample sizes used in this study could contribute to a lack of information, making it difficult to test the assumptions underlying the statistical method (such as normality), in a fashion that could impact results.

Previous studies have examined adaptive differentiation in translocated fishes (e.g., Hendry et al. 2000; Unwin et al. 2000; Koskinen et al. 2002; Kinnison et al. 2008), but these have usually dealt with single species and/or single systems, making it difficult to test predictions derived from competing hypotheses.

Overall, these studies included small numbers of patients and limited datasets, making it difficult to test the reproducibility or predictive power of these preliminary results; however, several of these studies showed weak associations (r values or odds ratios) between the identified biomarkers and specific clinical response measures.

Containment halted the spread of the infection — a great thing — but it made it difficult to test the vaccine".

The most recent major event at the Barclays Center, a Paul McCartney show on Monday, made it difficult to test Mr. Schwartz's hipster-to-vehicle ratio.

Having only a small number of glacial/inter-glacial cycles to work with makes it difficult to test whether a plausible analogy is actually predictive.

But more significant advances have been hampered by a lack of money for research and laws and regulations that make it difficult to test new ideas and introduce improved equipment.

However, some samples agglomerated, which made it difficult to test individual microcapsules.