Sentence examples for pinpoint whether from inspiring English sources

The research is part of an effort to pinpoint whether e-cigarettes are harmful, as the industry has grown rapidly in the past few years.

"It was only in 1993 – so two years after Gary's dad was diagnosed – that the predictive test was developed that could pinpoint whether or not an individual had the gene, and would get the disease," he says.

But with the committee's report, if it proves accurate, investigators into the company's collapse will seek to pinpoint whether the same kinds of fraudulent acts that were at the foundation of the savings and loan scandals of the late 1980's and early 1990's occurred at Enron, too.

Johnny Newman cannot pinpoint whether it was 1989 or 1990, but he does recall that Hakeem Olajuwon came to New York for a regular-season game during a four- or five-game tear across the National Basketball Association when almost nobody could stop him, Newman said.

Although it's difficult to pinpoint whether the drug triggered heart failure, the incident raised concern.

The goal right now, Yu says, is to help with gene annotation efforts and allow search engines to better pinpoint whether or not current research links a condition to a gene.

His colleagues hope to search for telltale deposits of sediments around Lake Tahoe that would pinpoint whether--and when--such tsunamis have risen in the past.

That is why her book suggests simplifying decorating by pinpointing whether one's style is "Adventurous" (eclectic, with animal prints and tropical styles), "Romantic" (faded chintzes and gingham-checked sheets) or "Serene" (modernist, in pale neutrals).

Hence, additional studies in non-human primates will be important in pinpointing whether pharmacological inhibition of miR-208b in larger mammals induces comparable gene changes and biological effects as miR-208a inhibition does in rodents.

In such cases, and in diseases related to pain, allergy, muscle relaxation, etc. that are related to the PNS, without a detailed study of the mechanism of action, it may not always be easy to pinpoint with certainty whether the action is coming from the PNS or the CNS.

Others argue that Mr. Kissinger's intimate familiarity with the workings of the national security agencies make him uniquely qualified to pinpoint their shortcomings, whether under the Bush administration or under its predecessor, and fulfill his new commission's mandate to see if the government could have done more to try to avert last year's terrorist attacks.