Sentence examples for pivotal test from inspiring English sources

But it is also a pivotal test of Egypt's tolerance, pluralism and the rule of law.

The effort is a pivotal test of his campaign promise to break the stranglehold of special interests.

"The Newburgh case," Mr. Dunn said, "may be a pivotal test of just how far the government can go".

Hafetz calls the Marri case a pivotal test of "the most far-reaching use of detention powers" ever asserted by an American President.

In the next few weeks, Richard D. Parsons faces his first pivotal test as chief executive of AOL Time Warner: coming up with as much as $9 billion, beginning with an initial downpayment of at least $1 billion in cash.

Chris Hossain, senior sales manager at ODL Securities said: "With global markets having fallen for three straight sessions, we are now facing a pivotal test of the market bulls tenacity.

The treatment of minorities — like that of women — is one of the many pivotal tests of the Arab Spring.

Their trials will be pivotal tests of the new government's avowed commitment to the rule of law.

Increasingly, educators say, students at risk of failing pivotal tests commonly given in the 10th and 11th grades are being held back, sometimes more than once.

Every step in the process, from preclinical studies to proof-of-concept clinical trials, has to take place on a timeline to prepare the product for pivotal testing, Gault says.

A two-stage adaptive procedure is developed in order to determine the sample size and the decision rule for the pivotal trial, for testing average bioequivalence using the two one-sided test (TOST).