Sentence examples for pivotal whether from inspiring English sources

That may leave Mr. Wiese -- who promises to be pivotal whether he testifies or not -- as an offstage character to be invested with different attributes and significance by the various courtroom players.

The national committee is also scheduled to resolve another pivotal issue: whether a recent vote by the executive committee to disqualify Mr. Buchanan from the primary should stand.

The recovery of the job market is pivotal to whether consumer confidence will return and the public, in turn, will spend more.

But of the many strategic matchups that could decide the game, perhaps none is as pivotal as whether the Jets' play-action game keeps the Patriots' defense off balance.

Angela Merkel's words a few days later, "Wir schaffen das" (we will manage), felt pivotal, although whether the German chancellor really did open the floodgates of a vast refugee movement is still debated.

And given that the central bank studiously tries to stay outside the fray, the politically delicate moment and the mixed economic indicators of recent weeks suggest that the Fed will hold off for now on a pivotal decision: whether to try to further stimulate the economy by resuming large-scale purchases of Treasury securities to push record-low interest rates even lower.

The Denver Post on Oct. 10 issued its endorsement of the Republican House member over current Democratic Sen. Mark Udall in their close race, which will be pivotal to whether the GOP takes control of the Senate.

The emotional climate in the relationship was also pivotal to whether it was perceived by patients as helpful or not.

GPs claimed that although they were able to provide advice on adaptations in the workplace the response of the employer to such advice was pivotal to whether or not it was taken up.

Hence, the pivotal question is whether the Israel lobby is significantly more powerful than others, and whether it is able to check-mate the usually pro-Arab oil companies, the arms manufacturers, and the other relevant lobbies that affect our foreign policy.

It remained unclear whether pivotal figures would testify or invoke the Fifth Amendment.