Sentence examples for the decisive test from inspiring English sources

THE decisive test of Junichiro Koizumi's decision to send troops to Iraq was bound to come from events on the ground.

As Andrade wrote in his manifesto, "Joy is the decisive test".

Its absence prevented any direct comparison between Dolly and her donor, in particular the decisive test of a skin graft from one to the other.

Things could still go wrong, though.Some analysts believe that the most recent downturn shouldn't be seen as the decisive test for the post-crisis bond market.

By 2012, the decisive test will be not some level of growth and job creation, but public perception of whether the economy and the nation are doing better.

But the French food safety agency, the AFSAA said in July that: "Considering the current state of knowledge the mouse bioassay should remain the decisive test".Oystermen are surely the last people to ask for objective advice on whether their shellfish are safe to eat: it is their living.

A12 U.S. Missile Test Delayed The Pentagon said the next decisive test of a national missile defense system, planned for June 26, had again been delayed by a wiring problem, increasing pressure on the project's managers to meet the Clinton administration's timetable for deciding whether to deploy the system.

A23 Antimissile Test Is Put Off The Pentagon said it would delay by two months the next, decisive test of national missile defense technology, probably pushing back to October President Clinton's decision on whether to deploy the system.

The Pentagon announced today that it would delay by two months the next, decisive test of national missile defense technology, most likely pushing back to October President Clinton's decision on whether to deploy the system.

In his concurring opinion today, Bratza says that the court's judgment not only takes account of the views of the UK supreme court on the "sole or decisive" test but re-examines the safeguards in the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which modified the hearsay rules.

That means Deans's fate was effectively sealed long before the 41-16 defeat in the third and decisive test against the Lions on Saturday, let alone his meeting Sunday night with Pulver, when the New Zealander agreed to step down.