Sentence examples for to affirm whether from inspiring English sources

Florida Democratic powerhouse Bob Graham declined on Tuesday night to affirm whether or not Sen. Hillary Clinton had switched her position on a DNC pledge discounting the state's delegates.

However, a replication in a larger prospective population would be more convinced to affirm whether combinations of risk alleles from these variants provide a better predictive and diagnostic potential in Chinese.

However, it is difficult to affirm whether MAPK activation is a cause or consequence of Mn-induced neurotoxicity.

In our study, there are too few nonsmokers to be able to affirm whether or not there is a protective effect in this stratum.

In general, when TBNA is performed, three different situations occur: 1) enough sample is obtained to make a specific cytologic or histologic diagnosis; 2) inadequate or insufficient sample is obtained; or 3) enough sample is obtained for cytology or biopsy (abundant lymphoid cellularity) but it is impossible to affirm whether is the sample is representative of the pathology suspected [ 17].

If the patients had been monitored using surveillance cultures during this six-month period, we would have been able to affirm with certainty whether colonization was persisting or not.

The full Senate would then have to vote on whether to affirm the committee's suggestion.

The commission's ruling is preliminary, and the panel will have to vote again next year on whether to affirm that decision.

Mr. Bloomberg's donation, which was announced on Friday, is the largest individual contribution received by proponents of same-sex marriage in Maryland, where voters will face a referendum in November on whether to affirm or reject a state law passed this year to allow gay couples to marry.

In a case brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court is considering whether to affirm, limit or overturn a 2003 ruling allowing public universities to consider race as one factor in an "holistic review".

The justices will meet this week to discuss the case and vote on whether to affirm or reverse the lower court.