Sentence examples for to polygraph from inspiring English sources

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A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies.

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"You can even lie to polygraph test.

"We brought in a real polygraphist to polygraph her," Mr. Lurie said.

'I have an open mind, but I would need a greater exposure to polygraph tests,' he says.

He is currently representing an employer on the issue of the appropriateness of subjecting employees to polygraph testing.

On Sunday, after the first contestant has been eliminated, the remaining two are subjected to polygraph tests.

That has led to a dispute over whether committee members should be forced to submit to polygraph examinations.

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Casey, just appointed C.I.A. chief, told me he was going to challenge Baker to a polygraph test to show who was lying.

Other Energy officials said investigators would ask some employees to to take polygraph exams this week in connection with the disappearance.

Lungs were suspended in a weight transducer (FT 30C, Grass Instruments, Quincy, MA, USA) that was connected to the polygraph to allow continuous measurement of the lung weight.

They ordered DNA tests, tethered Taliban suspects to polygraphs, strung together tidbits at times in ways that seemed to defy common sense.

The Redmond panel found that while the resistance to polygraphs had in some cases been "unreasonable," the Energy Department's response had been "dictatorial and pre-emptory".

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