How To Use Ascertain In A Sentence

But the initial reason was unascertained and needed further investigation, particularly a toxicology report. Times, Sunday Times
If you wish to ascertain if a woman be with child, give her hydromel to drink when she is going to sleep, and has not taken supper, and if she be seized with tormina in the belly, she is with child, but otherwise she is not pregnant. Aphorisms
You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants, and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
Most data sets utilized in the study of hereditary diseases are constructed around probands, making correction for ascertainment bias necessary; this set of data is no exception.
Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883

It was a long shot but might be worth the effort, at least to ascertain the facts. Broken Lives
Take time to ascertain what services your bank is providing, and at what cost.
Comparative genetic analysis of the viral DNA from each isolate would be required to definitively ascertain the conspecificity of these viruses.
In ordinary life it is rare indeed for people to form their beliefs by a process of logical deduction from facts ascertained by a rigorous search for all available evidence and a judicious assessment of its probative value.
From this latter practice arose their name — CONDOTTIERI; a term formidable all over Italy, for a period, which concluded in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, but of which it is not so easy to ascertain the commencement. The Mysteries of Udolpho
While there is no formal study or survey to ascertain the reason, the education department lists the following causes.
The burial history of the sediments can be ascertained by the study of their varying thickness; and the petrography of the sediments reveals their diagenetic history and the movement of meteoric and pore waters through the basin.
There are probably cuts to be made in logistics, by merging the two distribution networks, but they are hard to ascertain at this stage. Times, Sunday Times
Another less informed Mark here - I think if we can ascertain that Bush lied about intelligence to invade Iraq, then we have impeachability. Time to impeach?
A fire investigation team will try to ascertain the exact cause but it is thought to have been an electrical fault.
Next we set about trying to ascertain exactly which features and aspects of the environment were responsible for causing these effects.
Once the cause of your allergy has been ascertained and a positive skin test obtained, then a specific vaccine can be created to desensitise you against the allergen that is triggering your symptoms.
When Arthur Young wished to ascertain the relative proportions of cultivated and uncultivated land in France, he cut up a map of the country, and weighed them one against the other; but the platometer would have helped him to a more satisfactory conclusion. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852
Almanac (1676) and we find it alluded to in Boccaccio, the classical sedile which according to scoffers has formed the papal chair (a curule seat) ever since the days of Pope Joan, when it has been held advisable for one of the Cardinals to ascertain that His The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Standard economic argument: as long as quality is objectively ascertainable from use, the market will correct for any distortions, and more generally, if people are willing to pay more, that subjective utility is an unarguable economic value. Archive 2009-03-01
It would help to ascertain the temporal relationship between the inscriptions on the reverse and the quota list on the obverse.
It was a long shot but might be worth the effort, at least to ascertain the facts. Broken Lives
But this terror of contravening an unascertained and unascertainable will, cannot coexist with reflection: it disappears with civilization, and can no more be reproduced than the fear of ghosts after childhood. Uncollected Prose
Moreover some of these physicians often issue a certificate of death before making a check up and ascertaining the cause of death.
There should be a public inquiry to ascertain the facts. The Sun
No certainty has yet been attained in ascertaining the locale of many of these stations. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
A post-mortem failed to ascertain cause of death. Times, Sunday Times
What I am now engaged on is the monograph of the _principal_ Southern Nebulæ, the object of which is to put on record every ascertainable particular of their actual appearance and the stars visible in them, so as to satisfy future observers whether _new stars_ have appeared, or changes taken place in the nebulosity. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
Whether such an exposure would affect the hormone status of women, children, or fetuses is not ascertainable from the results of the present study.
Observation statements can be ascertained by any observer by normal use of the senses.
But it has failed to provide any method by which one can have his title ascertained and established as against all the world. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
The coroner recorded a verdict of 'unascertained' death by natural causes. The Sun
Neither his friend's pathetic loneliness, nor the inducements he so lavishly offered, would have tempted Gerrard to leave the capital had it not been that he had ascertained from the Nawab that the _jaghir_ which he had granted to Rukn-ud-din as the Rani's representative lay in the direction in which Charteris was now to be found. The Path to Honour
Observation statements can be ascertained by any observer by normal use of the senses.
Tests were conducted to ascertain whether pollution levels have dropped.
The device wakes on a preprogrammed schedule or by external alarm/sensor trigger and powers on the GPS module to ascertain location.
Do ascertain the truth before you do anything violent, such as horsewhipping or poisoning. ' Wives and Daughters
And the exquisite consolation, when you have ascertained the badness of all fact, in knowing that badness is inferior to goodness, to the end -- it only rubs the pessimism in. Familiar Letters of William James III
Where the lungs are cavernous, it is very easy to discover pectoriloquy, from the contrast to the general dulness, and when pleuritic and pericardial effusion advance much, it is difficult to ascertain the cardiac action. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
From what I can ascertain after a quick search on the net, a parr is a juvenile form of salmon and/or trout.
According to the model of Hotelling which ascertain the most preferential exploiting of petroleum resource, the marketplace is the most effective mechanism to deploy petroleum resource.
In the area of speculation, almost as much has been written and said concerning what might or might not happen when the program is ended and numerous meetings have been held between business, government and labour to try to ascertain the possible effects in the postfreeze period. The Canadian Economy in the Post-Control Era
The difference to which I have alluded is not accidental, but part of the far-reaching consequences of causes which it is possible to ascertain. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause.
Recognizing his priest as one of their former acquaintances, or perhaps by his provincial dialect, they eagerly enlisted his services in ascertaining the result of their present expedition. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Seldom had the King evinced more gaiety of heart than at this particular period, or appeared to derive greater amusement from the gossipry of the Court and the gallantries of the courtiers; and he no sooner ascertained that Mademoiselle d'Entragues had become the mistress of Bassompierre than he said laughingly to the Duc de Guise: The Life of Marie de Medicis
I was an investigative journalist and set out to ascertain the facts about violence in South Africa. Times, Sunday Times
An inquest in 2014 was held in private and ruled her death 'unascertained'. The Sun
Although improved ascertainment accounts for some of the prevalence increases documented in the ADDM sites, a true increase in the risk for children to develop ASD symptoms cannot be ruled out. Dr. Bob Sears: Wake up Medical Establishment: There's an Autism Epidemic!
You will need to ascertain exactly why an individual isn't performing well enough and then choose the correct procedure. Times, Sunday Times
It was further revealed that some officers would start their formality of ascertaining the number of students only after receiving the bribe amount.
A postmortem was ordered to try to ascertain the cause of death.
The bank is also subject to examination by the bank regulatory agencies to ascertain its financial condition at least once a year. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Further afield, where planes are still incredibly loud, it is impossible to ascertain the extent to which properties will suffer from noise blight. Times, Sunday Times
Lieutenant Cook hath fully ascertained the erroneousness of this opinion. Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook
My second milestone was Sholay. My role though small, required detailed study. I was given the specially made costume and wig and also books of World War II which ex¬plained Hitler’s various gestures. I was even made to go through a trial attended by the writers as well, to ascertain whether I fitted into the role or not. The film was a super success and till date, people remember my dialogue, "Hum Angrezo ke zamane ke jailor hain". Asrani
To ascertain the reliability of the questionnaire, a pilot test was administered to 25 college of agriculture students not targeted in the study.
He is now awaiting an insurance quote to ascertain the cost of repairing damage to both the statue and its foundations.
I was an investigative journalist and set out to ascertain the facts about violence in South Africa. Times, Sunday Times
The composition of animal caseine has been well ascertained, but considerable doubt still exists as to that of vegetable caseine, owing to the difficulty of obtaining it absolutely pure. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
He said the primary concern was ascertaining the healthcare needs of the patients.
How much of the exaggerated information on the then new divorce laws which Beaucock imparted to his listener was the result of ignorance, and how much of dupery, was never ascertained. The Woodlanders
Methods of research for ascertaining essentialness of ash constituents of plants 53 Manures and the principles of manuring
Essentially, it is a process under which goods are ascertained by being identified.
The degree of sulfonation was ascertained by means of chromatography.
Eventually he ascertained that most of the music was unpublished and still awaiting public discovery.
Just how popular the act was is difficult to ascertain – one can hardly imagine theater patrons straining from the far rows of a venue to make sense of the various parakeets hopping around on a stage. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
We determined the phylogenetic position of this strain within the genus Wolbachia to ascertain its nearest relatives.
My second milestone was Sholay. My role though small, required detailed study. I was given the specially made costume and wig and also books of World War II which ex¬plained Hitler’s various gestures. I was even made to go through a trial attended by the writers as well, to ascertain whether I fitted into the role or not. The film was a super success and till date, people remember my dialogue, "Hum Angrezo ke zamane ke jailor hain". Asrani
I asked a couple of questions, firstly to ascertain if the public knew there was not going to be a parade.
The information net of life management is established and the responsibility of user, manufacturer and over hauler in life management is ascertained.
By analyzing the characteristic of the transit passenger's trip in the time and space, a working day is ascertained as the measurement period in the calculating the capacity of transit network.
People are consulted more to gain their assent or acquiescence rather than to ascertain their views. Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years
The time necessary for the exposure can be ascertained by taking out one of the many pieces of glass, applying to the sensitive surface a vitrifiable color, and observing whether the color adheres well. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
A force spokeswoman said: ‘The cause of death was unascertained but the body was identified as that of Rebecca.’
Now the ‘Evening Pulpit,’ in its endeavour to make the facts of this transaction known, had placed what it called the domicile of this company in Paris, whereas it was ascertained that its official head-quarters had in truth been placed at Vienna. The Way We Live Now
In the final report, the difficulties in ascertaining the number of deaths was referred to in detail.
There are probably cuts to be made in logistics, by merging the two distribution networks, but they are hard to ascertain at this stage. Times, Sunday Times
The offices of the two ministers of the law were at about equal distance, and resort was had to a surveyor's chain, to ascertain which was nearest.
A second objective was to attempt to ascertain the limits to survival in terms of loss of conductivity.
I mean, this is a legislative framework that refers everybody through an unascertainable process where we're not certain whether there'll be any uniformity about it.
We must ascertain the usual customs of the local people and arrange accordingly.
The league table implies that a school's quality can be ascertained by its percentage of exam passes relative to other schools.
Why de Man insists upon such violence and such concealment is more readily ascertainable from the context of this remark: a reading of the figure of the dance in texts by Kleist and Aesthetic Violence and the Legitimacy of Reading Romanticism
He said factors such as better ascertainment "don't really explain away this huge increase" and that "you really have to take this (increase) very seriously -- from everything they are looking at, this is not something that can be explained away by methodology, by diagnosis. David Kirby: Rising Autism Numbers -- Leading Federal Official Says "No Question" That Environmental Exposures Are A Factor
Once they had ascertained that he was not a spy, they agreed to release him.
How thoroughly such persons separated into small communities and settled down in every part of the county may be ascertained by the many "buries" found at a little distance from the town or village -- Redbourn-bury, Hertfordshire
No trait is innate in itself, but “certain parts of the information which underly the adaptedness of the whole, and which can be ascertained by the deprivation experiment, are indeed innate” (Lorenz 1965, 40). The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics
Keep the beer covered in a temperate situation, till it has ceased fermenting, which is ascertained by the subsiding of the froth -- turn it off carefully into a beer keg, or bottles. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner
High levels of arsenic were found in his body, leading to calls for an exhumation from Les Invalides in Paris to ascertain whether arsenic poisoning caused by an overdose of the laxative calomel caused his death.
The scene of the preceding day had dwelt on the mind of Father Eustace, who was of that keen and penetrating cast of mind which loves not to leave unascertained whatever of mysterious is subjected to its inquiry. The Monastery
A method of ascertain GPS within cone above observation station with circle equation and line equations, and adjudicate.
It has much general resemblance to the manatee or lamantin of the West Indies, and has been confounded with it; but the distinction between them has been ascertained by M. Cuvier, Annales du M.seum d'Histoire Naturelle 22 cahier page 308. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
Having succeeded in ascertaining the whereabouts of General Lee, the two divisions returned to Bolivar Foreign and Colonial News
The crystal acts as an analyser which ascertains whether or not the photon has polarisation perpendicular to the optical axis of the crystal.
As far as I can ascertain - there is no evidence of involvement of the liver, lungs, endocrine system, or other organs.
If you wish to ascertain if a woman be with child, give her hydromel to drink when she is going to sleep, and has not taken supper, and if she be seized with tormina in the belly, she is with child, but otherwise she is not pregnant. Aphorisms
Only an unannounced visit by the agency could have ascertained the truth in the matter.
When the partial or total conversion of the liquid has been effected (this being ascertained by chlorometric tests), the pump, P, is set rapidly in operation, and, as a consequence, draws up the chloride of sodium from the bottom of the vessel, C, to the lower part of the electrolyzer, A. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883
Additional articles were ascertained through references cited in these publications.
Your property will also be inspected to ascertain whether it is a suitable lending risk for the financial institution.
If only ￡75 is deposited can you, the reader, ascertain the total deposit creation that will take place?
The disease was called murrain or distemper, and its malignity known, but not for a century was the cause ascertained and direct effort made for cure and eradication. A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913
He had previously ascertained that there were at least two aircraft with similar radio fits and noted their positions.
Through doing this, the teacher will be able to ascertain the extent to which the child understands what he is reading.
It was a long shot but might be worth the effort, at least to ascertain the facts. Broken Lives
All we could send was the certificate stating that the cause was unascertained. Times, Sunday Times
In order to calculate the contribution of a participant the following information is to be ascertained.
Every man and woman, who is entitled to Canadian citizenship, whether by birth or naturalization, is interested in ascertaining what hereafter will be his rights, privileges, obligations and duties, when he passes beyond the frontiers of Canada. Pending Developments in the Constitution of the British Empire
The village shop lady ascertains the quantity of cheese required, and cuts it for him.
There are a number of areas where problems are caused in trying to ascertain the appropriate standard of care for the plaintiff.
The reason was that it was not at that time ascertained that those materials were definitely to be used.
Nothing in the First Amendment requires that a jury must consider hypothetical and unascertainable “national standards” when attempting to determine whether certain materials are obscene as a matter of fact. . . The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Adopts National Standard for Internet Obscenity
No change in the taste or texture as far as I can ascertain. Times, Sunday Times
He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause.
By the time we'd ascertained that my partner was very happy with his lot, he was nearly home.
Even then it would not derive from any objectively ascertainable standard or consensus within a recognised profession.
There are simple steps to ascertain whether a patient has poor skin elasticity or not. Times, Sunday Times
Jupiter or Sirius from the earth is ascertained; and though there is a triangle still more vast, its base extending either way from us, with and past the horizon into immensity, and its apex infinitely distant above us; to which corresponds a similar infinite triangle belo _what is above equalling what is below, immensity equalling immensity_; -- yet the Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
If a teacher wants to ascertain whether in fact learning has taken place, she has to measure this change. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
He is now awaiting an insurance quote to ascertain the cost of repairing damage to both the statue and its foundations.
I ascertained that the driver was not badly hurt.
On this pond, after his father and Garratt had ascertained by sounding that it had a reliable bottom and was nowhere more than two feet deep, he was allowed a little collapsible canoe, in which he spent hours and hours paddling, and lying down out of sight of Indian Joe and other enemies. Awakening
It should be ascertained that the plans comply with the law.
(obsolete) ` to carry from one place to another '; ` to hoist; to raise a ship's anchor; to ascertain the heaviness (WEIGHT) of anything; to consider, to compare' [from Old English wegan ` to move, to carry, to weigh ']. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
We sat stoically as the news dribbled in, mixed with confusing and contradictory reports as the newsmen attempted to ascertain the facts.
The conduct or act has intrinsically no definite significance, or only an ambiguous one, and its whole legal purport or tenor is to be more precisely ascertained by considering the words accompanying it.
The amount of cellulose in the food was determined, and the proportion of that substance in the egesta was also ascertained; and as there was a considerable discrepancy between the two amounts, it was evident that the difference represented the weight of the cellulose assimilated by the animals. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
Cases were ascertained from multiple sources, and it is doubtful that any were missed, although we can not be certain.
The Author has had recourse to every means within his reach to assure himself of the genuineness of this document, and to ascertain (p. 378) that the testator was the William Gascoyne [339] who was Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
Also the essential steps of the ascertainment of the result could not be retraced by the public. B2fxxx
Nevertheless, it strikes us as being more honest to raise the suspicion that accidental upper airway obstruction may be a factor in the death and to give the cause of death as unascertained while giving appropriate support to parents.
Part of the remit of the inquiries into the affair announced yesterday will be to ascertain if he had something to hide. Times, Sunday Times
For this reason, the ancient physiognomists looked at the study of the eyes as a fundamental task to ascertain or describe a person's character.
The reader should ascertain the position regarding his own domestic currency.
Your Honours, the first major problem with this application is that it would result in the Court deciding an issue on unascertained facts.
Have you ascertained the strength and consistency of each symptom?
On ascertaining from the Frenchmen who landed that their ship was a privateer, and that they were still at war with the English, I said nothing about the treasure, determined rather to let it remain concealed for ever than allow them to possess it, for I knew that though I might claim it they would without scruple take it from me. The Two Shipmates
People are consulted more to gain their assent or acquiescence rather than to ascertain their views. Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years
The overseer was asked to construct a frame ‘for ascertaining the proper form of the Road’ and the trustees requested that the contractor should ‘make a small Part of the Road shewing three different Slopes, when the same would be fixed’.
The figures include deaths described both as sudden infant deaths and those for which the cause is "unascertained" after a full investigation. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
This imperatival theory is positivist, for it identifies the existence of legal systems with patterns of command and obedience that can be ascertained without considering whether the sovereign has a moral right to rule or whether his commands are meritorious. Legal Positivism
There are probably cuts to be made in logistics, by merging the two distribution networks, but they are hard to ascertain at this stage. Times, Sunday Times
Eddington and his crew measured the stronger of the two images immediately, placing it in a micrometric measuring machine with the comparison photograph taken in January, film-to-film, to ascertain the displacement, if any. Savage Peace
But this would go to evaluating relative responsibility and mitigating punishments and should not be used as a reason to jump over the most crucial first phase of the criminal justice process: the fact-finding ascertainment of truth. Torture is Wrong, Illegal and It Doesn't Work,
With these data it is comparatively easy to ascertain the quantity of food which produced the increase in the animal's weight; but they do not enable us to determine the amount expended in keeping it alive, because the egesta might be largely made up of unappropriated food -- organised matter which had done no work in the animal body. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
IV The judicial ascertainment and criminal liability of involuntary dangerous crime.
An inquest in 2000 found the cause of death 'unascertained'. Times, Sunday Times
The last step is to ascertain the actual cost of construction of the Northway in the area being serviced.
It would be appreciated if you would ascertain this information in a timely manner.
I've also ascertained so far that the intransitive participle -θ was once *-ta whereas the homophonous agentive suffix -θ as in the names Aranθ and Vanθ was once *-ti. The Lost Vowels of Pre-Etruscan Syncope
But when we wish to compare discharge of different kinds, for the important purpose of ascertaining whether the same amount of current will in its _different forms_ produce the same amount of transverse action, we find the data very imperfect. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
This error can be ascertained from the aircraft manual.
However, backcrossing is a gradual procedure that, apart from being lengthy, cannot ascertain that genetic and epigenetic changes will modify the original nuclear genotype.
To describe the high - way at full length, it should be stated to be "in, through, and from the parish of L.;" but any part of that description which ascertains the identity of the road is a sufficient description of an abuttal. Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of exchequer, from Easter term 32 George III. to [Trinity term 37 George III.] ... both inclusive. [1792-1797]
The amount of the provisional anti-dumping tariffs, the cash deposits, the guaranty letter and other forms of guaranty shall not exceed the dumping margin ascertained in the initial awards.
The back yard is unfenced, and extends to the skyline and an unascertainable bit beyond. THE STORY OF JEES UCK
The cause of death was unascertained. Times, Sunday Times
Having ascertained inapparent typhus in cases of primary infection, it was then easy for me to demonstrate the existence of apyretic typhus in certain guinea pigs that had been reinoculated a fairly long time after contraction of a primary infection of pyretic typhus. Charles Nicolle - Nobel Lecture
If a teacher wants to ascertain whether in fact learning has taken place, she has to measure this change. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
Here, then, we are told that proof of the occasional transmission of mutilations would be sufficient to establish the fact, but on p. 267 we find that no single fact is known which really proves that acquired characters can be transmitted, "_for the ascertained facts which seem to point to the transmission of artificially produced diseases cannot be considered as proof_" [Italics mine.] Essays on Life, Art and Science
Just as in a circle, it is necessary to know three points to determine the circumference; so in ascertaining the elements of a comet, three different positions must be observed before what astronomers call its "ephemeris" can be established. Off on a Comet
Forty-five of the men who participated in the first survey were resurveyed to ascertain if there had been any changes in their health seeking behaviors.
It is also necessary to ascertain the exchange value of the milreis at the time, when quotations are made in Brazilian money, as there have been great variations in the value of the milreis.
Because origin could not be ascertained, both species were classified as resident as well as nomadic.
Nomura has advised clients to check the fine print of their euro-denominated bonds to ascertain whether they could be converted into local currencies, such as the drachma, which could quickly plunge.
If the meeting so resolved, the Commissioners were to ascertain the names of the parties who were entitled to estates, rights, and interests in the common and commonable lands, and the amount or value of their respective rights.
But although by this improved acidimeter the quantity of acids could be ascertained with more nicety, there remained one defect, that in often turning the glass tube for mixing the fluids, some of the contents adhered to the thumb in closing its mouth. The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
In his questioning of Osterhaus, Shepherd asked whether DCF had a means to determine whether prospective adoptive parents are susceptible to mental illness, drug abuse or domestic violence -- or whether such risks were '' unascertainable. '' Family Court
Moreover some of these physicians often issue a certificate of death before making a check up and ascertaining the cause of death.
George had this unusual combination of training at his father's knee in polling, the scientific ascertainment of public opinions, and also a passion for religion," said Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief. Pollster Plumbed State of American Religion
An inquest which opened into her death was told the cause of her death was unascertained.
Through doing this, the teacher will be able to ascertain the extent to which the child understands what he is reading.
The real difficulty is in each case to ascertain how far such implications extend.
There should be a public inquiry to ascertain the facts. The Sun
In the event of a tie, five-minute blitz games were to be played to ascertain the winner.
It was a long shot but might be worth the effort, at least to ascertain the facts. Broken Lives
The results of a post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death was unascertainable and a file has now been passed to the coroner.
If a break was taken and the precise length of the break was not ascertained, it would be assumed that the deductible period was 30 minutes unless evidence to the contrary was available.
People are consulted more to gain their assent or acquiescence rather than to ascertain their views. Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years
The heat of this water before it rose out of the earth could not be ascertained, as water looses all its heat above 212 (as soon as it is at liberty to expand) by the exhalation of a part, but the flinty bason which is deposited from it shews that water with great degrees of heat will dissolve siliceous matter. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
A post mortem examination will be performed today to ascertain the cause of death. Times, Sunday Times
However, because the risk can't attribute to both parties, it is difficult to ascertain a fair, reasonable time to specify the good risk bearing time.
Professor Crews cites a document restricted to 2102 when he could have ascertained that this document was already derestricted by The Sigmund Freud Archives. The Unknown Freud: An Exchange
Just by looking at this data... I can ascertain exactly what has happened on each pit stop. Times, Sunday Times
The crash investigator said one of the things he was trying to ascertain was the position of the tractor bucket at the time of the fatal crash earlier this month.
Professor Frankland, in a paper published in the number of the _Philosophical Magazine_ for September, 1866, determines the relative alimental value of foods by ascertaining the quantity of heat evolved by each when burned in oxygen gas. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
Partial failure of consideration is a valid defence where a liquidated amount is involved; but it cannot be raised where the amount involved is unascertained or unliquidated.
In 1900, he ascertained that, with the help of its specific antibody, the substance used to produce immunity fixes the alexin or complement in such a way that, when proportions between the three bodies are favourable, the complement disappears completely from the mixture. Physiology or Medicine 1919 - Presentation Speech
But it is one and the same God, the Father of our Lord, from whom also the prophets had their mission, who does indeed, through His infinite kindness, call the unworthy; but He examines those who are called, [to ascertain] if they have on the garment fit and proper for the marriage of His Son, because nothing unbecoming or evil pleases Him. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
The common devotee should ascertain the sadhu's level of knowledge and devotion, and who is his guru and lineage.
Should anyone wish to ascertain what a hill of ruffs is like, they should inspect the beautiful case of these birds placed in the Natural History Museum.
Part of the remit of the inquiries into the affair announced yesterday will be to ascertain if he had something to hide. Times, Sunday Times
A postmortem was ordered to try to ascertain the cause of death.
I urge, therefore, a cautious approach to the ascertainment of the intention of the legislature.
The supervisor should ascertain not only the reliability of the individual value obtained, but also the significance these OOS results represent in the overall quality assurance program.
Accordingly, evaluation will be undertaken to ascertain that the preventive measures implemented have been effective.
Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) essay and sequence analysis of the PCR product were used to ascertain the gene mutation.
The ftipulative tribute paid by Tanjore to the Carnatic, in peace as well as in war, lhould we think be confidered only as an acknow - ledgement of Aiperiority« What quota of troops or rreafure fhould be furniflied in time of war we cannot ascertain either by ufage or compaft. Copies of Papers Relative to the Restoration of the King of Tanjore, the ...
The cause of death was unascertainable. Times, Sunday Times

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