Even if it were possible to determine scientifically whose performance as a supporting actress last year was better than anyone else's, why should you want to do that?

Three doctors and scientists, Dr. Mary Fanning, Dr. Michael Baker and Dr. Norbert Gilmore were brought on board to scientifically determine which research projects were most promising and deserving of funding.

Being the official supplier of a top-flight university sounds almost as if a panel of tenured professors got together and scientifically determined that Coke Is It!

This seminal work was able to determine scientifically that the nature of the spread and the quality of the carpet upon which it was tumbled were determining factors in how the toast and carpet interfaced.

Beth Israel is the "big, urban, Eastern" site in a study that, its sponsors hope, will scientifically determine whether there is a benefit to being nice to people.

Testot-Ferry and Adrien Arcelin decided to see if they could determine scientifically how large the deposit was that they had brought to light, and to examine with great care the remains that they had recovered.

He did so in order to determine scientifically where to place God as a species on the phylogenetic tree.

Here, it is crucial to scientifically determine the consequences so as to be able to take advantage of the opportunities and minimise the risks.

A rigorous type of study, known as a randomized controlled trial, is needed to scientifically determine the degree of protection from circumcising males at birth and as adults, Dr. Gray and others said.

He and others have noted that the immense hatcheries program set up in the 1960's had released hundreds of millions of fingerlings into Caspian rivers but failed to determine scientifically how many of these fish survived to return and spawn.