crucial test
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcrucialandtest
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crucial
adjective
uk/ˈkruː.ʃəl/us/ˈkruː.ʃəl/
extremely important ...
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test
noun[C]
uk/test/us/test/
a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or ...
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(Definition ofcrucialandtestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For him, thecrucialtestis to look at what happens to the long-term unemployed.
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This is thecrucialtest.
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That is thecrucialtest.
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Whether the predicted interactions will, in fact, be observed will provide acrucialtestof this approach.
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That will be thecrucialtest.
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That seems to be thecrucialtest.
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This will be thecrucialtest.
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This is thecrucialtest, whether we get the teachers.
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This is acrucialtestof our sincerity.
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Getting that balance right is thecrucialtest.
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Secondly, it must meet thecrucialtestof accountability.
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We are facing acrucialtestof national will.
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Are road traffic levels really thecrucialtest?
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My noble friend used the words, "thecrucialtest".
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That will be thecrucialtestof political will.
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I conclude that the relational understanding of autonomy - in applying to at least both individual autonomy and professional autonomy - passes thiscrucialtest.
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The ability to reproduce this representation convincingly on the basis of actual data is thus a fairlycrucialtestfor any measure of party policy.
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Thecrucialtestof this general model requires a longitudinal study of at-risk families that begins in infancy and lasts through the first few elementary grades.
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Acrucialtestis how much mathematics can be handled this way, and even in the limited field of domain theory the paper was only a start.
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Thecrucialtestwill come later, over the issue of control of supply.
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Thecrucialtestof a welfare provision is whether it is redistributive.
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This is the crux and thecrucialtestby which the prosecutions will be decided.
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I shall oppose both motions tonight because they fail thatcrucialtest.
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The high standard of proof required is thecrucialtestin our legal system.
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We cannot come to a decision without it, because we are without acrucialtest.
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