Mergers may provide short-term profit growth but do not help research productivity, the ultimate determinant of a drug company's success, he said.

In a debate that turns on money, it is the ultimate determinant of winners and losers, of priorities and policy.

Hacker skill is the ultimate determinant of acceptance.

Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations within any group and between groups.

It is the programming that is the ultimate determinant of what the audience is and what the network is.

"But they should not be the ultimate determinant of success."

It has been noted that while different choices are made available by the genome, in the end, the environment is the ultimate determinant of what becomes activated.

In Canada, appeals by the judiciary to community standards and the public interest are the ultimate determinants of which forms of expression may legally be published, broadcast, or otherwise publicly disseminated.

Kim Matthew on emails saying: "The Sharapova serve will be the ultimate determinant of how well she plays today.

But the ultimate determinant of policy remains racial classification.