On Tuesday, a new multimillion-pound Left Bank flood scheme was put to the test, helping to save thousands of homes along the Trent from flooding.
So, in terms of detecting the surface lead of the five home lead test kits that you put to the test, how exactly do they work?
And Williamson's relationship with the Easter Road directors was put to the test when he was forced to renegotiate the lucrative five-year deal he signed in favour of a reduced salary and a one-year rolling contract.
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The new politics of pragmatism will be put to the test if, as is not impossible, Sinn Fein wins enough assembly seats to put Mr McGuinness within reach of becoming first minister.
Investors' willingness to pay these fees is being further put to the test by the biggest single threat to the rest of the fund industry: the success of Vanguard, a Pennsylvanian company that sells funds linked to stockmarket indices.
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Likewise, overtures to Iran, Cuba and Venezuela put to the test Obama's bold campaign promise to give dialogue a chance even, perhaps especially, with those nations with whom U.S. relations had turned most stagnated or contentious.
Put to the test last year, the superhard coating was applied to plates on a 20-ton mining rock-crusher and reduced jagged boulders to pebbles for 48 hours before wearing out.
Most recently, in Abu Dhabi, he was put to the test in a competitive environment which included providing him with an opportunity to demonstrate his outright pace and consistency over a single lap.
But GMI's data were put to the test in an October 2009 study that measured the correlation of GMI's rankings to stock performance from mid-2003 to mid-2008.
But my old one works fine, so I see no reason to put myself to the test.
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The whole process is to put them to the test and to see how well they stand up.
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In the wake of her divorce, she decided that the time had come to put herself to the test.
On Click, we like to put theories to the test, no matter how persuasive they appear at face value.
This system has served me well for more than 20 years and I challenge you to put it to the test.
And if they give you an answer, are you not required to put it to the test to see if it could actually work?
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The 2.55Ah lithium-ion battery included will last up to (approximately) four hours and 15 minutes, though we'd like to put that to the test ourselves before trusting the specs sheet.
Naturally we'll need to put this to the test once we're allowed to turn it on, but we expect this to be roughly the same quality as the Lumia 900.
"But if we've got an opportunity to put it to the test and allow the public to see if it is effective - in the end Mayor Ferguson is going to be judged on effectiveness, " he added.
That mix of pragmatism and idealism was put to the test during the crisis in Egypt.
This monopolistic idea could be put to the test if these Medicare pay cuts are enacted.
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Mr Strauss-Kahn's twin search for legitimacy and relevance will soon be put to the test.
The merits of a more re-distributive system are about to be put to the test.
And today, that idea is being put to the test in the Middle East and North Africa.
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They are sure to put to the test Blair's success at keeping Labour in step during the campaign.
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The adoration was put to the test in 1974 when Portugal emerged from half a century of dictatorship.
That may, however, be increasingly put to the test, for some people believe that cities have had their day.
Now the euro is nigh, all those academic economists' doubts about its operation will be put to the test.
She said VC funds will be put to the test in the next few years and the fittest will survive.
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