Example sentences of "[adv] [be] certain whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non measurable standards , that is ones where you can not be certain whether or not a specific desired result has been achieved tend to cause trouble since they are easily challenged . |
| 2 | However , we can not be certain whether the subsequent rise in recorded incidents stems from the way the public refers domestic violence to the police or from a real increase in domestic strife . |
| 3 | Consequently if the state appears to be autonomous due to the action of elected elites , we can not be certain whether political leaderships are behaving as ‘ state ’ elites or ‘ social ’ elites . |
| 4 | And so I could not be certain whether the sight of his old home depressed him more than it inspired him . |
| 5 | His face was only inches from hers but she could not be certain whether he was sarcastic . |
| 6 | For now if you , as a supplier , observe a rise in the price of the good on your island of 10 per cent you can not be certain whether all other markets are experiencing the same rise on average . |
| 7 | Economic agents can not be certain whether observed changes in relative prices are ephemeral or permanent . |
| 8 | She put an arm across her eyes and opened them beneath it , seeing him in such a way that he could never be certain whether she had looked or not , naked and hairy and black as she might have imagined , thick-set and arrogant and very ready — that much at least was certain — to take her without any further preamble . |