Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] not clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | This stated objective was often at variance with the reality of the administration of the territory , and it was not clear whether the individuals had any basis for a claim for performance of the treaty in either an international or domestic forum . |
| 2 | The organizations faced uncertainty and it was not clear whether the time when they might need to reduce their labour force would coincide with the date of expiry of a fixed-term contract . |
| 3 | It was still widely accepted that only major rulers ( kings and the republic of Venice ) could send and receive ambassadors ; and it was not clear until at least the later sixteenth century that the status of a diplomat depended on his position in this still embryonic hierarchy of ranks and not , irrespective of his title , on the standing of the ruler he represented . |
| 4 | There was no official word on where and when Dubcek would be buried and it was not clear whether one of the country 's best-known modern politicians would receive a state funeral . |
| 5 | Government in early 1991 proposed reform of local government , but it was not clear then how far a strident need to deal with local government financing dominated the intent . |
| 6 | The campaign of resistance had then succeeded , but few Unionists were celebrating ; Lord Winterton in Sussex and Willoughby de Broke in Warwickshire were among the Unionists who were preparing to spread an Irish civil war to England by setting up " commandos " of diehards among the yeomanry — but it was not clear whom they would fight if the army refused to support the government . |
| 7 | But it was not clear how one ought to extend it to more complicated atoms . |
| 8 | At least 114 wiretaps were requested for reasons ranging from suspected arms trading to terrorist links or presidential security , but it was not clear if all the taps were actually carried out , the left-wing daily said . |