Example sentences of "[adv] [be] sure whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meredith delved in her plastic bag and produced a bottle of wine and — because she had not been sure whether her hostess drank — a box of chocolates . |
| 2 | In the simplest case , you may not be sure whether you should continue to turn up for work or not . |
| 3 | We can not settle the theory of life histories because we can not be sure whether cave organisms put more effort into reproduction than do their relatives at the surface ; nor can we be sure whether they have reduced metabolic rates , which makes it difficult to sort out the question of adaptation . |
| 4 | When Glóin describes the dwarves ' urge to revisit Moria we can not be sure whether this is the prompting of Sauron from outside or dwarvish greed and ambition from inside . |
| 5 | Remember that you can not be sure whether you or someone else has the virus just by guessing or by appearances . |
| 6 | Firstly , he could not be sure whether other surviving members of the killer pack might arrive at any moment to join the attack on him . |
| 7 | In the morning , Gabriel could not be sure whether she had been there or not . |
| 8 | That 's quite difficult to do because where there 's so many churches not being sure whether they 're going to make it this year how can they say what 's going to happen next year ? |
| 9 | For otherwise how can we ever be sure whether Beethoven intends for us to see a horde of goblins or a host of elephants ? ’ |
| 10 | No one can quite be sure whether he will be really ready for the expected showdown with world champion Jansher Khan , which is likely to decide Tuesday 's final . |