The phrase "a question of discovering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or challenge of finding out information or uncovering something.
Example: "In this research, we face a question of discovering the underlying causes of the phenomenon."
Alternatives: "a matter of uncovering" or "an issue of finding out".
It wasn't when to signal danger as things were turning perilous; it was a question of discovering who to tell.
It is, rather, a question of discovering the biochemical consequences of the genetic damage and trying to deal with those instead.
In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.
Here was one of Crowley's favorite notions ("Nothing is true; everything is permitted,"), by way of Nietzsche, but Bangs brought it out of occult Thelemist incomprehensibility and into the question of discovering a practical intellectual justification for the satisfaction of every appetite.
It was not a question of the west discovering a natural law; rather, secularisation was a contingent development.
Joe Walston, executive director at the Wildlife Conservation Society Asia program tells me: The problem with identifying species numbers is less a question of the ration of discovered:undiscovered and more to do with how we (a) define 'species' and (b) how we define 'discovered'discovered
"It's just a question of how much work you put into discovering them".
An evening out with the boys, Lenny discovers, isn't a question of a few drinks in a trendy bar; the whole proceedings are broadcast live on the internet, and you have to keep the conversation lively, otherwise you can see your number of hits falling and your sponsors (such as they are) bailing.
It's a whole process of discovering.
