Sentence examples for concentrated on whether from inspiring English sources

Much of the debate in the run-up to the vote had concentrated on whether Ireland would require another bailout on top of the current one, which is due to run out at the end of 2013, or whether it would regain access to the bond markets by then.

Instead, he concentrated on whether the six-month deployment of the force, which expires in June, should be extended.

"We've concentrated on whether Lipitor reduces risk of heart attacks and strokes," says Halit Bander, medical team leader for Lipitor.

UK laws also concentrated on whether skill, judgement and labour went into the preparation of a work before concluding that copyright subsists in it.

French doubts about Ashton are concentrated on whether she is up to leading the kind of dynamic, ambitious European foreign policy Paris wants.

"Our web concerns were primarily concentrated on whether or not we'd have enough munitions to fight off the post-apocalyptic hordes of cannibals that would inevitably follow the Y2K bug," wrote associate editor Tony Perez, in an announcement made Tuesday.

Carney also revealed that the White House review would concentrate on whether the US acted appropriately in relation to surveillance activities on its allies.

But that defense lawyer, Barry Apfelbaum, said in his opening statement that jurors should concentrate on whether Mr. Santos had the intent to kill.

Political analysts say the key to Ms. Calderon's victory was her pledge to root out corruption rather than concentrate on whether Puerto Rico should become the 51st state.

In determining guilt or innocence, Iraqi judges have been accustomed to concentrating on whether a defendant has confessed — an emphasis that American officials said encouraged abusive interrogations.

For now, Clear Cut is concentrating on whether four promised life vests, worth £50 each, will finally appear at their next regular meeting with the quango.