Sentence examples for instead of whether from inspiring English sources

Instead of "whether" concrete representations (e.g., drawing diagrams) are involved in teaching, we should focus on "how" the concrete aids are actually used in ways to support symbolic reasoning.

If a company is characterized as such, its main quality too often seems to be whether it can be sold instead of whether it should be sold.

That's the future that the people of the Middle East and North Africa deserve – one where they can focus on opportunity, instead of whether they'll be killed or repressed because of who they are or what they believe.

It would be nice to believe that, three years on from his Roma departure, he has finally found a home where he can really focus on developing as a player – instead of whether or not he will still be around next year.

I want to walk away saying, "I want a love like that," instead of whether the fire dancers were overkill.

"The debate in each state will start to shift more toward, 'How will marijuana be legal?' and, 'What will that look like?' instead of whether it should be legal".

For example, instead of asking "whether you once used illicit drugs," the question is phrased as "whether you once used special substances" to reduce social disability bias.

Imagine if instead of debating whether to abolish slavery, instead of debating whether giving women and minorities a right to vote, those who disagreed were muted, discussion was killed".

Instead of questioning whether something would be useful, the question revolved around whether it was essential and pulling out extraneous features.

Instead of asking whether you should buy a gym membership, and then asking, separately, whether you should buy an expensive kit to help you quit smoking, you should ask whether it makes sense to buy each of those things in the context of all of your financial obligations.

So instead of asking whether Obama deserves the award, the much more important question is whether we deserve it.