Sentence examples for settled a question from inspiring English sources

THE prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, appears suddenly to have settled a question that has hung over Japanese politics since the summer.

The election settled a question that has vexed the rural Onteora district since January, when the school board voted 4 to 3 to phase out the Indian mascot after the end of the school year.

The five appeals judges, whose decision is final, settled a question much debated by legal scholars: was the persecution and killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbs and others, known as ethnic cleansing.

Rather than settling a question, the referendums asked many more.

No factual discovery could ever settle a question of right or wrong.

There's also a chance that the Rosetta mission will help settle a question of more direct interest to nonscientists.

It seemed like a harmless and responsible journalistic task meant to settle a question that had hung over the race for governor — at least in the pages of The New York Times.

Had it done so, it might have helped settle a question that has preoccupied the personal computer (PC) industry for some time: are netbooks cheap and basic laptops that are flying off the shelves just a fad, or the future?The answer is probably both, as an "iPad", or whatever Apple's device may be called, would have demonstrated.

The body, the paediatric and congenital cardiac services review, was asked to settle a question at the centre of the Bristol tragedy, and which has been raised many times over the years: how many operations should be carried out by a children's heart unit each year for the surgeons to be expert in the complex techniques?

British officials say that the supposed plot to blow up transatlantic airliners last month had a direct link to al-Qaeda, even if the alleged plotters were inclined to violent extremism before making contact.That seems to settle a question often asked of al-Qaeda: is it a cohesive organisation or rather a source of inspiration for other radicals, who may claim to act in its name?

This settles a question of some 20 years′ standing.