Example sentences of "whether [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Could you tell me whether the problem is down to the type of speakers employed — maybe producing too soft a sound wave with little strength of travel — and whether I would get better projection through a standard model 1960 Marshall cabinet rated at 300 watts RMS ?
2 Before I finish I I just wonder whether I could put one point to the county and that 's whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan , they would allow the borough council to include the type of policy we 're seeking in our district wide local plan bearing in mind that some of the considerations in involved are of a strategic nature .
3 But before I talk about whether I should use that discretion , I should like to say that , as my hon. Friend said , I have known about his concern about the Axminster practice virtually since I arrived in the Department of Health 18 months ago .
4 Though the number of books I have read is pitiful I doubt whether I will find another book as good as this .
5 whether you 'll get that rate
6 I have said enough to show your lordships that the question before you is not whether you can reject this Bill but whether you ought to reject this Bill — a wholly different thing .
7 If you attend a mountaineering club lecture in order to discover whether you should attempt this sport , you will follow the discussion much more easily if you have read a little about it .
8 You see I put me poster up in the window and then me flipping dad said to me I do n't know whether you should have that poster up , what if Miss is around , Conservative , so I bloody took it down and put it in a magazine , I thought when we 've got
9 Do n't use the test simply to try and find out whether you should have safer sex .
10 I do n't know whether you can help that man with that .
11 I have said enough to show your lordships that the question before you is not whether you can reject this Bill but whether you ought to reject this Bill — a wholly different thing .
12 Yet while she 's been pulling no punches as the dynamic young WPC , Jane 's been wrestling with the thorny dilemma of whether she can find lasting love with teacher Grant Mitchell played by Craig McLachlan .
13 Bathsheba knew that he would always give his honest opinion , even if she asked him whether she should marry another man , and there was nobody else she could trust .
14 Robyn gasped incoherently as his mouth played and teased , felt the moistness of desire increasing until she wondered dazedly whether she could endure such ecstasy any longer .
15 For the first time , the queen mother was not given the chance to show whether she could exercise responsible control or not .
16 ‘ Was it your impression , ’ he asked Meh'Lindi , ‘ that Carnelian was performing a lightning calculation as to whether we might stand any chance of still saving Stalinvast if we jumped back into normal space ? ’
17 The principal difficulty is that it is quite clear that the texts of the classical jurists have not been left as they were written ; and since it is clear that Justinian was keen on enforcement in all circumstances , it is hard to decide whether we should take all reference to it to be a product of his ardour , or the more extreme cases of public interest to be acceptable classical examples .
18 As time went on , and particularly by the early Seventies , I began to question whether one could take this point of view in a situation where things were going on which I clearly saw to be ‘ bad ’ .
19 The question is then posed as to whether one can reconcile that Christology with feminism .
20 It is doubtful , however , whether they would prevent attempted suicide .
21 Industry would have a healthy supply of well-qualified graduates from Scottish universities proud of their good academic record , but whether they would show more allegiance to a independent Scotland is unclear .
22 While the Queen was pondering the question of whether to pay income tax , the rest of the nation was wondering whether they would have any income on which to pay tax .
23 The Council has therefore reached the view that a formal scheme should not be introduced at this time but that members should be encouraged to take young intrants into their offices if they are able to do so , and the Council therefore recommends members to consider whether they can offer this facility to young people in their areas .
24 He said : ‘ In principle they like the scheme but we have to see whether they can find any money to back it up .
25 Contemporary dealers Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert , however , seemed less than enthusiastic about the results of their one-man show of gouaches by Gerard Garouste and unsure whether they could return next year .
26 TERRY VENABLES and Tottenham are investigating whether they should sue former chairman Irving Scholar .
27 I am not interested in scoring cheap points in this debate about the underfunding of sport , but if sport is using underfunding as an excuse or justification for taking large amounts of money from the tobacco industry , the Government must address the question whether they should put more money into sport so that sport does not have to use that excuse .
28 As they hurried down dusty , echoing staircases , Mungo began to wonder whether he would have enough money .
29 Whether he could recover this sum would depend upon whether he could introduce further people into the scheme , for he would receive a payment for each new participant whom he introduced .
30 John Akers will retain the posts of chairman and chief executive during the search period and the company is not yet saying whether he will remain titular chairman thereafter .
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