Example sentences of "be debatable whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it may be debatable whether Suez marked the end of Britain 's imperial era , it undoubtedly blew away the mirage of coequality in the Anglo-American partnership . |
| 2 | Both the particular rule it lays down and , more important , the general principle it enshrines should be accepted as part of the English law also , though it may be debatable whether there is a need for it to be put into statutory form . |
| 3 | It 's debatable whether that statement is true or not but it was certainly pretty blatant . |
| 4 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
| 5 | It 's debatable whether PGA is the best golf game , but it 's certainly the easiest to get into without the fuss of reading pages of instructions and swatting up on the physics of the humble golf ball . |
| 6 | Books by , and about , lesbians have been in comparative abundance in the last 5 years or so but it 's debatable whether this literary output has served as insular affirmations or taken lesbian sexuality a little further down the road of acceptance . |
| 7 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 8 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 9 | It is debatable whether he ever envisaged trailer operation in its accepted sense , with trailers being detached at off-peak times . |
| 10 | It is debatable whether it was the cylinder or the disc that was the first to have a formal ‘ label ’ physically attached . |
| 11 | ‘ As king , Charles would also be head of the Church of England and it is debatable whether the public would want that status to be held by a man with an estranged wife . |
| 12 | Provided that the game is fair and given that the majority of investors hold diversified portfolios , as of course the dominant institutional investors do , then it is debatable whether extensive additional audit work is justified to provide the relatively small numbers of undiversified investors with information about the likely variance of cash flows . |
| 13 | But it is debatable whether this could be explicated in any meaningful way . |
| 14 | Moreover , if the predator was foreign , it is debatable whether the government would be willing to allow the takeover to succeed — such sentiments were behind the enforced reduction of the Kuwaiti Investment Office 's stake in BP in 1988 ; |
| 15 | Mr Donovan 's mere financial gain will probably make little difference to him and it is debatable whether his name ‘ has been cleared once and for all ’ as it did not need clearing in the first place . |
| 16 | Lyn de Alwis , Director of the Sri Lanka National Parks , had a secret weapon , although it is debatable whether you can call a facility that has been in existence for several thousand years ‘ secret ’ . |
| 17 | Had Koi then bred true , in way of breeds of dog , it is debatable whether they would have captured and maintained the fascination of their keepers around the world . |
| 18 | One implication of phenomenal rates of economic growth can be seen in rising incomes leading to an enormous increase in the ownership of consumer durables , although it is debatable whether incomes have risen as fast as GNP . |
| 19 | It is debatable whether a shareholder could proceed under ss.459–461 of the Companies Act 1985 , as amended by CA 1989 , alleging that a minority ( including himself ) has been unfairly prejudiced by those in control of the company , for their failure to call the insider to account to the company . |
| 20 | but there are fixed ropes on the gendarme now , though it is debatable whether these make it easier , as the commando style of climbing hand-over-hand is strenuous and feels insecure . |
| 21 | The first is often described as the change from a bipolar to a multipolar world , though it is debatable whether there really are multiple , more or less equal power centres as the phrase implies . |
| 22 | However , it is debatable whether or not those objectives can continue to be achieved in the future . |
| 23 | But it is debatable whether one can wholly understand it from the inside . |
| 24 | However , it is debatable whether the judgment in Ex parte Jaderow Ltd. , and the judgment of the same date in Reg. v. Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , Ex parte Agegate Ltd . |
| 25 | Patients identified as having multi-infarct dementia represent a distinct clinical subgroup within the study sample , but it is debatable whether they accurately represent all patients with this disease in the population . |
| 26 | It is debatable whether the idea of prefixing other disciplines with the word geographical is indeed a sound one because it may tend to suggest a greater separation of physical geography endeavour from that of other researchers when in fact there is no clear distinction in methods or objectives . |
| 27 | Yet , it is debatable whether or how length of the interval influences the mother 's health or survival . |
| 28 | If a database is the result of a great deal of effort alone with little judgment in the design of the database or in the selection of material ( for example , a telephone directory stored in a computer database or a directory of postcodes ) it is debatable whether it will attract copyright protection . |
| 29 | It is debatable whether this permission can properly be described as a " right or interest " in the copyright ; if it can be so described then sections 2 to 4 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 do not apply to software contracts and this is the most likely interpretation . |
| 30 | In terms of the specific funding for regional development , it is debatable whether the increase connected with the implementation of the SEM programme will be sufficient to deal with the spatial problems that arise from that programme , let alone those which stem from monetary union . |