Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] whether [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 thank you situation are appointed jointly by the County Council and the County and effectively these consultations and of that er appointment and the following the last Committee we agreed with the er detail and of the and we also agreed that we would not go ahead with the which until we have seen the result of the consultation and therefore there still outstanding as whether we wish to action the not .
2 Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics .
3 ‘ Because I 'm doubtful about whether we should go ahead . ’
4 As in the case of Wölfflin , we are no longer interested in whether he was right or wrong we are more concerned with him as a phenomenon in the history of culture .
5 ‘ We are interested in whether he 'd want to come back .
6 I was just interested in whether you thought she disliked Nicola so much because she 'd started an affair with a man who 'd recently been her lover — you .
7 They were interested in whether you were going to start investigating anything over here … let's cross . ’
8 I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
9 After some agonizing over whether they were confident enough to do their respective jobs , ex-Big Flame member Tony Hodgson became Production Manager and Liz Cooper gave up her job as Circulation Manager of the New Statesman to take up the same position on the new paper .
10 The rates of pay which an agency may require vary and are dependent on whether you want someone qualified .
11 The further question which feminism raises — to an extent to which , I would contend , this has not been raised before — is that of whether it is moral .
12 The central question regarding the proposed expansion of the Community thus remains that of whether it will provide the impetus for closer integration or for the beginning of a Europe ‘ à la carte ’ .
13 Gloria , 52 , is coy about whether she has any plans to marry longtime partner Neagle Cathcart , 37 .
14 First , theory needs to be explicit about whether it is dealing with symmetrical or asymmetrical , reversible or irreversible relationships .
15 This meant that details of the Governors ' procedures , which might seem unimportant to outsiders — such as whether they watched a contested programme in advance of its first transmission — sometimes had great symbolic importance for the broadcasters .
16 It therefore lacks the precise single end point of studies of survival after infarction but for the patient who survives an acute coronary attack questions such as whether he will be able to return to work and earn his living , to lead an active family life and to enjoy his leisure pursuits are of the greatest importance .
17 The longer one debates a trivial matter such as whether it is right to put up with the notorious rudeness of the only fishmonger in town or to fight back , the deeper one is enmeshed in an ever-expanding web of implication .
18 The quality of the user interface , such as whether it is windows based , is normally a feature of the related text information management package .
19 The library of the future would be able to handle all types of electronic media , with users blissfully unaware of whether they were watching , say , a laser disc or a video tape .
20 Legitimacy … does not deal so much with whether activities of government are lawful as whether they accord with what are generally perceived to be or what have for long been held up to be , the fundamental principles of the constitution according to which government is or ought to be conducted .
21 The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions .
22 My spontaneous recoil from awareness of others ' troubles ( or of future danger to myself ) is no less or more natural than my impulse to sympathy or cruelty ( or to avoid or irrationally court danger ) when I do become aware ; it is as pointless to ask whether human nature is selfish or unselfish as whether it is improvident or far-sighted .
23 Only the signs in front of the numbers are different depending upon whether we read to right or left .
24 No suggestion was made during the argument that the landlord 's position could be different depending upon whether it was the original landlord or , as here , a successor in title to the reversion .
25 I often speak to the farmers in my area and they are seriously concerned about whether they can continue .
26 He is concerned about its merits , but , perhaps more important in the context of his constituents ' practice , he is concerned about whether they knew that the limitation on the payments due existed within the scheme that we were operating .
27 And I mean one had to be grateful because she was much more concerned about whether I 'd hurt myself falling off the ladder than her wardrobe .
28 It 's a pity she was n't more concerned about whether he was fit for the job or not , whatever his hair style .
29 He was unsure about whether he 'd be able to do this , and was also uncomfortable knowing that soon he 'd be performing merely to provide entertainment for Mandru and his guests .
30 Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees .
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