Example sentences of "[prep] whether [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choice of whether to use the money wage version , , or the price version , of the Phillips curve depends upon the nature of the problem being examined . |
| 2 | Whatever the outcome of the MMC investigation is , the final decision of whether to allow the merger to go ahead or not will be made by the Secretary of State . |
| 3 | There has not , however , been adequate assessment of whether improving the oxygen saturation reduces the incidence of arrhythmias . |
| 4 | On 5 August 1991 , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to Crossman Block confirming that the practice of Her Majesty 's Government was to recognise states not governments and that , accordingly , ‘ The question of whether to recognise the purported ‘ interim government ’ in Mogadishu thus does not arise for us . ’ |
| 5 | So , leaving aside for a moment the difficult question of whether to accept the kind of association between kinship system and technological level postulated by Morgan , Marx , and Engels , it is not surprising that modern anthropology reveals no such association between technology and kinship terms . |
| 6 | There had been dissent over the issue of whether to contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections on separate party lists . |
| 7 | The arguments within the Thatcher administration went on apace over whether to swing the axe fiercely into public spending in the winter of 1980–1 , with ministers like Prior , Pym , Walker , and Carrington arguing the case for maintaining public expenditure and investment , monetarists outside the government like Alan Budd urging far more stringent monetary restraint , and Sir Geoffrey Howe at the Treasury buffeted about in between . |
| 8 | The renewed debate over whether to close the entire ancient centre of Rome to traffic , and in particular the Via dei Fori Imperiali which runs from Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum , slicing in half one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in the world , is charged with political meaning . |
| 9 | The Rovers directors meet this weekend in an attempt to end the dilemma over whether to sell the club 's England Under-21 goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to Crystal Palace . |
| 10 | 1838 coincided with the culmination of the anti-apprenticeship campaign , 1840 with the first World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and 1848 with the high point of the controversy over whether to maintain the West African naval squadron as the main instrument of slave trade suppression . |
| 11 | We would welcome your comments on this position and particularly as to whether taking the vehicle home could be described as legitimate business reasons . |
| 12 | In any event , we would suggest that a decision as to whether to advertise the opportunity is deferred at least until you have had an opportunity to review the output of the earlier search activity . |
| 13 | Where a house has a river in front of it and a bridge across the river with a sign saying the bridge is dangerous , this is not an adequate warning , as any visitor has no choice as to whether to use the bridge . |
| 14 | The holders ' decision as to whether to convert the debt will take into account the interest forgone by such a decision . |
| 15 | The holder 's decision as to whether to exercise the option will depend on the relative values of the shares to which he would be entitled on conversion and the cash receivable , including the premium , on exercise of the option . |
| 16 | Discussions are underway as to whether to reinstate the Vasca del Tribolo ( at present on display inside the palace ) in the left hand arcade . |
| 17 | The decision follows as to whether to have the baby or an abortion , assuming the pregnancy is made known early enough . |
| 18 | We do have a choice as to whether to make the connection or not , but , as I have said , unless one is aware of it forming at the time , the bond is likely to build up at the instinctive level . |
| 19 | The b l and b 2 vibrations are equally symmetric , and an arbitrary choice has to be made , first as to which set is to be labeled b 1 , and secondly as to whether to maintain the same order in mode numbering . |
| 20 | Protesters are now seeking advice on whether to refer the decision to the European Court . |
| 21 | The former timetable will resume the day after a decision on whether to refer the offer is announced . |
| 22 | The Supreme Court in a nine votes to seven ruling in mid-July appointed Judge Adolfo Bañados to rule on whether to re-open the case of Orlando Letelier , an ambassador to the United States under the regime of Salvador Allende , who was murdered in Washington in 1976 [ see pp. 28273-74 ; 34989 ; 36097 ] . |
| 23 | The argument between reformers and conservatives since Mao 's death has been focused on whether to open the window to the outside world or insert an ‘ iron mesh ’ to prevent the intrusion of ‘ dirty flies ’ . |
| 24 | Mr Richard Aiken , counsel for BBC Enterprises , had told the court that a decision on whether to continue the BBC Europe service should have been made at the end of November but had been deferred until a meeting of the directors on December 29 . |
| 25 | If exclusion is to be permanent , the LEA 's decision on whether to order the pupil 's reinstatement is binding on the head teacher , although the governors may appeal against an LEA 's refusal to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil , using the same machinery which the LEA is required to establish for such appeals by parents ( and pupils if aged 18 or over ) . |
| 26 | However , shortly before Anne Burford resigned as chief of the EPA , she was due to announce her decision on whether to lift the ban in light of new evidence . |
| 27 | That rule will probably be extended to the upper house , where a vote on whether to lift the immunity of Italy 's former prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , is likely soon . |
| 28 | Not all patients who die are suitable as organ donors , and the decision on whether to remove the organs is made by the doctors concerned . |
| 29 | It would often be necessary to go back to the user and ask for guidance on whether to broaden the search . |
| 30 | The Serbian government on Oct. 11 staged a referendum on whether to amend the Constitution to allow early elections . |