Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your choice therefore could be boiled down to whether you want to start with the " real thing " on video , as an example of what the unit is about , or whether you want to keep the most realistic example for later , to reinforce what has gone before . |
| 2 | Many of the legal ‘ rights ’ or ‘ incidents ’ of what political scientists or philosophers might refer to as citizenship are enjoyed regardless of whether the individual in question is a British citizen . |
| 3 | A decision is expected shortly on whether Dr Siddiqui will be prosecuted for incitement to murder . |
| 4 | A GOVERNMENT decision is expected soon on whether Suffolk will gain its first secure unit for young offenders . |
| 5 | Erm you closed questioned which I thought Martin made very difficult for you but er obviously intentionally but erm what else is it you mentioned erm pension or benefits from the navy , you never actually picked up on whether he had any erm pension benefit from , from the forces which is something that , that we would have had to have made a note of . |
| 6 | Customs say no decision has been made yet on whether to appeal . |
| 7 | Their judgement of people is based entirely on whether they are treated gently or harshly , kindly or unkindly , with love or with disdain . |
| 8 | In Martha Wolfenstein 's words ( 1955 ) , ‘ Fun has become not only permissible but required ’ ; the modern mother is already a creature whose ‘ feelings of inadequacy are matched only by her undying efforts ’ , according to Johnson and Medinnus ( 1965 ) , and ‘ fun morality ’ now ensures that ‘ her self-evaluation can no longer be based entirely on whether she is doing the right and necessary things but becomes involved with nuances of feelings which are not under voluntary control ’ ( Wolfenstein , 1955 , our italics ) . |
| 9 | Consequently , setting up detailed financial controls based only upon whether an SBU is considered to be a ‘ star ’ , ‘ cash cow ’ or ‘ dog ’ is also simplistic . |
| 10 | Even for the much more limited requirement of a qualification based purely on whether a significant proportion of the likely distribution of outcomes gives a negative net worth , there must be some implicit formulation of a distribution and a cut-off percentage . |
| 11 | For example , the choice of a passive rather than an active is influenced both by whether the things referred to are animate or inanimate and by what the basic theme of the speaker 's current discourse currently is ( Harris , 1977 ; 1978 ) . |
| 12 | A decision will be taken shortly on whether to invest in a more advanced E-mail package and , if so , which one . |
| 13 | A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow . |
| 14 | The general principle is that advocates ' rights should be determined only by whether they are properly trained and members of a professional body whose rules of conduct are ‘ appropriate in the interests of justice in relation to the court or proceedings concerned ’ . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke was questioned closely on whether there had been any consultation with Mrs Shephard . |
| 16 | It will hopefully provide firmer evidence than assembled hitherto on whether medieval England already had the highly distinctive pattern of late female marriage and high proportions never-marrying that is known to have been firmly established in sixteenth century evidence contained in the parish registers . |