Example sentences of "but whether [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whether they love you or loathe you , never expect to get your property back . |
| 2 | The adaptability of African farmers was not in doubt , but whether they would be given the means to expand production to meet growing urban and international markets was an open question . |
| 3 | Among them are millions of our fellow Christians ; but whether they are Christian or Muslim or whatever , they are fellow human beings and made in the image and likeness of God — and we have a responsibility for them . |
| 4 | They were little loves to a dog , but whether they were , as billed , the cream of British dogdom , well , all owners would like to think their dogs were . |
| 5 | We like our horses to be friendly , and usually they are born friendly , but whether they are to remain friendly is determined very much by our handling of them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Blackburn may have good players but whether they have a good side is questionable . |
| 8 | This much is an advance , but whether they have the stomach to take on the power industry and the Department of Energy remains to be seen . |
| 9 | The water boards are always prepared to discuss pressure and purity , but whether they will do anything about it is another matter , and the effects of privatisation have yet to be seen . |
| 10 | Danish invaders found their way to Lough Neagh between AD 849 and AD 1014 but whether they came up the Bann is uncertain . |
| 11 | Occasionally several males may form loose groups together , but whether they do this or not the essential point here is that it is the combined efforts of the females that control the herd , and rear and defend the young . |
| 12 | The issue is not whether such factors will in some way be represented , because they are bound to be , but whether they are in pedagogic focus . |
| 13 | But whether they are or not , let us handle them carefully . ’ |
| 14 | All of these species have been recorded eating mountain goats at one time or another , but whether they are regular or serious predators on the goat is another matter . |
| 15 | But whether they are sent to the third world or torn into rags or |
| 16 | This must be taken as evidence that parents find value in such manuals , but whether they seek specific advice on child-rearing practice , or use the book as a source of more general reassurance , is unclear . |
| 17 | The question is not whether they can fill in a simple series of figures , but whether they fully understand the implications of the choices they thus make . |
| 18 | But whether they do it on a Saturday I do n't know . |
| 19 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
| 20 | Well , sometimes it 's easy , because you know independently , not only whether what they say is true , but whether they believe it . |
| 21 | The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant . |
| 22 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 23 | But whether they were related directly to the main body of the puzzle was not yet clear . |
| 24 | But they , they 've got to start these younger people , although out there in there are a , a great number of ex-spoolers , but whether they would want to come back |
| 25 | But whether they thought it was going to be too hard work , and , and it certainly was very hard work . |
| 26 | ‘ But whether they 'd tell … ’ |
| 27 | But whether they came out knowing of the Welsh camp , and with some plan of attack , which the Lord Owen by his own stratagem forestalled , or whether they were on other business and would have passed by but for this lure , I tell you honestly , I do not know . |
| 28 | The agent then walked away with a constable , ostensibly in arrest , but whether they spent the day over the brow of the hill twiddling their thumbs I can not say . |
| 29 | Doubts could arise only about matters of , as it were , taste , such as manners and morals , where simple quantitative accumulation provided no guidance There could be no question that men in 1860 knew more than ever before , but whether they were ‘ better ’ could not be demonstrated in the same way . |
| 30 | Archives and museums keep objects that hold information and they store information about the entities ( i.e. objects ) they hold , but whether they can be said to hold knowledge in the same way libraries do is debatable . |