Example sentences of "whether it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that whether it was trying to dig him up for some doubles at Kyalami or just dropping in on him aboard the Queen Mary , I always called up first to make sure he was not otherwise engaged , and I can recall many times when James appeared at the track looking benign but far from fresh . |
| 2 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 3 | She could n't stop shivering , but whether it was caused by cold or the strain of waiting until fitzAlan won free of the castle she did n't know . |
| 4 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 5 | Biddy arrived on her Honda every evening there was a lesson whether it was snowing , raining stair-rods or shining frostily under a full moon . |
| 6 | He can hardly have been wearing a ski mask in the street at that hour of the morning , whether it was snowing or not . ’ |
| 7 | Whether it was built by Brownies or not , it 's proved to be your bridge to Brownies ! ’ |
| 8 | This belief , regardless of whether it was justified or not , both stopped leaders acting contrary to public opinion and persuaded citizens to accept the legitimacy of laws they did not themselves agree with . |
| 9 | Leave aside , for the moment , the question of whether it was justified in principle . |
| 10 | USL , reportedly working along similar lines ( UX No 383 ) , has declined to comment officially , and asked whether it was developing its own solution or buying the technology in from elsewhere , director of low-end Unix systems , Bill Traber , said ‘ I ca n't answer that . ’ |
| 11 | We do not even know whether it was deposited in that great Ptolemaic foundation , the library of Alexandria . |
| 12 | Whether it was advertised or what but how I came to be there I would n't know . |
| 13 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 14 | Whether it was pointing the right way to capture who planted the bomb , we are still checking . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the evidence showed that the defendants were determined to bring the contractual relationship to an end if they could , regardless of whether it was done in breach or not . |
| 16 | I want to know whether it was done by Glynn himself or by an outsider . |
| 17 | There 's still always the argument with certain firms as to whether it was done before or after . |
| 18 | I wonder whether it was leaking in , when they put it in in the first place ? |
| 19 | Then again , it 's impossible to guess from the transcript how it was said — whether it was flung down , shrugged off , tossed out , or uttered in some other way that put a hairpiece upon its baldness . |
| 20 | I know this was actually worn by her , I do n't , I , I 'm not sure whether it was given to her maid , I do n't think so . |
| 21 | In the Vedic period the abstract idea of time was regarded as the fundamental principle of the universe , but whether it was made into a deity is uncertain . |
| 22 | The question of whether a decision was ‘ legal or not ’ is sometimes put in terms of whether it was made ‘ within or without jurisdiction ’ or whether it is ‘ intra vires or ultra vires ’ ( that is , literally , ‘ within or beyond power ’ ) . |
| 23 | It is , I think , misleading to ask whether it was made of the patient 's own free will , or even whether it was voluntary . |
| 24 | This is because a large amount of lustre pottery was made in the region — so much so that any white-bodied pottery decorated with pink or purple lustre was , and sometimes still is , called Sunderland lustre , whether it was made in Sunderland or not . |
| 25 | I 'll never know whether it was to sharpen their teeth or whether they liked the taste of lead . |
| 26 | First , he served the others in a practical way : whether it was catching and cooking fish ( John 21 ) or serving at tables ( before Acts 6 ) , Peter was not afraid to get his hands dirty with practical , menial tasks . |
| 27 | She loved organising things and being with young people , whether it was debating society , Saturday night socials , musical activities , sports , whatever . |
| 28 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 29 | As both manoeuvred for position , whether it was cutting down trees and digging up streets in Hanoi or sending ‘ unauthorized ’ French battalions to various strategic points , the risk — and incidence — of clashes increased and both sides were at least preparing for war . |
| 30 | I think if we had a if we if we tried , as you say , labelled the leads and tried to keep the leads together with the video recorders and perhaps stick a think on the video recorder saying which leads belong to this particular thing then the problem would be 'cos this would provide you with a checklist whenever you lent it out as to whether it was coming back , or provide the leads in other words |