Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] whether " in BNC.
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1 | If SVR4 is adopted , it 's unclear whether SCO would start with its existing V.3.2.4 implementation and add SVR4.2 features , or start with SVR4.2 and add backwards compatibility with its SCO Unix and Xenix offerings . |
2 | I think it depends , if , if it 's red , whether you 've got time to let it breathe properly , and if it 's white whether it 's got time to , to be chilled properly . |
3 | It 's debatable whether that statement is true or not but it was certainly pretty blatant . |
4 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
5 | It 's debatable whether PGA is the best golf game , but it 's certainly the easiest to get into without the fuss of reading pages of instructions and swatting up on the physics of the humble golf ball . |
6 | Books by , and about , lesbians have been in comparative abundance in the last 5 years or so but it 's debatable whether this literary output has served as insular affirmations or taken lesbian sexuality a little further down the road of acceptance . |
7 | Indeed , it 's doubtful whether their audience actually wants anything other than the cheap , juvenile excitement generated by their high adrenalin post punk thrash . |
8 | His excellency crossed the floor of room B. It was n't a particularly interesting room and it 's doubtful whether it would have got a mention at all , had the Anti-Rex not chosen to enter it . |
9 | It was n't a particularly interesting café and it 's doubtful whether it would have got a mention at all had … do you ever get that strange feeling of déjà vu ? |
10 | It 's doubtful whether these distinctions were ever clear , and certainly nowadays , it 's realised that pure and applied research goes side by side , within all research organisations . |
11 | On he 's , he 's instructions , on , do n't like that dam great bush being so near , he never has to stand at the kitchen sink and look out like I do this is where my , it 's funny whether the winds blowing this way or that way , |
12 | you know , it 's negible whether you can make anything even if |
13 | Later in this interlude he meets Saul , who tells him it 's irrelevant whether he lived or died : the point is that the myth continues . |
14 | And do n't say it does n't matter just because you 're an amateur ; it 's important whether you 're a part-timer or Eric Clapton , so take it seriously and go to your doctor . |
15 | It 's questionable whether it 's surviving now . |
16 | could I ask if i if it is appropriate whether whether Bob could elaborate on on what the proposals are for the Market Hall and . |
17 | Considerable ambiguity arises when the appearances of the incident are such that it is uncertain whether or not it fits one of these types of abnormal situation . |
18 | It is uncertain whether these small shorthorns were simply the result of a gradual diminution in size of the earlier British cattle , possibly from a combination of selection and lack of nutrition , or were imported from Europe in the Bronze Age . |
19 | The non-availability of this defence at common law is one of the reasons why local authorities , having decided to take action in the High Court , in order to secure an injunction requiring the cessation of the odour , often prefer to bring an action in respect of a public nuisance rather than rely on s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 where it is uncertain whether or not the defence of best practicable means is available . |
20 | It is uncertain whether the coffee plant manufactures this chemical for its own mysterious purpose , or whether it is made as an accidental byproduct of the roasting process ( the smell of coffee originates from the latter source ) . |
21 | A Bf110D night fighter of the newly arrived 1/NJG 3 was lost over the island on 17th but it is uncertain whether this fell to the A.A. guns or was shot down by Plt.Off . |
22 | At the time the debt is issued , it is uncertain whether the debt will be converted prior to the time at which the redemption option may be exercised , and hence whether the premium on redemption will be paid . |
23 | At the time the debt is issued , it is uncertain whether the debt will be converted prior to the time at which the enhanced interest will be payable . |
24 | At this stage , it is uncertain whether Phase 2 of the project , towards the Feeder Road side of Bristol , will also be operated from the gorge shaft . |
25 | It is uncertain whether they are directly applicable to our system , where the majority of errors are specific to the pattern recogniser . |
26 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
27 | Though widely reported , it is uncertain whether on 10 September Moltke , in fact , informed the Kaiser , ‘ Majesty , we have lost the war ’ ; if so , it showed a flash of strategic prescience that he displayed at no other moment in his military career . |
28 | It is uncertain whether the principle laid down in Regal ( Hastings ) covers this situation . |
29 | That structure of international regulation broke down in the 1970s and has been followed by a period of instability where it is uncertain whether US hegemony can be re-established or whether a different mode of regulation under Japanese or European domination will be constructed . |
30 | It is uncertain whether he recognises his carers . |