Example sentences of "way of [v-ing] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of normalisability also forms the basis of a rather different way of determining whether an anomaly has a grammatical or semantic origin . |
| 2 | However , it is a helpful way of determining whether any lessons can be learned for future projects . |
| 3 | Without scrutinising the accounts and checking them against stock , Ian could think of no way of discovering whether Williams was telling the truth about the number of candles held by the Cathedral . |
| 4 | I would advise anyone taking up such offers to work out the amount of fabric required and the normal retail price of curtain tape and hooks in advance as a way of calculating whether or not the cost is fair . |
| 5 | While there is no way of knowing whether these rates of erosion are typical or atypical of Andean regions in general , the data nevertheless give cause for concern and emphasise the role of soil erosion as a major agent of environmental change . |
| 6 | There is no direct way of knowing whether the ancient people constructed magic circles , since by their nature they are only temporary . |
| 7 | There was no way of knowing whether it was better to go south or north ; they went south because for a little the going seemed easier . |
| 8 | Similarly , there is no way of knowing whether it was Cumbernauld 's highly segregated traffic arrangements that led to casualty rates some 30 per cent below the national average for built-up areas . |
| 9 | But those on the list who actually applied , as opposed to expressing vague interest , had no way of knowing whether their completed application forms had been weeded out or simply thrown on to the paper mountain along with everyone else . |
| 10 | He had had no way of knowing whether this was the truth , but the pattern of spurious intimacy had been established . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , at the moment there are no known examples of the latter being achieved , and there is no way of knowing whether it is achievable . |
| 12 | ( That is why , in Task 2 , although one may make a pretty good guess on the basis of past experience , there is no sure way of knowing whether the sentences which are grammatically correct ike ( 1 ) , ( 3 ) , and ( 5 ) — have been used or just invented . ) |
| 13 | We have no way of knowing whether any physical marker once stood there . |
| 14 | ‘ Are we as good as at war ? ’ she asked , and there was no way of knowing whether she laughed or was alarmed behind the widow 's veil . |
| 15 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |
| 16 | Rogers had flown over the Front many times , and he thought of it as two huge armies entrenched against each other , launching and repelling attacks massively and obviously ; but now , he supposed , the fog must have dissolved the armies into isolated soldiers , each fighting his own tiny battle , with no way of knowing whether his side was winning or losing . |
| 17 | And , on top of everything else , she had no way of knowing whether Veronica was telling the truth . |
| 18 | We have no way of knowing whether any other animals now extinct — pterodactyls perhaps ? — also evolved the technology independently . |
| 19 | Not being a frequent visitor to the area I have no way of knowing whether this was a freak occurrence . |
| 20 | Even on weekdays there were problems in booking caddies because members who , say , arrived at lunchtime might discover that all the caddies were out on the course , and there was no way of telling whether they were also booked for the afternoon ! |
| 21 | One way of telling whether a horse has completely eliminated the infection is to take follow-up nasal swabs . |
| 22 | Unless one has data from repeated surveys across time , there is no way of telling whether one is dealing with pure age effects , pure period effects or an interaction between the two , termed generation or cohort effects . |
| 23 | Sociologists have absolutely no way of telling whether any supernatural ( or sub-natural ) Person or force was responsible for the conversion . |
| 24 | There is no way of telling whether those ‘ hurt ’ by insider dealing are more numerous than those ‘ hurt ’ by trading before inside facts have impacted the market via ‘ legitimate ’ disclosure rules , so that investors are price-takers taking a faulty price . |
| 25 | If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this . |
| 26 | There is no way of telling whether they are cast in support of any particular policy or not . |
| 27 | While the BARB meters can record whether the VCR or an on-air programme is being watched , there is no way of telling whether people watching a time-shifted programme are cutting out the commercial breaks — or , indeed , what programme they are watching . |
| 28 | But there was no way of telling whether the thing was still outside . |
| 29 | Not necessarily , because in our experiments we experimenters , devise ; however , we have no way of telling whether the scales we use are the same as those the animals themselves use in making their memories . |
| 30 | We have no way of telling whether a simple Menuetto marking by Haydn or anyone else indicates that a movement is to go slow , fast or somewhere in between . |