Example sentences of "issue is whether [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a similar vein Gibson ( this volume ) argues , ‘ The most basic issue is whether we are to define aggression without reference to native concepts . |
| 2 | The most basic issue is whether we are to define aggression without reference to native concepts . |
| 3 | So the crucial question is not whether party programme A is preferred to party programme B ; the issue is whether we want to keep the same government for the next five years or whether we want a different one . |
| 4 | The second related issue is whether it is appropriate to set down a single structure which puts topics under specific headings , given the interdisciplinary nature of the subject . |
| 5 | But the crux of the issue is whether it would be good for ministers to receive more partisan advice . |
| 6 | The question at issue is whether it is ‘ better ’ for the bilateral cases to have both joints replaced in a single operation or to have each joint treated separately in operations , say , six months apart . |
| 7 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 8 | In the present case the only issue is whether there is something in the language of the Act or by necessary implication , to show that the policy embodied in the Act should not be given effect as regards the questioning of a suspect who has been charged . |
| 9 | It is beside the point whether a woman enjoyed the masterly advance or not ; what is at issue is whether she consented … . |