Example sentences of "vote [prep] whether [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHIPPING services in Orkney face the threat of disruption as crews of the Orkney Islands Shipping Company vote on whether to take strike action . |
| 2 | That rule will probably be extended to the upper house , where a vote on whether to lift the immunity of Italy 's former prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , is likely soon . |
| 3 | Members of the radical Inter-regional group went so far as to table a motion of no confidence in the government , but a vote on whether to consider this motion was heavily defeated on May 29 . |
| 4 | When the plenum resumed , the central committee took a vote on whether to discuss Gorbachev 's resignation offer , the results being 13 in favour , 382 against , and 14 abstentions . |
| 5 | There was no quorum on June 9 for a vote on whether to accept Vagnorius 's resignation , tendered on May 16 [ see p. 38927 ] . |