Example sentences of "whether [pron] would [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He wondered whether I would give a dinner , which I said I would , at my home .
2 And erm they 're loyal to the society because it , they know really it 's partly through them supporting the Guilds that we are able erm I do n't know whether I would get the membership there if you 've got , you see we pay a subscription to , see it costs five Pound a year at the moment to be , to be a member of the Womens ' Guild , which we , we send dues as I say to these three sections you see .
3 Around the middle of 1969 I had been asked by the Jockey Club whether I would join the board of United Racecourses , for one reason and one reason only : in order to keep the peace between the Jockey Club and Lord Wigg .
4 ‘ Would you like to know whether I would find a tracing of your cock arousing ? ’
5 We 've only popped in to see whether you would like a lift into town now , before we go , rather than go into town and then come back just in case you want
6 Please state whether you would like the lesson at 9.45–10.45 a.m. or 4.45–5.45 p.m .
7 She debated whether she would do the church first or the vicarage .
8 He wanted to know whether we would monitor the introduction of the new disability benefits and their impact in policy terms and with regard to their administration .
9 This year , I am being told that the test was not whether we could deliver our unprecedented number of detailed commitments , as I had thought , but whether we would do a lot more than we said we would do just a year ago .
10 As we approached Tromsø the snow grew thicker and Nathan asked , as casually as he could manage , whether they would clear the runway .
11 In order to gain some idea of the adequacy of the diet , I asked several people from poor families outside how much rice they ate and whether they would find the prison food acceptable .
12 Respondents were asked whether they would describe the quality of life of the person in the year before they died as good , fair , or poor .
13 The subject was whether they would support an initiative to tighten up laws on pornography , and all were in favour .
14 He wondered whether they would see the Tree Spirits and then he wondered whether they wanted to see them .
15 Tony Knight , who worked at BT as an electronics engineer for 23 years before opting for the academic life at Henley Management College , says that BT middle managers have attended his courses uncertain of whether they would have a job to go back to .
16 My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses .
17 Having answered his own question of whether he would make the cut , he proved himself capable of denying the one that he was a one-major wonder .
18 It was further submitted by Mr. Coghlan that it is important in this field that the law should be clear and simple : it is for a coroner to ask himself on any given state of fact whether he would describe the death as unnatural or not .
19 The result of the meeting was an agreement that Mr Asquith should consider the proposals made to him , and let Mr Bonar Law know as soon as possible whether he would join the Government under him .
20 He eyed Nathan suspiciously , clearly wondering whether he would survive the trip , but gave a reassuring ‘ impressed ’ look when Nat told him about our trip over Tromsdalen .
21 In 1705 he wrote that he doubted whether he would see the winter through and early in the next year he died , leaving a last , unfinished letter to his young friend .
22 She asked him whether he would see the film and ‘ issue a statement about it both to encourage anxious parents and to ensure that the Church was seen to be caring about the matter ’ .
23 A month after the outbreak of war the Bishop of Durham , A. T. P. Williams , wrote in his lovely handwriting a letter sounding Ramsey whether he would become the professor of divinity at the university of Durham .
24 My hon. Friend the Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) yesterday asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment , the hon. Member for Salisbury ( Mr. Key ) , whether he would consider the abolition of the minimum 20 per cent .
25 I wanted to know whether it would affect the pH of my soil .
26 There are also worries about the impartiality of the editorial control over what is actually transmitted and whether it would elevate the stature of frontbench performers and depress that of backbenchers even further .
27 As the proposed grant for 93–94 from Christian Aid was so large , at £50,000 , the Committee was asked to consider the proposal in advance , and give some now indication of whether it would support the request when it came to committee for approval next year .
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