Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] be [adj] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The young man wanted to know whether I was responsible for the posters that appeared all over town the previous night .
2 This is to decide whether you are suitable for the grade and the post you have been allocated .
3 In tonight 's programme , Laura and her parents discover whether she is suitable for the surgery , which has only been carried out on a handful of other patients and is still at the experimental stage .
4 Even when abnormalities of colonic motor function are identified , it is not clear whether they are responsible for the symptoms .
5 He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job .
6 According to Charles Rycroft , Artemidorus required to know at least six facts about a dream before it could be interpreted — " Whether the events depicted in the dream were plausible or bizarre ; whether they were approximately interconnected ; whether they were customary for the dreamer ; what events prior to the dream could have influenced it ; and the dreamer 's name and occupation " .
7 I do n't know whether he 's responsible for the offer I had from Bernard Remington-Hart this morning .
8 Don Neely said that Crowe was asked at this time whether he was available for the World Cup if somebody else were skipper : ‘ I wo n't tell you his reaction .
9 It 's a pity she was n't more concerned about whether he was fit for the job or not , whatever his hair style .
10 Not the equipment manufacturer because he is interested in the commercial aspect of selling his own equipment whether it be right for the particular job or not .
11 Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed .
12 Lastly there are those concerning the development of capitalism , particularly whether it is beneficial for the mass of people living in lesser developed countries or whether it could or will become so .
13 The main focus of this chapter is whether these policies are sufficient , or whether it is necessary for the state to have direct control of certain industries through public ownership .
14 Please indicate whether it is correct for the new season by inserting ‘ Correct 1981/82 ’ or amend as necessary and return immediately to the office sending any additional information as it is obtained .
15 In their words ‘ the non-custodial parent should have no legally enforceable right to visit the child and the custodial ( or psychological ) parent should have the right to decide whether it is desirable for the child to visit ’ ( Goldstein et al . ,
16 One might argue about whether it is expedient for the law to forbid the use of such acts as a means of causing loss , but the privity doctrine is a red herring . ’
17 It is not wholly clear whether it is permissible for the tribunal of fact to take into account the surrounding circumstances and the conduct of any person defending himself in assessing the level of violence being used , and the frightening quality of the incident .
18 But whether it 's therapeutic for the reader is not for me to say .
19 Your Lordships then invited the parties to consider whether they wished to present further argument on the question whether it was appropriate for the House ( under Practice Statement ( Judicial Precedent ) [ 1966 ] 1 W.L.R. 1234 ) to depart from previous authority of this House which forbids reference to such material in construing statutory provisions and , if so , what guidance such material provided in deciding the present appeal .
20 The Special Commissioner was entitled to find on the facts whether it was reasonable for an inspector to have formed an opinion that a notice should be raised requiring information from a taxpayer .
21 In considering whether it was reasonable for an applicant to continue to occupy accommodation in another country the local authority might take into account the custom and lifestyle in that country .
22 The question is whether it was possible for an ancient Athenian to possess a social representation in this sense , or whether we have to wait until the modern age for social representations to appear .
23 Thus the issue in Shanghai Banking Corporation/Royal Bank of Scotland ( 1982 ) was whether it was acceptable for a major UK clearing bank to be controlled from outside the UK , and the likely consequences for the conduct of UK monetary policy .
24 Queen , or whether it was permissible for a court to sentence on the basis of the offender 's previous record , for which , as Ashworth ( 1990 ) has pointed out , there is also Court of Appeal authority .
25 Thus , when Josias Nichols asked the parishioners of one parish in Kent ‘ whether it were possible for a man to live so uprightly that by well doing he might win heaven ’ , virtually all of them thought that this was so .
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