Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [verb] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its purely endogenous nature is well illustrated by the facts that it can be evoked by the absence of a stimulus such as a gap in a long sequence of evenly spaced tones and that the actual probability and significance of the stimulus is less important in determining whether or not the P300 will occur than the subject 's perception of its probability and significance . |
| 2 | Rates of volcanic activity through time are especially critical in determining whether intra-plate volcanoes formed in ocean basins ( as opposed to volcanoes associated with subduction zones ) will reach sea level to form a volcanic island , or remain submerged to form a seamount . |
| 3 | ( It is worth emphasising that the question is only one of judging whether the eye can determine the experimental set-up , and has nothing to do with the measurements . ) |
| 4 | The unit value , and the use to which goods will be put by customers , may be highly relevant in assessing whether , and if so how , to limit the supplier 's liability for defects . |
| 5 | Russell also found that economic factors were highly significant in determining whether a sexually abused wife remained with her husband . |
| 6 | Berkeley was not alone in questioning whether geometrical methods are adequate to account for visual perception since there was a large literature on the subject by ‘ scientists ’ and , as Kemp shows , artists also frequently commented on it . |
| 7 | But , after the fiasco of Super-SARA , the British are not alone in asking whether the cumbersome bureaucracy and politicking of European Community big-science , is providing value for money . |
| 8 | I indicated that the boundary between the two sites was not important in determining whether or not Or in the County Council 's opinion had no effect for the determination of whether or not these sites played a greenbelt function . |
| 9 | To them whether or not routine white-collar work has become deskilled is largely irrelevant in discussing whether the workers in these jobs have become proletarian . |
| 10 | This is a very popular instruction , since it allows counting without disturbing an accumulator ; it is commonly made more useful by testing whether the count has reached zero after incrementing , and this is discussed again in the next section . |
| 11 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 12 | The fact that the goods are of defective quality is usually irrelevant in deciding whether they correspond with their description . |
| 13 | Megarry V-C , in Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exports ) v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 set out a test of four elements which is most helpful for determining whether the information is too widely known to retain the necessary quality of confidence . |
| 14 | The way the parent asks is also important in determining whether the child will comply . |
| 15 | Those who argue that a universal definition of aggression is possible and even desirable are often interested in determining whether a universal human proclivity toward aggression exists , or whether the members of one society can be said to be ‘ more aggressive ’ than another according to some quantitative scale . |
| 16 | Humans are not very sensitive to the acidity or alkalinity of liquids , but they are perfectly capable of deciding whether a piece of red paper has turned blue , or vice versa . |
| 17 | Chinese and Japanese speakers are not too concerned with establishing in each case whether there is one or more than one of a given referent , just as English speakers are not particularly interested in establishing whether there are two or more than two persons or objects . |
| 18 | If one hive of bees catches foul brood , but another does not , we can legitimately ask whether the difference is genetic or environmental in origin , but that is quite different from asking whether the behaviour itself , in its development , is genetic or environmental . |
| 19 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 20 | The public is completely uninterested in knowing whether the contest is rigged or not , and rightly so . |
| 21 | He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement . |
| 22 | Er this tells us that domestic political considerations are very important in deciding whether to use er violence or whether to threaten it or , or , or whatever erm so there is er er a domestic political dimension to this which is well worth examining if you wish to understand the limits that actually exist on politicians ' powers . |
| 23 | Insurance considerations will not be very relevant in deciding whether to exclude liability ( for loss or damage other than death or personal injury ) to a consumer to the extent that it is regarded as reasonable under s 4 and permitted under s 2(2) . |
| 24 | This is a very important position you 're after , I shall have to be very thorough in checking whether you 're up to it . |