Example sentences of "[to-vb] whether the [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system of flags is also stored here to indicate whether the word must begin with a capital to form a valid word , if the word is a common mis-spelling and a flag detailing whether the word can begin a compound stored in the compound tree . |
| 2 | The study , carried out by Shetland Health Board and the Environmental Health ( Scotland ) Unit , was set up to establish whether the spill could have long-term health effects . |
| 3 | The purpose of the investigation is to establish whether the authority should make an application for a court order or exercise any other powers it may have under the Act ( s47(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 4 | As one course followed another we began to wonder whether the meal would ever end . |
| 5 | Such a spreading strategy is useful when the price of the middle contract is out of line with the prices of the near and far contracts , and the trader is not able to predict whether the adjustment will be primarily in the price of the middle contract , or in the prices of the near and far contracts . |
| 6 | But in a pragmatist society he would have to predict whether the judges would be likely to consider his case as one in which the virtues of predictability were less important than the substance of the law , and whether , if they thought substance more important , they would think a decision for him better or worse for the community . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) The offeror 's solicitors are normally asked to undertake a review of all publicly available documents ( such as memoranda and articles of association , Loan Stock Trust Deeds , material contracts etc ) to elicit whether the takeover would constitute a default thereunder , trigger an early repayment of loans or the exercise of options or the documents could in some other way impact on the takeover . |
| 8 | If so , the House has the opportunity to consider whether the matter should be referred to the Committee of Privileges . |
| 9 | The nuns , therefore , had no opportunity to determine whether the Ministry could have been wrong , she said . |
| 10 | After this , a CAA Surveyor was to be asked to inspect the modifications to determine whether the CAA would categorise them as Minor or a Major Modifications and to establish the details of the flight testing required . |
| 11 | Such models were applied to the car market by several authors in the 1960s and early 1970s ; this research is intended to determine whether the principle can still be usefully applied in forecasting the size of the market . |
| 12 | Too many jobs are at stake , and the safety net service that the municipal hospitals provide , without financial triage to determine whether the patient can pay , is too important for politicians to stay out of the kitchen . |
| 13 | If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not . |
| 14 | In February 1987 a mass petition was presented to the Queen asking that a referendum be held in Northern Ireland to determine whether the agreement should continue . |
| 15 | Indeed , under paragraph 12 of the Code , the Custody Officer has the power to decide whether the suspect can be interviewed by another officer . |
| 16 | The teach , to decide whether the software will be central to the course whether it will be a small part which will enhance and refine course or work . |
| 17 | The European Commission will have to review and approve or otherwise IBM Corp 's proposed acquisition of Compagnie Generale d'Informatique SA : it has four weeks to decide whether the alliance could harm competition in Community markets ; if it has ‘ serious doubts ’ about the transaction , it will then launch a deeper , four-month probe . |
| 18 | True , it had taken her several minutes to decide whether the keys should be bunched or splayed but she had ceased fidgeting with them and settled into an abnormal quietude . |
| 19 | The team had to decide whether the firm should invest in a computer-controlled lathe . |
| 20 | It is a matter for the coroner to decide whether the inquest should be held with a jury : section 19(3) ( d ) of the Act of 1988 might suggest that a jury is appropriate in this case . |
| 21 | It is his responsibility to decide whether the glider should be manned at the nose or tail , and whether someone is needed in the cockpit . |
| 22 | It would take two years to decide whether the country would leave the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ) , he said , but it was hoped that Namibia would be able to set up " a foreign exchange control system more liberal than the one which we must accept at present " . |
| 23 | But today health chiefs from the West Midlands region met in Birmingham to decide whether the service should become permanent , with funding from the NHS . |
| 24 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 25 | In the event that a person previously expelled should apply for readmission and fulfil the basic admission criteria , it shall be for the Council , on the advice of the Board of Fellow , at its next meeting to decide whether the applicant may be readmitted and on what terms . |
| 26 | It is now up to the Election Commission to decide whether the frauds will , in effect , cancel each other out , or whether new polls should be ordered . |
| 27 | If small groups of say three pupils per microcomputer , the teacher has to decide whether the program will run without intervention . |
| 28 | [ It includes procedures to assess whether the company will continue as a going concern and whether material error has arisen from fraud or illegal acts ] 2 , but it is not a guarantee against collusive or immaterial fraud or against sudden changes in the company 's financial position . |
| 29 | His task was to be to assess whether the Commonwealth could assist with constitutional negotiations . |
| 30 | When hanging these wallcoverings it is important to use the paste recommended by the manufacturer , and to check whether the paste should be applied to the back of the material or to the wall . |