Example sentences of "debatable whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's debatable whether that statement is true or not but it was certainly pretty blatant . |
| 2 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 3 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 4 | While it may be debatable whether Suez marked the end of Britain 's imperial era , it undoubtedly blew away the mirage of coequality in the Anglo-American partnership . |
| 5 | Both the particular rule it lays down and , more important , the general principle it enshrines should be accepted as part of the English law also , though it may be debatable whether there is a need for it to be put into statutory form . |
| 6 | It is debatable whether he ever envisaged trailer operation in its accepted sense , with trailers being detached at off-peak times . |
| 7 | It was always debatable whether Turkey should have been included as a European country ; its GNP suggests that it fits more comfortably with other Asian countries . |
| 8 | It is debatable whether it was the cylinder or the disc that was the first to have a formal ‘ label ’ physically attached . |
| 9 | ‘ As king , Charles would also be head of the Church of England and it is debatable whether the public would want that status to be held by a man with an estranged wife . |
| 10 | Provided that the game is fair and given that the majority of investors hold diversified portfolios , as of course the dominant institutional investors do , then it is debatable whether extensive additional audit work is justified to provide the relatively small numbers of undiversified investors with information about the likely variance of cash flows . |
| 11 | But it is debatable whether this could be explicated in any meaningful way . |
| 12 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
| 13 | It is in any case debatable whether the College could have survived in the face of such rapid growth in the private sector ; their lawsuits against usurping trade diminished once they realized that they had priced themselves out of the market and had little extra to offer than the trade apart from kudos and tradition . |
| 14 | Moreover , if the predator was foreign , it is debatable whether the government would be willing to allow the takeover to succeed — such sentiments were behind the enforced reduction of the Kuwaiti Investment Office 's stake in BP in 1988 ; |
| 15 | Mr Donovan 's mere financial gain will probably make little difference to him and it is debatable whether his name ‘ has been cleared once and for all ’ as it did not need clearing in the first place . |
| 16 | Lyn de Alwis , Director of the Sri Lanka National Parks , had a secret weapon , although it is debatable whether you can call a facility that has been in existence for several thousand years ‘ secret ’ . |
| 17 | From a theological point of view on the other hand , it is more than debatable whether the notion of ‘ the suspension of natural law ’ is an adequate paraphrase of ‘ miracle ’ . |
| 18 | Had Koi then bred true , in way of breeds of dog , it is debatable whether they would have captured and maintained the fascination of their keepers around the world . |
| 19 | It is , moreover , debatable whether the dynamic , competitive stimulus of the rivalry between the two industries also had good effects in sharpening the commercial edge of both of them . |
| 20 | One implication of phenomenal rates of economic growth can be seen in rising incomes leading to an enormous increase in the ownership of consumer durables , although it is debatable whether incomes have risen as fast as GNP . |
| 21 | It is debatable whether a shareholder could proceed under ss.459–461 of the Companies Act 1985 , as amended by CA 1989 , alleging that a minority ( including himself ) has been unfairly prejudiced by those in control of the company , for their failure to call the insider to account to the company . |
| 22 | but there are fixed ropes on the gendarme now , though it is debatable whether these make it easier , as the commando style of climbing hand-over-hand is strenuous and feels insecure . |
| 23 | The first is often described as the change from a bipolar to a multipolar world , though it is debatable whether there really are multiple , more or less equal power centres as the phrase implies . |
| 24 | However , it is debatable whether or not those objectives can continue to be achieved in the future . |
| 25 | But it is debatable whether one can wholly understand it from the inside . |
| 26 | However , it is debatable whether the judgment in Ex parte Jaderow Ltd. , and the judgment of the same date in Reg. v. Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , Ex parte Agegate Ltd . |
| 27 | It is more debatable whether differences which are the outcome of different job characteristics are the outcome of unequal treatment or not . |
| 28 | Patients identified as having multi-infarct dementia represent a distinct clinical subgroup within the study sample , but it is debatable whether they accurately represent all patients with this disease in the population . |
| 29 | It is debatable whether the idea of prefixing other disciplines with the word geographical is indeed a sound one because it may tend to suggest a greater separation of physical geography endeavour from that of other researchers when in fact there is no clear distinction in methods or objectives . |
| 30 | Yet , it is debatable whether or how length of the interval influences the mother 's health or survival . |