Example sentences of "on whether [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , this type of information must be signalled in the form of the verb itself : an Arabic verb has different forms depending on whether its subject is , for instance , second-person singular feminine or third-person plural masculine . |
| 2 | This often creates a confusion in estimating the number of school age mothers , as a sixteen-year-old can be counted both in the school age group and in the sixteen to nineteen-year-old group , depending on whether her birthday falls before or after the end of the school year . |
| 3 | These data suggest that , for both men and women , outcome significantly depended on whether their wishes were considered , or , alternatively , that their wishes were taken more seriously in less serious cases . |
| 4 | If a private entrepreneur comes along and buys the company , there must be a fall-back provision for employees to have a say on whether their livelihoods are to be bought and sold . |
| 5 | Since the Pan Am bombing there have been different security standards imposed on American-owned airlines depending on whether their flights are going to or from America . |
| 6 | It requires newspapers who wish to publish stories about a matter some aspect of which is affected by an injunction against another publication to apply to the court for guidance on whether their story trespasses upon the order in existence — a procedure calculated to give High Court judges a good deal of experience in editing newspapers . |
| 7 | I mean operators have made big steps and big investments in the last two or three years in upgrading facilities on whether their holiday centres , you know , cottages , boats , centre parcs , that type of thing , and that is good quality business and erm it 's certainly coming in to us . |
| 8 | Grave plots vary in cost depending on whether they are common or private . |
| 9 | I refer to this significant dispute in passing , without engaging in it , except to say that feminists are divided on whether they want to establish a countercanon or extend the existing one . |
| 10 | Conversely those who read left-wing papers were largely agreed that they were anti-Conservative and pro-Labour but more divided on whether they had an anti-Alliance bias . |
| 11 | As the election approached , voters ' awareness of opinion polls became less dependent upon their interest in politics and on whether they read the highbrow press rather than the tabloids . |
| 12 | On 4 November the management , by then under pressure ( for reasons unconnected with APEX or ACAS ) , agreed that ACAS should ballot the workers on whether they wanted union recognition . |
| 13 | If sleep is taken at an unusual time , the changes associated with it ( the release of some hormones , the type of sleep ) will be affected to different extents depending on whether they are dominated by external factors or the body clock . |
| 14 | The extent to which this is an objection to Locke 's actual views will depend , as in the case of the brave officer , on whether they concern what makes a person at one time the same as he is at another , or concern moral matters of praise and blame . |
| 15 | The only source of information from this study of any possible reluctance to admit people from residential homes to hospital relates to those who were admitted and respondents ’ views on whether they should have been admitted earlier . |
| 16 | Models may be termed ‘ hot ’ or ‘ cold ’ depending on whether they are fitted with integral heaters . |
| 17 | Their judgement of people is based entirely on whether they are treated gently or harshly , kindly or unkindly , with love or with disdain . |
| 18 | From time to time they would engage in what read like mannered conversations on whether they were acting as Cabinet ministers or as purely departmental ministers . |
| 19 | Tenants on estates are to be allowed to vote ( once ) on whether they wish to transfer to housing associations or private landlords , but they will have no right to transfer back at any future stage . |
| 20 | In the second and third years , students follow the pattern outlined below depending on whether they are taking Media Studies as a major , joint or minor option . |
| 21 | Both county councils and the Secretary of State are somewhat equivocal on this point , the answer really depending on whether they ‘ like ’ the proposed development . |
| 22 | The Library Association took legal advice on whether they could take action , but were apparently advised that they did not have the ‘ locus ’ to intervene in this way . |
| 23 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 24 | By now , however , in the twilight of their existence on Earth , problems of climate were becoming more important , having finally a crucial bearing on whether they would continue to live on as a species , or succumb . |
| 25 | This is n't as intimidating as it sounds ; it simply means they do two jobs , depending on whether they are rotated or pushed . |
| 26 | Dado and picture rails can be tricky to remove without seriously damaging the plaster — it all depends on whether they were fixed in place before the walls were plastered or afterwards . |
| 27 | Scotland Yard refused to comment on whether they believed the IRA were responsible . |
| 28 | If the expatriate and family are expected to find their own accommodation , information should be given on the types of properties available for rent , how much these are likely to cost together with information on whether they are furnished or unfurnished . |
| 29 | By law they have to ballot their members in the next couple of years on whether they can keep their political funds , through which they give money to the party . |
| 30 | Whether the increase in reported rates of sexual violence are positive or negative depends on whether they are considered to be real increases or higher rates of reporting . |