Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] whether [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even when we can interpret the signals , we can not predict whether they will fall in love at first sight , remain indifferent , or loathe each other . |
| 2 | For example , we do not know whether we should attribute Stevenage 's low casualty rates ( 3.9 per 1,000 population in 1979 compared to 6.5 for British towns as a whole ) to its pedestrianised town centre , its extensive cycleway system or some other reason . |
| 3 | She trusted him to look after the Post 's interests before he sold the story to any other outlets , but she did not know whether she could trust him with the story . |
| 4 | Later , Mr Clay , who retired as general secretary in September , said he did not know whether he would receive the £8,000 or whether it would be used to offset the costs bill . |
| 5 | Mr the headmaster has recently applied to Paul 's present local authority London Borough of Merton for a classroom assistant for Paul for thirty hours per week he does not know whether he will get that or a lesser number of hours or none at all , he was repeatedly , in my view quite rightly , extremely reluctant to express any view about what the outcome of his application maybe , but , rather force time is to which we have to guess , his guess was that ten hours might be afforded but he was at pains to emphasize that that was pure guess work . |
| 6 | I do not know whether it will break as easily as that . |
| 7 | I do not know whether I can do that , but I must hear it first . |
| 8 | He has not said whether he will consider taking a peerage . |
| 9 | By the time I reached the address , I could not decide whether I should ask him to wait . |
| 10 | So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending . |
| 11 | I had two big conflicts and would end the day a bag of nerves , not knowing whether I 'd come home with anything . |
| 12 | He was cleared at Bow Street Magistrate Court in January last year because he was not asked whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample at Vine Street police station . |
| 13 | They could hardly have camped , and without exact locations for Anoch and Auchnasheal , I can not say whether they would have improved their lot by aiming for Auchnasheal when leaving Fort Augustus , instead of breaking the journey at Anoch . |
| 14 | Now I can not say whether you will have a secondary school , and the reason I can not say that er is because the education authority will , quite properly , and quite reasonably , look at the existing pattern of secondary education er in the area , and will bear in mind that secondary school children , not unreasonably , as they do now , can be expected , erm to travel , er some distance , er to a school facility , that is the real world , you can not expect a local education authority to spend vast amounts of money erm on er a high range of facilities , which are not justified by the size , er , of the community , and all these social , recreation , er an an and education facilities appropriate to the size erm of the community , need to be expressed in a pattern of land use which is well integrated , and well designed , in other words , it 's a good design concept er , and how do you do that ? |
| 15 | If it 's a works van tipping rubbish , they 'll charge them more , but you 'll have to pay , I do n't know whether they 'll do it by the load or by the bin bag or , what , you 'll have to pay to dump your rubbish . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether they 'll have managed by Christmas to get it all done . |
| 17 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 18 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 19 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 20 | I 've been trying to lead my friends , but I do n't know whether they 'd care to hear me called Chief Rabbit . " |
| 21 | do n't know whether they 'd give you one , huh accordingly to that woman |
| 22 | Well I do n't know whether they 'd get it but they do n't want to upset people , the fact that they 've been really inconvenienced by not having it does n't seem to come into their thinking . |
| 23 | Well erm , they , they do n't know whether they can do it or not do they ? |
| 24 | She did n't know whether they could get a mortgage or not . |
| 25 | I do n't know whether we 'll get a you know , any places or not . |
| 26 | But I do n't know whether we 'll get it or not . |
| 27 | we ordered ten so I do n't know whether we 'll get , maybe if we 'd ordered two we might of got them , but er , ordering ten is a lot ai n't it ? |
| 28 | Do I I mean I do n't know whether we 'll keep the individuals on the next one , cos people did talk about group work . |
| 29 | But we all sat there , we did n't know whether we ought to come out or not ! |
| 30 | I do n't know whether we should bring those plants in tonight because erm they reckon it 's going to become frosty those ones that we have n't planted yet and the hanging baskets . |