Example sentences of "be [vb pp] whether [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urgent cases are seen whether we have the funds or not . |
| 2 | Slaves are fed whether they work or not . ’ |
| 3 | Construct theory however presents a clear pattern of how unique , individual experience is brought to bear upon a situation , of how constructs are applied whether they are appropriate or not , and how the theoretical framework forming the basis of a personal construct system is constantly revised . |
| 4 | It remains , however , to be considered whether it would be possible to simulate the characteristics of nationhood at federal level by establishing there the appropriate mechanisms . |
| 5 | For this reason it is important that all of the calves on any farm should be vaccinated whether they go to pasture in the spring or later in the year . |
| 6 | It remains to be seen whether we can learn by analogy . |
| 7 | So it remains to be seen whether we may have such a network , or perhaps even assuming that nearly all the cheap oil runs out , whether we might in fact manufacture petrol artificially from wood , coal , or gas , simply to provide the excellent fuel with its wonderful storage characteristics for long distance transport . |
| 8 | It remains to be seen whether they will still be in business to take the show to London in April ; it looks as if the outcome of the Northern group may rest on the Roses game later in the month . |
| 9 | These companies are being heavily promoted by Luxembourg advisers , but it still remains to be seen whether they will gain business at the expense of the Netherlands . |
| 10 | If , indeed , such principles are a feature of children 's attempts to understand adult language , it remains to be seen whether they can be seen as the outcome of earlier developmental processes or , as seems more likely , innate abilities and therefore features of Chomsky 's LAD . |
| 11 | It remains to be seen whether they turn out like ‘ hunting the gowk . ’ |
| 12 | As for the Kurds , they have gone through another bad year and it remains to be seen whether they can be preserved from more of them . |
| 13 | It remained to be seen whether her daughter could follow her example . |
| 14 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 15 | It remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 16 | Recently a new group of drugs , cytosine and adenosine arabinoside , have been used with considerable success against generalized viral illness , particularly in people whose natural defence mechanisms are below par , but it remains to be seen whether it is feasible to use them on localized herpetic infection . |
| 17 | It remains to be seen whether it will suffer the fate of numerous other initiatives on the inner cities and fade into obscurity . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen whether it will prove to have been a short lived experiment or the basis for UK urban policy . |
| 19 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 20 | It remained to be seen whether he would be willing to answer the one question for which Dougal needed an answer . |
| 21 | It remains to be seen whether his own observa-tion of six years ago ( ‘ I was a rotten singer ’ ) still applies . |
| 22 | I was going to be moved whether I liked it or not . |
| 23 | If we have come to him and received him as our saviour then if we are gon na live na in , if we are not gon na live in a state of disobedience then we have got to be baptized whether we choose to , whether we like to it 's a , it 's a simple thing , it 's not a matter of choice it 's the straightforward command of the Lord 's . |
| 24 | If , on the other hand , the obstacle is of such a kind as to jeopardize the integration of the market , it may seriously be doubted whether it is still proportionate to be in itself the legitimate objective pursued by the measure . |
| 25 | This seems a particularly harsh result where the person assaulted was in plain clothes , and it may be doubted whether it can be justified in principle . |
| 26 | But it may be doubted whether he necessarily commits an offence under section 4 should he fail to do so . |
| 27 | In an end-of-term address at Clifton College , Bristol , the Rev. J.M. Wilson presented his students with a dramatic choice : ‘ It has to be settled whether you are to be your own master or slave ; whether your body shall be kept under , and you will be strong enough to rule it ; or whether your body shall be the target . ’ |
| 28 | It has been a matter of debate because there are those in the council who feel that if you put in a contingency provision it will be spent whether it 's needed or not . |
| 29 | He considered ‘ that the existence of the common law duty to take reasonable care , referred to in section 1(1) ( b ) , is to be judged whether it would exist ‘ but for ’ the notice excluding liability ’ . |
| 30 | Its size and mass are similar to the Earth , but too few data exist for it to be known whether its interior composition and structure are as similar . |