Example sentences of "whether he [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debtor 's affidavit evidence is in sharp conflict : he was given no advice on whether he might be eligible for legal aid , Mr. O'Connell was aware of his dire financial circumstances , the costs implications of the course recommended were not discussed , and he did not receive the letter . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether he might be a bit funny about it . |
| 3 | Walken has not yet , however , said whether he 'll be playing Holmes himself . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll do all we can to get Ian ready , but at this stage we do n't know whether he 'll be ready or not , ’ said manager Graeme Souness . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know whether he 'll be there or not . |
| 6 | Managers here have no idea whether he 'll be able to pay his bill , thought to run to around another £30,000 . |
| 7 | We have already seen the phallic symbolism of the plough in Dame Sirith and the Shipman 's Tale ; it is thematically appropriate that the Miller should swear by " " the oxen in my plogh " " when considering in his prologue whether he may be a cuckold or not ( 3151 – 62 ) . |
| 8 | Instead of being asked , as he must have hoped , whether he would be willing to form a government , he was instead asked whether he would be prepared to serve in a National Government under MacDonald . |
| 9 | Instead of being asked , as he must have hoped , whether he would be willing to form a government , he was instead asked whether he would be prepared to serve in a National Government under MacDonald . |
| 10 | We were a shot over in the second round and I began to wonder whether he would be mounting a serious challenge . |
| 11 | Thus , at present , the nominated person would lack any legal authority ; and whether he would be listened to in matters relating to the treatment of the patient would depend on the good sense and good faith of the doctor . |
| 12 | Sandison wondered what Elsie would be wearing , whether he would be able to recognise her at all . |
| 13 | I also asked whether he would be giving his information to the police so that they could catch the criminals . |
| 14 | Perhaps Sawallisch should be persuaded to record the work now , though I very much doubt whether he would be able to recapture the real sense of occasion which makes this disc such a compelling experience . |
| 15 | Now he was wondering whether he would be ordained instead . |
| 16 | He wondered whether Alice Mair would invite Lessingham to stay the night at Martyr 's Cottage or whether he would be driven home later by her or her brother . |
| 17 | Once on the Scots throne , whether he would be content to remain a vassal of England , as was Balliol , was another matter ; his wife thought probably not , for whatever else he was , Patrick was no man 's puppet . |
| 18 | Emerging from his reverie , Jaq wondered whether he would be able to watch her changing back , whether he might witness the melting of the monster and the re-emergence of a perfect female human body . |
| 19 | In the current economic climate Mellor was reluctant to say whether he would be able to obtain the extra funding from the Treasury . |
| 20 | Although in September 1939 he did not seem sure whether he would be able to compose any more poetry — it was a time when any kind of " plan " seemed futile — within three or four months he did start work upon another poem . |
| 21 | The ‘ bourgeois economist ’ would certainly claim that such an enterprise was not using resources efficiently to satisfy consumers ' wants and therefore would not merit investment funds and we have to ask whether he would be wrong . |
| 22 | I wondered uneasily whether he would be able to see from my face that though it might be the truth , it was not the whole truth . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd had six months of worrying whether everything was going to be all right — what Joseph would look like , or whether he would be all there , ’ says Leslie , her relief still evident . |
| 24 | His tireless work for the cause of Albanian nationalism was rewarded in 1913 with the first of two enquiries on the point of whether he would be prepared to accept the throne of Albania , if it was formally offered to him . |
| 25 | It remained to be seen whether he would be willing to answer the one question for which Dougal needed an answer . |
| 26 | She asked whether he would be there when she got back and he said : ‘ Yes . |
| 27 | I was just trying work out when Robert left school and whether he would be the first lot , but he wo n't be . |
| 28 | The 64,000 dollar question is , of course , whether he would be prepared to return to his old stomping ground in the Brandywell ? |
| 29 | I just was n't sure whether he would be proud . |
| 30 | A series of attempts to form a new coalition government had failed , and on 5 May President Coty sent a message to de Gaulle , asking whether he would be willing to enter into negotiations to form a government . |