Example sentences of "the [noun] was whether the " in BNC.
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| 1 | LORD JUSTICE BALCOMBE said that the point of substance in the case was whether the mother 's consent was unreasonably withheld . |
| 2 | Accordingly the issue in the case was whether the removal of Bury by the visitor was valid or not . |
| 3 | Before the House of Lords , the issue was whether the benefit to the taxpayers should be computed on an average cost basis including a proportion of the school 's overheads , or on a marginal cost basis , as the taxpayers claimed . |
| 4 | In allowing H Ltd 's contentions that the mezzanine platforms should be eligible for capital allowances , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the issue was whether the platforms passed the ‘ premises test ’ — in other words , whether the platforms were apparatus used for carrying on the trade or merely part of the setting in which the trade of the companies was carried on . |
| 5 | For example , in Meade v. Haringey LBC the issue was whether the council had breached its duty by closing its schools during a strike of ancillary workers . |
| 6 | Thus in Reg. v. Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate , Ex parte Choudhury [ 1991 ] 1 Q.B. 429 , where the issue was whether the common law offence of blasphemy is restricted to Christianity , Watkins L.J. , delivering the judgment of a strong Divisional Court said , at p. 449 : |
| 7 | In National Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd. v. Jones ( 1988 H.L. ) the issue was whether the sections could operate to defeat the title of someone much earlier in the chain of events than C. Thieves had stolen a car and sold it to A who sold it to C ( a car dealer ) who sold it to D ( another car dealer ) who sold it to Jones . |
| 8 | In the Trust House Forte case the court had to interpret the assumption that premises were available for letting for shopping and retail purposes : the issue was whether the premises were to be taken as available for letting purposes only or whether they could be taken as to be available for letting for any other purpose permitted by the lease . |
| 9 | This approach was confirmed in the Ashington Piggeries case where it was recognised that both the seller and buyer had their own areas of expertise and the issue was whether the defect fell within the respective area of expertise of the buyer . |
| 10 | The test was whether the prosecution could show that the tipper received some form of direct or indirect personal benefit from the outlawed conduct . |
| 11 | Lord Wilberforce , while agreeing in the result , said that the test was whether the act done , pursuant to the general intention , was reasonably capable of achieving its objective . |
| 12 | The final matter considered by the judge was whether the appellant had established the necessary animus possidendi in relation to the premises . |
| 13 | The question was whether the employer had acted reasonably in all the circumstances in regarding absence from point of duty as sufficient reason for dismissal . |
| 14 | In Emmerson ( reported at [ 1991 ] Crim.L.R. 194 with Commentary ) the tape had been played at trial , and the question was whether the jury were entitled to be provided with a copy of it after retiring , so that they could hear again the all-important tone of voice of the officer conducting one of the interviews . |
| 15 | As to section 39(11) Mr. Langley relied on the decision of the Court of Appeal ( Dillon and Ralph Gibson L.JJ. ) in Bank of England v. Riley [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 840 where the question was whether the defendant was entitled to refuse to answer interrogatories or disclose documents in reliance upon the privilege against self-incrimination , or whether that privilege was excluded by section 42 of the Act which entitles the Bank of England , inter alia , to require a person to attend and answer questions where the Bank has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is guilty of contravening various sections of the Act . |
| 16 | For the purpose of his decision in Re Sigsworth , the trial judge assumed it to have been proved that the deceased , Mary Ann Sigsworth , had been murdered by her son ; and the question was whether the son was entitled to her estate as ‘ issue ’ under the Act . |
| 17 | The question was whether the installation of central heating was ‘ an improvement made by the execution of works amounting to a structural alteration … . ’ within the Housing Act 1974 . |
| 18 | The question was whether the reasonable business man would have considered that the new value was extended at the same time as the execution of the charge and not whether the new value was extended because of the existence of the charge . |
| 19 | In Havering London Borough v. Stevenson ( 1970 D.C. ) the question was whether the defendant had applied the false trade description ‘ in the course of a trade or business . ’ |
| 20 | The question was whether the cost of hire was recoverable or was too remote . |
| 21 | The question was whether the defendants were liable for the damage caused by the squatters or whether the squatters ' actions amounted to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 22 | The question was whether the captain 's decision to put out the boat amounted to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 23 | When an increase of capital was later proposed , the question was whether the provision in the agreement was inconsistent with the statutory power under the Companies Act to increase capital , and therefore an unlawful and invalid restriction on the power of the company to increase its share capital . |
| 24 | The question was whether the basic rate of tax was payable on the whole £100 or on only £90 . |
| 25 | The question before the Court was whether the members had a discretion to take into account that the flags of convenience policies of these two countries negated an important interest in maritime safety , or whether the eight States with the largest registered tonnage of shipping had a treaty right to be elected . |
| 26 | The only concern for the Panel was whether the children had to be in compulsory care . |
| 27 | What interested me at the time was whether the ‘ naturally ’ weak non-metallic crystals could be made strong too . |
| 28 | The question for the House was whether the swapping of the labels amounted to an appropriation . |