Example sentences of "and [vb base] whether it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to examine the reasons for and against the directive and judge whether it is justified in order to decide whether its mistake , if it is not justified , is large or small . |
| 2 | If your computer does not have a suitable spare socket , consult the computer manual and consider whether it is practical to temporarily remove a RAM or ROM ( more likely a RAM ) to allow the unit to be plugged in . |
| 3 | here it does not , the sponsor must understand the effect of this and consider whether it is acceptable or not . |
| 4 | It has all necessary powers to look again at the problem it has created and decide whether it is in the overall interest of the locality to have a commercial port . |
| 5 | BEFORE you start Take a good look at your hair and decide whether it 's really in a fit state to tackle the onslaught of chemicals , however gentle . |
| 6 | It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce . |
| 7 | So if , for instance , you are reading the earliest Gideon books of John Creasey , stop at each fact that you feel inclined to take unto yourself and ask whether it is a reasonably timeless fact , or only a temporary one . |
| 8 | 4 Make a rough diagram of your design and determine whether it is appropriate to the size of the site , e.g. a herb border on the grand scale will not be successful in an area 3 x 3 metres ( 10 x 10 ft ) ; in other words the proportions of the design should be such that there is room to make the most of them in the area concerned . |
| 9 | It is now time to identify these issues more clearly and see whether it is possible to integrate these different perspectives . |
| 10 | the City Council 's remains as efficient as possible , and erm most all the posts that we have at present , we believe are necessary , but we do continue to monitor them and see whether it is necessary to continue to employ all the people that we are employing at the moment . |
| 11 | One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed . |
| 12 | What , however , caused almost universal consternation was my suggestion that we should go a stage further and see whether it was possible to introduce ‘ portable ’ pensions — pensions which you could take from one job to another . |
| 13 | And that you know , look at the traffic very seriously and see whether it was merited or not and that maybe greater use of the mobile . |
| 14 | There are also a good many ‘ users ’ of the service who are treated involuntarily , where a family member , friend or professional has determined that he or she shall receive treatment and care whether it is wanted or not , because it is judged to be in the best interests of the individual 's health or safety . |
| 15 | Once you have the list of potential matching files , you can locate the actual file in one of two ways ; firstly , you can open each file in the list one at a time , and check whether it is the one you really want . |