Example sentences of "whether [conj] [adv] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
| 2 | Even so the decision whether or not to invest in technology is an important one , and there are significant resource implications involved in planning , purchase , training and support . |
| 3 | Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs . |
| 4 | It covers all persons ( whether or not acting in concert ) who directly or indirectly own or deal in the shares of an offeror company or the target company in an offer and who have ( in addition to their nominal interests as shareholders ) an interest or potential interest , whether commercial , financial or personal , in the outcome of the offer . |
| 5 | Information held by a body , whether or not obtained in pursuit of our statutory activities , and collected at any date . |
| 6 | The Pakistani parents in Rochdale were very anxious to bring up their children in an Islamic culture and regarded this as the key issue in decisions as to whether or not to stay in Britain . |
| 7 | No ; Woodrow Wilson , in 1917 , on whether or not to intervene in Russia . |
| 8 | Dan raised his eyebrows and tried to decide whether or not to confide in her . |
| 9 | He spent several moments in thoughtful silence , almost as though wondering whether or not to confide in her . |
| 10 | The decision about whether and when to intervene in unhappy families can not be resolved simply by reference to psychological theories , nor can it be based on folk precepts about not interfering . |