Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 The young man wanted to know whether I was responsible for the posters that appeared all over town the previous night .
2 This is to decide whether you are suitable for the grade and the post you have been allocated .
3 A quick phone call to either PPL or MCPS will establish whether you are eligible for membership .
4 If you are in straightened circumstances please contact your social security office , you can not know whether you are eligible for financial help unless you ask .
5 In tonight 's programme , Laura and her parents discover whether she is suitable for the surgery , which has only been carried out on a handful of other patients and is still at the experimental stage .
6 She was beginning to sense his need for her , and pondered whether she was ready for this final stage in their relationship .
7 Even when abnormalities of colonic motor function are identified , it is not clear whether they are responsible for the symptoms .
8 Not only is that unfair , but it will require checks by local authorities , and snooping to see how couples are living together to decide whether they are liable for each other 's bill .
9 Some question of whether they 're liable for import taxes or not . ’
10 All her previous doubts as to whether they were right for each other , whether she cared for him enough , had been answered by her reaction to Michele Lorenzo .
11 He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job .
12 They are popular group , and the fiercest lobby in the business : no one asks of widows — as they do of unmarried mothers or the divorced — whether they were responsible for their own plight .
13 According to Charles Rycroft , Artemidorus required to know at least six facts about a dream before it could be interpreted — " Whether the events depicted in the dream were plausible or bizarre ; whether they were approximately interconnected ; whether they were customary for the dreamer ; what events prior to the dream could have influenced it ; and the dreamer 's name and occupation " .
14 I do n't know whether he 's responsible for the offer I had from Bernard Remington-Hart this morning .
15 Don Neely said that Crowe was asked at this time whether he was available for the World Cup if somebody else were skipper : ‘ I wo n't tell you his reaction .
16 It 's a pity she was n't more concerned about whether he was fit for the job or not , whatever his hair style .
17 Not the equipment manufacturer because he is interested in the commercial aspect of selling his own equipment whether it be right for the particular job or not .
18 The crucial question is whether it is appropriate for your Lordships to do so .
19 Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed .
20 Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ?
21 Lastly there are those concerning the development of capitalism , particularly whether it is beneficial for the mass of people living in lesser developed countries or whether it could or will become so .
22 As for public protection , this depends on executive decisions with regard to release ; it fails to take into account whether it is necessary for public protection to keep ‘ lifers ’ in for so long .
23 The main focus of this chapter is whether these policies are sufficient , or whether it is necessary for the state to have direct control of certain industries through public ownership .
24 The court itself will , under this Practice Direction , continue to scrutinise every action set down to see whether it is suitable for transfer .
25 The question for the emperor is whether it is reasonable for him to claim the trust .
26 Briefing on this topic should cover the incidence of crime , whether it is usual for expatriates to employ security staff and , if so , when such staff should be on duty , and procedures for dealing with the police .
27 Please indicate whether it is correct for the new season by inserting ‘ Correct 1981/82 ’ or amend as necessary and return immediately to the office sending any additional information as it is obtained .
28 Possibly this is why the argument as to whether it is better for a woman with young children to stay at home or go out to work goes round and round in circles .
29 From this analysis , one can see whether it is possible for tax policy to be employed to offset the existence of market imperfections .
30 Will my hon. Friend therefore consult his colleagues at the Department of Transport to see whether it is possible for notices to be sent with car tax reminders , indicating whether certain vehicles could be easily converted to run on unleaded petrol ?
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