Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is uncertain whether the coffee plant manufactures this chemical for its own mysterious purpose , or whether it is made as an accidental byproduct of the roasting process ( the smell of coffee originates from the latter source ) . |
| 32 | The language of section 20(1) ( iv ) ( b ) is wide enough to cover larceny by a bailee or part owner and embezzlement ; but it is a matter of dispute whether it does so or whether it is limited to those types of misappropriation , originally not criminal , for which the Act of 1901 was intended to provide . |
| 33 | I suppose this opens the debate about whether a limited edition guitar like this one , which has a projected run of only 200 units , is ever likely to be used as an everyday instrument , or whether it is destined to end up mute behind glass in a collection somewhere . |
| 34 | We should be grateful for your advice on whether this is a loophole which is likely to be quickly closed or whether it is intended that this type of business should benefit in this way . |
| 35 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 36 | To some extent , an important factor is the computer program itself , whether it is a commonplace program , carrying out mundane operations , or whether it is designed to do something novel , whether the purpose of the program can be said to be in the nature of a trade secret . |
| 37 | It is not possible at present to decide whether the Cys 177 sulfhydryl group is itself the ultimate recipient of the methyl group or whether it is required for catalysis of automethylation of the enzyme at some other site . |
| 38 | Drinkers have a right to know whether the beer they are drinking is a genuine barley malt product or whether it is stuffed full of such tasty ingredients as corn syrup , propylene glycol alginate , amyloglucosidase , papain enzymes and potassium metabisulphite . |
| 39 | Whether the crack is forced open by a wedge , such as a nail or a chisel , or whether it is opened by a remotely applied tensile stress or bending load affects the general stress distribution in the whole body of the material very greatly , but , as far as the region sensitive to fracture is concerned , that is the area a few molecules wide in the region of the tip , the stress pattern is identical . |
| 40 | The cases cited , and referred to in depth by my noble and learned friends , have proceeded on the basis that on the one hand money paid under a mistake of fact or under duress or as it is said ‘ colore officii ’ can be recovered , whereas money paid under a mistake of law or voluntarily ‘ to close a transaction ’ or to avoid threatened litigation can not . |
| 41 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 42 | In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that . |
| 43 | When do the hands appear to stop — before reaching the boundary of the hole , or at the boundary exactly , or when it is crushed to a point at the centre of the hole ? ’ |
| 44 | The Revenue has confirmed that interest credited to the income account will constitute taxable income in the beneficiary 's hands ( either when it is credited in the case of a life tenant , or when it is paid or applied for the benefit of a discretionary beneficiary ) . |
| 45 | Where a country is largely isolated from the rest of the world , the state-centred approach does seem more plausible than where it is located within an identifiable system of global relationships . |
| 46 | A Character Ballet is one in which classical technique is discarded except where it is used to depict particular and usually fantastic characters as for the dolls in Petrushka and La Boutique Fantasque . |
| 47 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
| 48 | This is not unlike the high-technology if , vestment profile except that it is generalised to situations where the expected risks of high technology are absent . |
| 49 | This bequest regarding the income from the land is like a prior legacy — except that it is worded as a trust . |
| 50 | The internal picture would then look exactly like that for the Hall effect in any normal conducting solid , except that it is limited to two dimensions . |
| 51 | The rules for the cameras in committees are essentially the same as in the House , except that it is recognised that it is not possible to exclude shots showing the public , especially those sitting behind the witnesses in a select committee . |
| 52 | Right in the middle of an expanse of orderly herringbone there can be a patch , identical to the rest except that it is twisted round at a different angle so that the ‘ weave ’ goes off in another direction . |
| 53 | The airport at Singapore is like any other except that it is filled with white men wearing long shorts . |
| 54 | There is no limit to the effects which can be created using this method , except that it is restricted to the use of plain carpet . |
| 55 | And when the term ‘ man ’ , is applied to categories of work — chairman , foreman , spokesman — it becomes clear that although it is meant to imply both sexes , it very frequently implies exactly what it says , spokesman . |
| 56 | The maddening thing is that once it is realized that the environment is a mutually reactive system , it becomes extremely difficult to isolate and discuss specialized points in a simple way without at the same time being tempted to discuss every interaction and interrelationship which exists in the system . |
| 57 | But my fear is that once it is cleared , he will start spending on things he wants and my car will get forgotten . |
| 58 | The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied , it dries to be water-resistant . |
| 59 | The management should be aware that once it is known that a business is for sale , it is likely that it will be bought by someone , if not themselves . |
| 60 | It is rather that until it is recognized as a convergence , and as a problem of convergence , the usual reaction , even when sympathetic ( and this , among an older and established generation , is comparatively rare ) is to see it as little more than a loose grouping of specialist studies either of communications , in their modern specialized form as ‘ the media ’ , or of the rather differently specialized field of ‘ the arts ’ . |