Example sentences of "whether it [be] the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Whether it is the first impression or first issue of the first edition may be more difficult to establish , and you will be well advised to check from a standard bibliography .
2 what is there in this brochure that tells me whether it 's the first edition , the second edition or the third edition ?
3 Ganong ( 1980 ) found that the identification of a phoneme on a continuum between and varied according to whether it was the first phoneme of kiss or gift .
4 But added to that , I can well remember staying at Kettleborough Chequers erm and er walking along from Kettleborough to Brandeston erm th the very next morning after I 'd come here and I think it was before I think it was quite likely before we had we had actually met , I do n't know whether it was the first day or the second
5 She could n't tell whether it was the first cop or a different one .
6 It must be said that Cardus 's review expressed the reservation that there was , perhaps , some sameness of carriage and accent in each of the three performances , whether it was the First Symphony , the Seventh , or the Apollonian Fourth ( a reading Karajan later modified ) ; but his review characteristically paints a picture , sets the scene for the absent reader :
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