Example sentences of "whether it would be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not certain whether it would be worthwhile to apply common methods of coping with misspellings to our recognition system . |
| 2 | In other cases the local authority must make a judgement — exercise their discretion as to whether it would be reasonable to ignore it . |
| 3 | The first is that since the person against whom the powers are being improperly exercised is entitled to resist such use , he is in principle entitled to know sufficient to enable him to make a judgment about whether it would be right to do so . |
| 4 | A debate is in progress among scholars in the arts and humanities about whether it would be right to establish a humanities research council or a humanities , economic and social research council , or to continue with no research council at all . |
| 5 | The southern tip of Greenland , known as Prince Christian , was to be used as a decision point where it would be decided whether enough fuel remained to proceed to Goose Bay or whether it would be necessary to proceed to the alternate . |
| 6 | Recently , senior Whitehall officials considered whether it would be feasible to curb judicial review . |
| 7 | The discussion centred on ‘ whether it would be well to have a Fascist coup . ’ |
| 8 | er to consider , as to whether whether it would be appropriate to invite the winning schools for er to bring a party in or involve them in the erm Gala Day or e I mean i erm or the open day or something . |
| 9 | consider whether it would be appropriate to appoint an independent person to be a ‘ visitor ’ . |
| 10 | A central question in the present case is whether it is open to your Lordships ' House to follow their judicial brethren overseas down the road of development of the law ; and , if so , whether it would be appropriate to do so , and which is the precise path which it would then be appropriate to choose . |
| 11 | When no legal action is to be taken the local authority must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later stage and , if so , it must fix a review date ( s37(6) ) . |
| 12 | If it decides not to apply for an emergency protection , child assessment , care or supervision order it must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later date ( s47(7) ( a ) ) . |
| 13 | Studies were put in hand to see whether it would be practicable to deploy Blue Streak in hardened underground silos in the Welsh mountains or the Scottish highlands , but the cost was found to be so great that it would have beggared the Defence Vote , making the restoration of more efficient conventional forces impossible . |
| 14 | Invited the Home Secretary to ascertain whether it would be possible to draft the title of the Criminal Justice Bill in such a way as to exclude any amendment for the abolition of capital punishment ; |
| 15 | It remains , however , to be considered whether it would be possible to simulate the characteristics of nationhood at federal level by establishing there the appropriate mechanisms . |
| 16 | But , apart from that nod to twentieth-century technology , she tried an experiment of a different sort ; to see whether it would be possible to live here , as in some undefined time-gone-by-period , the life she was ruminating over . |
| 17 | Invited the Lord President to take soundings among Government supporters with a view to determining whether it would be possible to persuade those who were in favour of the abolition of capital punishment that in the interests of securing the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in the 1947–48 Session they should refrain from pressing for this change in the law ; |
| 18 | Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ? |
| 19 | But Royle refused to concede that the move was dead , saying : ‘ I do n't know yet whether it would be possible to arrange a loan . ’ |
| 20 | The purpose of the first test was to reveal the definition obtainable with this device , the second was to see whether it would be possible to pick out bright spots and define a measure of reflectance by weighting for brightness . |
| 21 | It also says that the Government is considering whether it would be possible to frame a prohibition to cover situations in which a small number of companies or partnerships control a market and abuse their joint market power , without recourse to a restrictive agreement or collusion . |
| 22 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 23 | It would help other hon. Members to know whether British Rail has asked consultants to advise on whether it would be possible to build a satisfactory station above ground rather than underground , as proposed in the Bill . |
| 24 | We finally debated at great length whether it would be possible to avoid making explicit reference to the Director . |
| 25 | I have also been asked whether it would be possible to make partial exemption orders under section 48(1) of the Shops Act . |
| 26 | When , in 1989 , we started to explore the involvement of this mechanism in passive avoidance learning , there had already been a lot of speculation in the molecular neurobiology literature about whether it would be possible to show that c-fos and c-jun were specifically activated during memory formation ; but no-one had yet done the key , unequivocal experiment . |
| 27 | and I considered whether it would be wise to write about the early history , but as my purpose is only to demonstrate . |
| 28 | I do not know whether it would be proper to extend it a little beyond the army , but I am very concerned in particular about the ex-pilots in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the RAF Volunteer Reserve , because , according to a parliamentary answer on 14 June 1991 , only 10 ex-RAF pilots are in these organisations . |
| 29 | It is for the agency to consider whether it would be sensible to alter the price for a passport depending on the time of year and then to make any recommendations to the Home Office . |
| 30 | Boswell finding Johnson ‘ in the kindest and most agreeable frame of mind ’ asked him ‘ explicitly whether it would be improper to publish his letters after his death . |