Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] be a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
2 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
3 | The furthest section of the aquarium is a mass of caves and rockwork and there 's so much activity that you could n't fail to be entranced , whether you 're a cichlid fan or not . |
4 | The relative importance of , say , a lapse in hygiene and a breach of the Financial Services Act will obviously vary depending on whether you 're a food manufacturer or a stockbroker . |
5 | Whether you 're a rock fan or a businessman , it seems the footwear to be seen in is a pair of Doc Martens . |
6 | And the E I and the J and the P are if you like sort of part of the bodywork which decides whether you 're a sports car or a heavy goods |
7 | Whether you be a district sales executive , a vice-president finance or an operations manager , you must strive to be the best in your chosen area . |
8 | Kirk says only one set of definitions is required to describe objects that are managed in a system , whether they be a system accounting mechanism , a device driver , a processor , a file system or a user . |
9 | WHETHER he 's a scratch player or just learning to tee off , My Golfing Record by Studio Designs could be just the thing for any dad this Father 's Day . |
10 | I started by asking John whether he was a Raymond Chandler fan . |
11 | ( 3 ) Study section 2.6 and put the ideas into practice in all your writing whether it be a seminar paper , a lab. report or simply a letter home . |
12 | If a computer program has been obtained for use in a commercial environment , whether it be a word processing package , accounts system or spreadsheet , the chances are that the original will fail at the worst possible moment . |
13 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
14 | It speaks for a place — whether it be a mining community , an ageing seaside resort , the Orkney Islands , an ancient cathedral city or a deprived inner borough — as nobody can . ’ |
15 | Whether it be a union branch meeting or any other branch meeting you had to be there and you had to know what you 're talking about . |
16 | whether it be a lump sum or for further education . |
17 | Whether it is a school fête or a huge rally , a successful event is the result of clear objectives , imagination , planning , an overall view and attention to countless details . |
18 | Purely descriptive classifications may be based on the nature of the coast , whether it is a fjord coast , a ria coast , a low plain coast or any other of a number of types . |
19 | The proximate cause of the damage must be established to determine whether it is appropriate to deal with the matter as a burst pipe or whether it is a subsidence claim and the subsidence excess should be applied . |
20 | I would not like to have to make a ruling over any Highsmith novel as to whether it is a crime novel or a suspense novel but , whichever it is , it shows what can be done at the frontiers of crime fiction . |
21 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
22 | Ah , but do you know whether it 's a burglar alarm or a smoke alarm ? |
23 | Do you know whether it 's a burglar alarm or a smoke alarm ? |
24 | I think the house would like to know whether it 's a S F R A or quango ? |
25 | Well that 's extremely advisable , because if you have a problem in the middle of your morning 's run of sending out invoices , you may not know whether it 's a software problem in the programs , or a hardware , hardware problem in the actual electronics . |
26 | Do you know whether it 's a fire alarm or not ? |
27 | but do n't worrying about that job you 're doing , because it does n't matter whether it 's a fix fee job or |
28 | There is nothing manufactured by man that has not been designed , because whether it 's a Rolls-Royce engine or a piece of printed paper , there 's always a decision to be made not only about what it 's going to look like but about how it is going to be made and how it is going to operate . |
29 | In a lot of these situations , you have to decide whether it 's an equity need or a debt need . |
30 | But the two men had argued that the emergency had been going on in Northern Ireland for so long , it was a question whether it was a crisis situation or if it had become normal . |