Example sentences of "[noun] [is] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 2 | The first question I want to ask of contemporary antiracism is whether it does not collude in accepting that the problems of ‘ race ’ and racism are somehow peripheral to the substance of political life . |
| 3 | The gravest doubt which has assailed historians about Charlemagne 's moral and educational programme is whether it had much effect . |
| 4 | One question to bear in mind is whether it might in certain circumstances be a breach of fiduciary duty to include an exemption clause in a contract with a customer . |
| 5 | The big decision in Brussels is whether to stay in the Lower Town ( historic and lively ) or the Upper Town ( elegant and leafy ) . |
| 6 | A further uncertainty is whether a legislative text remains ambiguous or obscure for the purposes of the relaxed exclusionary rule once it has been judicially interpreted or construed . |
| 7 | One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal . |
| 8 | Clearly , one issue for the future is whether this is ‘ terminal decline ’ or a decline before a new burst of growth , but of a different kind , and probably with a different geography . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With so many variable factors , it ought to be possible to provide a ‘ fit ’ to almost any curve ; the interesting point of the study is whether or not the scale factors put into the equations seem to be saying anything that would lead to an elucidation of the influences at work . |
| 11 | An interesting question arising from this study is whether English continues to be regarded as a subject with a mission in higher education ; and whether the view of academics differs from that of students . |
| 12 | An important question that could not be addressed in this study is whether a single dose of IPV would also reduce the risk of infection with wild poliovirus and subsequent spread to susceptible contacts . |
| 13 | One of the issues that has inexplicably failed to get even a whisper of an airing in the campaign wars of words is whether a graphical interface is the preferred environment for a large proportion of desktop users . |
| 14 | The key is whether Richardson can rediscover his form after averaging only 18 in the World Cup . |
| 15 | No , well except that it would , it would happen to some extent , I mean the key is whether you , whether or not when a complaint comes in whether you can assess that it 's likely to go |
| 16 | The relevant criterion is whether two forms commonly interbreed in the wild , and not whether they can be persuaded to do so in captivity . |
| 17 | ‘ The first criterion is whether they can sing . |
| 18 | This is one criterion for judging the value of an analysis ; unless one believes in carrying out phonological analysis for purely aesthetic reasons , the only other important criterion is whether the analysis corresponds to the representation of sounds in the human brain . |
| 19 | At the outset of my investigation one of my civil servants said to me : ‘ My test of the review is whether you do anything about the Death Grant . ’ |
| 20 | This is why the most critical thing for anyone who experiences distress is whether they are helped or hindered by friends , relatives and colleagues . |
| 21 | A dilemma for British reformers is whether to list or illustrate the types of impairment envisaged . |
| 22 | The most fundamental issue at stake is whether it represents merely a continuation of the earlier process of suburbanization and metropolitan deconcentration , albeit on a much larger geographical scale , or instead constitutes a fundamental switch away from the urban concentration process associated with industrialization towards a new ‘ post-industrial ’ settlement pattern based on medium-sized and small centres ( Hamnett and Randolph , 1983a ; Robert and Randolph , 1983 ) . |
| 23 | What is at stake is whether conurbations like Merseyside and Tyne side face a future as grim as the present Belfast . |
| 24 | At stake is whether the scheme will create more wealth than it destroys . |
| 25 | Butt what 's at stake is whether the Independent has to raise capital again , and whether it could do so without someone else taking control . |
| 26 | The clearest indication of the balance between demand and capacity is whether banks are earning an after-tax return on equity capital ( ROE ) that satisfies shareholders — perhaps 15–20% . |
| 27 | What is in issue from the perspective of legitimacy is whether the particular use made of that undoubted constitutional power , the manner of its use , and the justification both for the use and manner of use — that considerations of national security required both a banning of trade unions and no consultation with affected officers before the ban was announced was a fair and reasonable use of power ? |
| 28 | More serious over the longer run is whether capitalist economies can survive a period of sustained inflation . |
| 29 | What has never before been directly decided in England is whether the doctrine applies to a gift of land by delivery of the title deeds … |
| 30 | Indeed , the central problem raised by these two opposed models is whether the qualitative and experiential features of late-industrial structured dependence are exclusive to the last half century . |