Example sentences of "[verb] [be] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest questions the members of a management partnership must answer are whether sharing is practicable , whether its members believe in it and how long — if it is a reality — it takes the outside world to believe that it can provide the promised level of quality . |
| 2 | SINCE Indian independence in 1947 , the main question before Indian voters has been whether they were for or against the Nehru-Gandhi family . |
| 3 | The doubt has been whether Cuba could sell its products in hard-currency markets without subjecting them to years of tests . |
| 4 | For many UK multinationals , the question has been whether intangibles have been properly exploited to produce UK taxable income ( and thereby mop up ACT ) . |
| 5 | For the groups and associations promoting themselves as school subjects , and irresistibly drawn to claiming ‘ academic status ’ , a central criterion has been whether the subjects ' content could be tested by written examinations for an ‘ able ’ clientele . |
| 6 | Consequently , another aspect of the debate about corporation has been whether a particular country should or should not be given this label . |
| 7 | ‘ the simple facts which the court has to find are whether the defendant 's conduct in fact prevented the police from carrying out their duty , or made it more difficult for them to do so , and whether the defendant intended that conduct to prevent the police from carrying out their duty or to make it more difficult to do so . ’ |
| 8 | What matters is whether we have the creative drive to generate new production . |
| 9 | As Brew notes , what now matters is whether large , often arrogant companies want to be truly transparent to their varied audiences . |
| 10 | What really matters is whether or not we all believe certain essentials about the sacraments . |
| 11 | What matters is whether at that time the patient 's capacity was reduced below the level needed in the case of a refusal of that importance , for refusals can vary in importance . |
| 12 | Indeed , at the extreme , it could be argued that whether or not there is explicit communication is irrelevant : what matters is whether a collusive agreement , however arrived at , can be sustained by the self-interest of the parties involved . |
| 13 | It hardly matters whether there 's a ghost there to be seen or not — what matters is whether someone is convinced he saw it . |
| 14 | Under the " continuing review " test , what matters is whether the income can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for the individual at the time the benefit in question is in fact conferred on him . |
| 15 | What is difficult to establish is whether the job attracts the sort of goal profiles that are suitable or whether the individual is attracted by the job and then develops a profile suitable to it . |
| 16 | What is more difficult to establish is whether the first building was inhabited for a while , demolished just after the inhabitants moved out , immediately paved over , and a new building later constructed ; or whether the first building was inhabited for a while , abandoned by its inhabitants for many years , then collapsed through decay , was paved over later on , and then a second building constructed . |
| 17 | An essential factor to establish is whether the sewer is public or private . |
| 18 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 19 | What I would like to know is whether a private company , whose accounting period ends on 30 April , is exempt from prosecution for failing to file accounts by 30 February ? |
| 20 | Now what we have to know is whether or not they are in fact getting these contracts because they are the best and the cheapest , or whether they are getting it because they have the best connections and they are paying the most money . |
| 21 | What the public would like to know is whether the Opposition , including the hon. Member for Cunninghame , North and the Front-Bench spokesman , the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) , were aware that that document was not a genuine document , but was something prepared , no doubt , for political purposes . |
| 22 | What the west midlands would like to know is whether he will now do what he has not already done , that is , repudiate the motion of the TUC to reject alien investment — as it describes Japanese investment — in this country . |
| 23 | What the House wants to know is whether the international business community has confidence in the policies of the Labour party . |
| 24 | Britain 's biggest motor racing crowd of the year will be there to see him driving in a touring car … what we all want to know is whether we 'll see him driving in grand prix again … |
| 25 | What we do n't know is whether that crate contains the kegs . |
| 26 | What we do n't know is whether March is a start of a new trend upwards above budget , that 's a different scenario cos then you can say okay , just like we talked about with claims and E W S. |
| 27 | What he questions is whether these disciplines can ‘ support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching ’ , that is to say , presumably , whether they can directly inform pedagogic technique . |
| 28 | As to whether national governments are still ultimately in charge , the only matter left to be resolved is whether they retain the means to call a halt to the whole process by which law-making is rapidly ceasing to be their responsibility . |
| 29 | A final point which ought to be considered is whether the doctor may be liable under section 2 in the case that the patient expressing the wish to die is mentally unfit . |
| 30 | A good application form can be helpful but what has to be considered is whether it stops the candidate from expressing him/herself . |