Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] whether " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 A dilemma for British reformers is whether to list or illustrate the types of impairment envisaged .
3 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 .
4 The particular question which arises in each of these appeals is whether delay in giving the contemnor a copy of the committal order requires the order to be set aside and the sentence of imprisonment quashed .
5 But one issue that can be expected to divide the parties in the final weeks is whether the controversial Franklin dam in Tasmania should go ahead .
6 One of the important open questions is whether radiative losses overwhelm the work done by the bar when the gas reaches the outermost self-intersecting orbit .
7 The question begged by all these glowing predictions is whether they will ever be fulfilled .
8 Possible tests of success in this facet of the changes is whether non-executives are clear about their contribution and whether decisions are more than the sum of executive preferences .
9 One of the crucial issues in such studies is whether the time-lag allowed is the right one and had Walters allowed twenty instead of ten years , she might have reached different conclusions .
10 One of the operational difficulties is whether the individuals have a primary loyalty to the venture or to their own employing organisation .
11 A further major difference between many of the search firms is whether a consultant is really working under the umbrella of a big name in the executive search business or working truly as part of a team .
12 A further difference in style between the firms is whether the culture of the organisation is centred around one or two key people or is broadly based and spread across all the consultants .
13 However , what is usually of most concern in practical discussions of the effects of co-operative R&D ventures is whether co-operation in R&D affects the nature of competition in output markets , giving rise to an environmental externality .
14 The issue which divides your Lordships is whether this House should now reinterpret the principles lying behind the authorities so as to give a right of recovery in such circumstances .
15 The issue raised by these developments is whether the principle of orality upon which English trials and appeals proceed is the best way of dealing with appeals .
16 The most important problem for theorists is whether politicians , officers , the Government and others will accept two information systems .
17 A long-standing issue in futures markets is whether the return includes a premium for risk bearing , that is , what is the nature of the relationship between the current futures price and the expected price of the underlying asset at delivery ?
18 ‘ Bearing in mind that the essence of the proceedings is whether or not this lady had to give up these premises , it seems to me that , although he may not have been correct in thinking that the relief sought in the counterclaim was a matter for judicial review , the issue could without doubt be better dealt with by separate proceedings .
19 The difference between the pairs is whether or not the vocal chords are used in making the sound or not .
20 The fundamental question in these cases is whether the taking of a benefit by a person through his or her crime would be unconscionable as representing an unjust enrichment of that person .
21 The question for the courts in these cases is whether the third party can escape from the effect of the documents that he or she has signed .
22 The test applied by the courts in these cases is whether the plaintiff was acting reasonably in the circumstances .
23 The consequences , as pointed out in Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 in the Court of Appeal , is that all acts taken under the clause prior to judgment remain undisturbed but that future ones will , assuming the successful party chooses to rely on the judgment , be unenforceable. 8 Consideration In any contract there has to be consideration but the question which has frequently arisen in restraint of trade cases is whether the court is at all concerned as to the adequacy of the particular consideration in the instant case .
24 The really important task facing all religions is whether these particular categorical assertions can be unpacked in such a way as to reveal a piece of the jigsaw which fits with others .
25 I think one of the things we need to look at when we look at case loads is whether Gail is the appropriate person to be dealing with the college ?
26 A more difficult question in relation to severable contracts is whether a breach of condition in relation to one or more instalments entitles the innocent party to regard the whole contract as repudiated or whether it is a severable breach confined to the instalments in question .
27 Whilst desktop publishing at the low-end of the market may appear to be a careful juggling match between cost and quality of output , as indeed it is , the real determining factor about the suitability of the products is whether they actually provide some benefit that could not be achieved by other means .
28 Noble Lords is whether my Right Honourable Friend i is taking too much er er power to use an unpleasant word and I think actually a wrong word er i in the appointment of those who have been selected by a different and an independent system .
29 The obvious question prompted by these practices is whether we are witnessing the demise of the traditional ocean bill of lading or the repackaging of its main , features in technologically suitable garb .
30 The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success .
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