Example sentences of "over whether [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Composed of differing strands of Palestinian nationalist thought , the PLO was weakened by internal disagreements over whether to parley with the enemy , and if so on what grounds . |
| 2 | Party leaders face a dilemma over whether to continue their search , already discussed in private meetings in Washington , for an as yet undeclared candidate in time for their convention in July . |
| 3 | While the group did not have a large commitment to it , there had to be a big question-mark over whether to continue it . |
| 4 | Having become deadlocked along party lines over whether to call for censure , the committee decided instead to present the case against Cranston on the Senate floor on Nov. 21 , a rare step for discipline short of formal censure . |
| 5 | The arguments within the Thatcher administration went on apace over whether to swing the axe fiercely into public spending in the winter of 1980–1 , with ministers like Prior , Pym , Walker , and Carrington arguing the case for maintaining public expenditure and investment , monetarists outside the government like Alan Budd urging far more stringent monetary restraint , and Sir Geoffrey Howe at the Treasury buffeted about in between . |
| 6 | Miss Stephanie Farrimond , prosecuting , said the Crown needed time to consider its position over whether to ask for a re-trial . |
| 7 | The renewed debate over whether to close the entire ancient centre of Rome to traffic , and in particular the Via dei Fori Imperiali which runs from Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum , slicing in half one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in the world , is charged with political meaning . |
| 8 | The Rovers directors meet this weekend in an attempt to end the dilemma over whether to sell the club 's England Under-21 goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to Crystal Palace . |
| 9 | The recent fuss over whether to build a new town at Foxley Wood in Hampshire , for example , was a case where the then Secretary of State , Nicholas Ridley , intended to ignore the inspector 's advice to reject an appeal by the potential developers . |
| 10 | There must be lessons here for those involved in the current debate over whether to build a PWR at Sizewell . |
| 11 | The decision came as the EEC dithered again this week over whether to impose an import ban on seal products . |
| 12 | As yet , no coherent policy has emerged , only a confusion of purpose over whether to impose greater restrictions or offer more choice . |
| 13 | 1838 coincided with the culmination of the anti-apprenticeship campaign , 1840 with the first World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and 1848 with the high point of the controversy over whether to maintain the West African naval squadron as the main instrument of slave trade suppression . |
| 14 | The continuing squabble among Ministers over whether to raise taxes or cut public spending in November to tackle the budget deficit has triggered a new outburst of Tory in-fighting . |
| 15 | It became a parting of the ways , not a harmless flutter over whether to have a bit of a change or a grumble about poll tax . |
| 16 | José María Mieres Muro ( Blanco ) took over from Raúl Lago Finsterwald responsibility for Housing and the Environment , pending a decision by the Party for the Government of the People ( PGP , part of the centre-left Nuevo Espacio coalition ) over whether to accept Lacalle 's invitation to join the government . |
| 17 | Younger women , on reaching 30 , often find themselves in conflict over whether to marry , have children , or combine motherhood with a career . |
| 18 | We therefore have a clashing interest of views over whether to feel sympathy or revulsion about Blanche . |