Example sentences of "whether mr [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historians will want to examine whether Mr Clinton was really the first choice of those new Democrats , or merely stepped into a breach when others , such as Sam Nunn , a senator from Georgia , or Al Gore , now the vice-president , were measured and found wanting . |
| 2 | The question now is whether Mr Clinton is going to be forward-looking ; to give shape to a sense of what the next American Dream , and what America 's post-cold-war role , could be . |
| 3 | As The Economist went to press , it was impossible to predict whether Mr Clinton would get the 218 votes he needed . |
| 4 | Asked whether Mr Clinton would seek limits on what doctors and hospitals could charge the government for services to Medicare patients , the spokeswoman nodded but declined to give details . |
| 5 | The problem for the police is that they have almost no chance of determining whether Mr Kevorkian assisted or not . |
| 6 | It was not clear whether Mr Christopher had succeeded in persuading Egypt to accept an Israeli offer to allow 101 of the deportees to return home immediately and the rest by the end of the year . |
| 7 | It was hard to guess whether Mr Spock or Gianni de Michelis would be next on the screen . |
| 8 | As Mr Gorbachev 's popularity wanes , the question of whether Mr Yeltsin is suited for such a job becomes more urgent . |
| 9 | Robert , gasping for breath in his arms , wondered whether Mr Malik 's request for him to give an account of himself was entirely motivated by concern for his staff . |
| 10 | Whether Mr Larson will ever start his new job , scheduled to begin in June , might be disputed by Mrs Elizabeth Prophet . |
| 11 | ‘ Some of the other customers stood up and demanded to know what the Chancellor was going to do about the economy , ’ says proprietor Moziruddin Ahmed , who was far too discreet to say whether Mr Lamont paid by Access . |
| 12 | The verdict of the City on whether Mr Lamont has done enough to curb public spending will be delivered when the markets open today . |
| 13 | The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit . |
| 14 | Whether Mr Lamont 's chances of continued tenure in his post have been enhanced remains to be seen . |
| 15 | But with a day still to go before voters determine whether Mr Ashdown 's phone could play a part in the future of British democracy , the Liberal Democrat leader could afford to take a sanguine view as he accompanied his wife Jane on what was a gentle stroll through his constituency . |
| 16 | It is one thing to ask whether Mr Lawson 's chosen strategy of maintaining a ‘ firm ’ exchange rate and slowing the growth of demand will produce good long-term results . |
| 17 | Whether Mr Lawson will accept remains to be seen . |
| 18 | But when Sir David was asked whether Mr Lawson was being lined up as a scapegoat , he said : ‘ These are problems of the economy and the Chancellor 's handling of it . |
| 19 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether Mr Rocke fell in love with the Yorkshire moors on a visit to Wakefield for that exhibition ; but for most of the years since that time he has lived and worked in Yorkshire as senior art adviser to the West Riding County Council . |
| 21 | Customs and Excise Commissioners are now taking advice from lawyers before deciding whether Mr Beatson should be prosecuted . |
| 22 | Alas , I can not say whether Mr Roirbak has had time to examine them yet . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But Janet and John do not care whether Mr Wayland knows their name . |
| 24 | Mr Johnson recorded an open verdict because it was not clear whether Mr Venables took the ecstasy himself , whether it had been placed in his drink or how many tablets he had taken . |
| 25 | But there are moments when one is not sure whether Mr Duroselle has really made up his mind who belongs with the Europeans and who does not . |
| 26 | Nor is it ‘ negative ’ to raise doubts about whether Mr Kinnock and his team would confine themselves even to these immodest proposals . |
| 27 | It is unclear whether Mr Balladur 's five-year plan to knock the government 's finances into shape , reducing the budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP , can produce results that quickly . |
| 28 | What the Leeds manager appeared to be saying was that , while it was a matter of opinion whether Mr Midgley used his discretion correctly , he was glad to see a referee not sticking rigidly to the letter of the law . |
| 29 | A civil court was being asked to decide whether Mr Anderson had murdered Mr Mullan , an issue normally determined by a jury in the High Court , not by a sheriff . |
| 30 | That , more than anything else , will be seen in Brussels as the test of whether Mr Major intends to use his new personal mandate to take Britain to the ‘ heart of Europe ’ . |