Example sentences of "[coord] whether it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protestant version has variants as to how pure this church is or whether it remains sinful , but the evangelical version which is the basic one in the North of Ireland opts absolutely for ‘ Jesus Saves ’ ; the community , no longer medium of salvation , tends to take on a visible , earthly role , an occasion of grace and a support for religious ‘ this-worldly ’ activity . |
| 2 | As the Socialist Challenge pamphlet The Battle of Grunwick commented , ‘ it was not made clear whether the TUC condoned the use of ‘ unnecessary force ’ against non bona fide pickets or whether it thought the police were justified in using necessary force . |
| 3 | It is obviously essential for the local historian to know , when dealing with population figures and other matters , whether his information relates to the urban area only or whether it encompasses the surrounding rural parts of the parish as well . |
| 4 | On the other hand , comparisons with national data may be less relevant in that there may be broad geographical variations either in incidence or in case ascertainment that would make it difficult to determine whether an increase in Seascale or Allerdale and Copeland was a local effect ( and hence possibly related to Sellafield ) or whether it affected the whole of Cumbria . |
| 5 | The mystery that remains concerns the almost insoluble problem of whether the possum feels the pain when it is being bitten , but is incapable of responding to it , or whether it feels nothing , even though it ‘ knows ’ it is being bitten . |
| 6 | Erm Discussion of Q P9 we need to decide when we qualitative approval form or whether it gets , business procedure Q P16 . |
| 7 | This is where it becomes important to distinguish whether New Historicism uses the cultural anecdote as necessary to focus the general sense of the culture , or whether it offers a selectively constructed view of the culture necessary to the roundness of the New Historicist 's negotiation . |
| 8 | A limited example of this is the recognition that whether a text is published in quarto or folio or whether it circulates as a manuscript will help to create the conditions in which the text 's meaning is understood within a given culture at a particular historical instant . |
| 9 | It is not recorded whether the Salas diary was his most recent acquisition or whether it appealed most to the colleague but the following story is quite remarkable . |
| 10 | He wondered whether she had always been quite so uncaring of her appearance or whether it had been grief and rage at Uncle Bill 's defection that had started this off . |
| 11 | Then Blackadder could not think whether he had noticed the screen naturalist because his mind was primed with Ash 's image , or whether it had worked independently . |
| 12 | At the former , stone-robbing had effectively removed the crucial junction on the steeply sloping ground ; at the gate , it remained unclear whether the wall was already in existence or whether it had been constructed at the same time . |
| 13 | And I did n't know whether the letter was from Canon Wheeler or whether it had anything to do with his going to Medewich . |
| 14 | Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention . |
| 15 | The question which arose in those cases was whether the cessation of trade , in the sense of ‘ putting the shutters up , ’ immediately deprived the court of bankruptcy jurisdiction over the married woman , or whether it continued while the trade debts remained unpaid . |
| 16 | But the question then arises as to whether all this interactive effort serves only to facilitate the internalization of linguistic knowledge , as Long appears to imply , or whether it does not also develop the executive ability referred to earlier , whereby the learner can access that knowledge in a range of communicative contexts . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether it 's deafness or whether it does n't register that 's what I mean , you see . |
| 18 | Irrespective of whether Reagan 's economic policy was correct or not , or whether it achieved the objectives sought , the fact that the policy was put into place at all is remarkable in itself . |
| 19 | The question is whether Article 37 must be read subject to the general provisions on termination , or whether it displaces them . |
| 20 | They might know whether they got it back or whether it went . |
| 21 | It is not always possible to determine at time of intimation whether a carpet will clean satisfactorily or whether it requires to be replaced . |
| 22 | The issue is whether making the protean forms of racism seem more omnipotent , cohesive and enduring than they are does after all serve to strengthen and unify the antiracist movement , or whether it reinforces the more sectarian elements within it . |
| 23 | It often refers to any individual member organization irrespective of its actual name , i.e. whether it is an association or federation or whether it stands for Planned Parenthood , Family Well-being , Responsible Parenthood , Protection of the Family or Family Health , etc . |
| 24 | It is not clear whether the water contained some herb which would induce miscarriage if the woman were guilty and pregnant , or whether it worked simply by psychological suggestion . |
| 25 | However , it remains an open question whether the dust continues beyond about 100 metres , becoming fully compacted rock at 10 to 20 km , or whether it gives way to broken rock somewhere not far beyond 100 metres depth . |
| 26 | The question remains therefore whether the F B I was wise to force the issue with the gas attack or whether it aggravated the situation . |
| 27 | Finally , it is not certain whether the beach originated as a spit and extended south-east from West Bay , or whether it started as an offshore bar which has later been driven shorewards by the waves . |
| 28 | It is impossible to gauge whether Zealot activity originated from a single headquarters , or whether it consisted of a multitude of groups operating independently . |
| 29 | Whether this has any foundation in science or whether it reflects the old-fashioned ‘ punitive ’ approach , men up and down the country , known for their ten-pint capacity or love for fine wine , are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice or a tonic on its own . |
| 30 | The meeting 's proceedings could determine whether photoradiation therapy becomes a part of every cancer hospital — or whether it joins the ever-mounting pile of discarded ‘ miracle cures ’ . |