Example sentences of "[v-ing] whether [pers pn] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should you acquire an adult dog from a rescue centre , it may be worth enquiring whether it is marked in this manner to ensure that the record is updated when you take possession of the dog . |
| 2 | Panic may often set in , with the fishkeeper not really knowing what to do and wondering whether it 's his fault , or if he has been sold sick fish . |
| 3 | I 'm never going to forget what I saw — or stop wondering whether it 's happening again . ’ |
| 4 | wondering whether it 's I 'm giving it to him , to him or what . |
| 5 | You know I mean you 're wondering whether it 's going to blow the chimney pot off or all sorts of things . |
| 6 | I was just wondering whether it 's something , you know , you buy a |
| 7 | In fact , we 're wondering whether it 's going to be possible to keep it up but the trouble is it 's in an area where in the last ooh , over over recent years forty chapels have closed ! |
| 8 | Yeah I 'm wondering whether it 's playing to itself , with the television off . |
| 9 | I 'm just wondering whether it 's E D or E S , to fight like this . |
| 10 | well I 'm wondering whether it 's one or two of the tapes , I just ca n't sort out which they are somehow |
| 11 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 12 | And I am wondering whether it is the Devil 's work . ’ |
| 13 | That you are wondering whether it is safe to come here with Tom ? ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps the sentence ‘ Is it raining ? ’ expresses the state of wondering whether it is raining , and the sentence ‘ Shut the window , please ’ expresses the state of wishing the hearer to shut the window . |
| 15 | FOLLOWING the recent decision to lift the ban on those cricketers who toured South Africa 2½ years ago , I find myself wondering whether it is worthwhile making laws and regulations at all . |
| 16 | I ca n't help wondering whether she is , herself , proud to be English and if not why not . |
| 17 | Erm , budgeting whether it 's a five |
| 18 | Taking these 12 pollsters ' December 1991 GDP forecasts , we have added up their absolute forecasting errors ( ie , ignoring whether it is plus or minus ) for each of the seven economies . |
| 19 | Or should one take a middle road , trying to understand what goes wrong and then deciding whether it is easier to prevent or to cure ? |
| 20 | In my opinion , the existence of an alleged defence is a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion , when deciding whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted . |
| 21 | Evaluation of the editorial " Bradshaw shift " is not simply a matter of deciding whether it is right or wrong . |
| 22 | The effect of the work on a significant proportion of the likely audience is all that matters in deciding whether it is obscene under s1 . |
| 23 | Mr Clarke is watching a range of indicators on the economy before deciding whether it is safe to cut here . |
| 24 | In such situations , it is always worth considering whether it is safer to have another launch and fly the glider to the hangar . |
| 25 | Thus the existence of an alleged defence to a criminal prosecution is merely a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion when considering whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted ( post , pp. 173D–F , 178H , 179A , 190D–E ) . |
| 26 | You have a long , hard think about it , because it 's a great mistake to simply accept or adapt to whatever space you have , however cramped or awkward it is , without questioning whether it 's right for you . |
| 27 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 28 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 29 | Section 11(1) applies the test of reasonableness to an exemption clause by asking whether it is a " fair and reasonable [ exemption clause ] to be included having regard to the circumstances which were , or ought reasonably to have been , known to or in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made " . |
| 30 | A speaker normally signals his/her point of departure by indicating whether s/he is making a statement , asking a question , or giving an order . |