Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] whether [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day , the House voted on whether to adopt an administration-backed bill in place of that sponsored by Ways and Means with Rostenkowski warning : ‘ If we accept the President 's substitute , we accept his dominance of our house for the months ahead . |
| 2 | It has been on trial at nine branches and no decision has been made about whether to extend the service . |
| 3 | The local Nalgo branch has called a general meeting for tomorrow when members will be balloted on whether to withdraw their labour . |
| 4 | Today , nearly a thousand bus drivers , engineers , and clerical workers were balloted on whether to accept or reject the proposal , which also includes a cut in bank holiday pay . |
| 5 | The Supreme Court in a nine votes to seven ruling in mid-July appointed Judge Adolfo Bañados to rule on whether to re-open the case of Orlando Letelier , an ambassador to the United States under the regime of Salvador Allende , who was murdered in Washington in 1976 [ see pp. 28273-74 ; 34989 ; 36097 ] . |
| 6 | THE future of Alan Bond 's shaky worldwide brewing , property and media empire may be decided today when the Australian courts are expected to rule on whether to appoint a receiver to the three crucial group companies . |
| 7 | Now the AEEU will ballot on whether to take up the offer . |
| 8 | No decision has been made on whether to renegotiate with EASE , sign up with one of the several other electronic systems now operating , or , like County Auctions , develop its own system . |
| 9 | If users have little experience of using videocassette recorders or tape-slide equipment , a decision may have to be made on whether to ignore sources such as videocassettes or tape-slide sets which may be relevant to the database or to include such materials but ensure that help and guidance are available when the equipment is needed . |
| 10 | Data collection and interpretation will be completed in about 2 years after which a decision will be made on whether to drill . |
| 11 | It also follows that in looking at whether to call in , Ministers do not consider the planning merits of the proposal , but only whether the kind of issues that need to be decided are more appropriate for consideration in a wider than local context by the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | Downing Street yesterday refused to dismiss the possibility , although the Government may assess the impact of the white paper before deciding on whether to proceed . |
| 13 | On the jumping front , trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies is still deciding on whether to send Captain Dibble , courageous winner of Saturday 's Scottish National at Ayr , to Fairyhouse next Monday for the Irish Grand National . |
| 14 | Agreement will be reached on whether to accept the change , or defer a decision on the change until a later date . |
| 15 | At a meeting at the end of this month , the governing body will vote on whether to ballot parents on the issue . |
| 16 | The Swedish action means that member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) will vote on whether to implement a ban at their next meeting next March in Kyoto . |
| 17 | The councils , some of whom are reliant on their income from fishing , will vote on whether to contribute to the £35,000 survey , which will need Foreign Office approval in order to go ahead . |
| 18 | Nearly 5,000 Rolls-Royce workers at Glasgow and Coventry are among 24,000 who will vote on whether to strike , so spearheading the campaign to cut the working week from 39 hours to 35 . |
| 19 | The argument between reformers and conservatives since Mao 's death has been focused on whether to open the window to the outside world or insert an ‘ iron mesh ’ to prevent the intrusion of ‘ dirty flies ’ . |
| 20 | LAW lords who must rule on whether to stop feeding Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland were told yesterday his case was different from any other because he was n't dying . |
| 21 | For example , people who wish to record the activity of single cells in the brains of freely moving animals argue about whether to use very fine electrodes that can record from even the smallest cells but give very unstable recordings , or to use larger electrodes that bias the sample to larger cells but give more stable recordings ( O'Keefe and Conway 1978 ; Olds et al . |
| 22 | The protocol matter is a serious one — in the past , for instance , I have worried about whether to ask waiters to bring a pillow for Baroness Elliot of Harwood and the TUC 's Norman Willis . |
| 23 | When readers have written in , worried about whether to tell about a secret lover , you 've so often given them the excellent advice : ‘ Keep mum ’ . |
| 24 | Nigel meditated on whether smashing her trophy might be the best way to make a clean break . |
| 25 | Hundreds of bus company workers have been voting on whether to accept a six per cent pay cut . |
| 26 | Union members are voting on whether to start industrial action on May 15 , when the BBC governors consider the task force recommendations . |
| 27 | It is the nurse who will have to decide on whether to evacuate or who to move , how and where . |
| 28 | The SFO is expected to take a number of weeks to decide on whether to mount further investigations with a view to taking action against individuals and organisations . |
| 29 | It has been a year of controversy for Brady as the club has still to decide on whether to move to a new home at Cambuslang or remain at Celtic Park . |
| 30 | The Aussies use a points grading system to decide on whether to let you in . |