Example sentences of "[prep] whether it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Access to their help , leaving aside the question of whether it employs a separate , distinct expertise , has usually meant passing on pupils from the classroom or the school . |
| 2 | I 'm no judge of whether it suits either of us . ’ |
| 3 | I can assert of the oldest tree in the park ( if there is such a tree ) that it is an oak , but I can also say of the sentence " The oldest tree in the park is an oak " that it means the same , or that it expresses same thought as , say , its French or Chinese translation , irrespective of whether it says anything true . |
| 4 | The information needs to be stored in such a form that will facilitate fast testing of whether it matches what is being searched for . |
| 5 | One might , of course , argue that all talk of non-conscious mental processes is so philosophically problematic as to outlaw cognitive psychology in general ( irrespective of whether it uses AI-ideas ) ( Malcolm 1971 ) . |
| 6 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 7 | Every research study needs to be assessed on the criterion of whether it measures up to its own stated objectives . |
| 8 | Oftel does say that it believes video on demand comes under the auspices of the Broadcasting Act , rather than BT 's Public Telecommunications Operator licence , and while the ITC agrees , it also says that the question of whether it constitutes a broadcasting service has still to be decided . |
| 9 | ‘ In future cases where a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally our attitude on the question of whether it qualifies to be treated as a government , will be left to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , which we may have with it , and in particular on whether we are dealing with it on a normal government to government basis . |
| 10 | In the mid-1960s wage bargaining in the public sector became more politicized and produced frequent confrontations with the central government , regardless of whether it had an incomes policy or not . |
| 11 | Further , it is assumed that units of consumers ' and producers ' surplus can be added and subtracted , i.e. a unit of surplus represents the same quantity of benefit irrespective of whether it accrues to the buyer or seller . |
| 12 | But , unlike other Governments , we have not bound ourselves to join regardless of whether it makes economic or political sense . |
| 13 | I would hope that the peer review system used by the EC is of sufficient quality to recognise research worthy of support irrespective of whether it originates from individuals or groups and then support it if funds are available . |
| 14 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 15 | Regardless of what company is involved in such matters and of whether it has a socialist supporter , a Conservative supporter or no political supporter at all , it is our duty as a House to enable everyone in the country to feel that his or her pension is well protected . |
| 16 | The hard copy volume is deleted from the hard copy directory regardless of whether it has been accepted or rejected . |
| 17 | Indeed , the courts will take a pragmatic view of the complexity of the information and the employee 's ability to remember it as a test of whether it has been wrongfully used/disclosed by him . |
| 18 | For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’ |
| 19 | the idea that every form of avoidance of expenditure quite indifferently of whether it consists of really wasteful expenditure or of a capital investment in developing the nation 's productive resources , is alike ‘ economy ’ … . |
| 20 | But , it has given no indication of whether it intends to acquire or dispose of any data processing activities . |
| 21 | When I listen to a piece of music , my first questions have to do with whether it moves me , does it have anything unique to tell me , and questions about what style it 's in are way down the list . |
| 22 | The sunshine dries it up and sometimes it depends on what it 's use how deep it is as to whether it dries up . |
| 23 | There was also uncertainty among experts as to whether it belonged to Picasso 's Blue or Pink period . |
| 24 | So extraordinary was this bird and so little was known about it , that previously naturalists had been divided as to whether it belonged to the vulture or the gallinaceous race . |
| 25 | Better education opportunities : There was a general sense of dissatisfaction with education provision which seemed to relate more to whether it met people 's needs than the actual range of classes provided . |
| 26 | Although widely admired , the ASEA was by no means without its critics , and considerable doubt was expressed as to whether it offered a practical answer to the problem of boy labour . |
| 27 | The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance . |
| 28 | However , about one tenth of teachers were unsure as to whether it had been submitted . |
| 29 | About one quarter of Oxfordshire teachers are unsure as to whether their review and report had led directly to any change at all and with regard to whether it had improved teaching methods , over a third were unsure . |
| 30 | All too rarely is the building considered as a whole : the shopfront is applied without a thought as to whether it clashes or blends in colour , proportion , materials or design with the building above . |