Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] whether they " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ghost , in the absence of a head , carries a huge flaming pumpkin to light his way as he tears after late-night travellers at break-neck speed to see whether they have his head secreted in their luggage . |
| 2 | Anyway erm I think we totally support the thrust of what you 're asking about and I was asked to make a special appeal to County Council to see whether they could assist with this recently established Rural Options Land Bank , the purpose of which is rather extraordinary , but I mean it is defined landowners who have a philanthropic bent to provide the land to do something about the very problem you 've raised . |
| 3 | Isolation facilities were very limited and the clerk was directed to write to the County Council enquiring whether they intended to provide a sanatorium for ‘ consumption ’ . |
| 4 | It 's up to the management to decide whether they 're feasible . |
| 5 | Why should it not be left to individual members of the Bar to decide whether they wish to specialise in advocacy ? |
| 6 | ‘ It will be up to every member of the committee to decide whether they can take part in the discussions or whether they have a conflict of interest , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The waiter asked whether they wanted dessert . |
| 8 | Rain asked whether they had not been able to get the story published elsewhere . |
| 9 | However , I will bring your letter to the attention of the parish council at their next meeting to see whether they wish to make any further contribution . |
| 10 | They seem to think they 're special in some way , almost as though they had the right to choose whether they 'll cooperate or not . ’ |
| 11 | They had studied 24 schemes at a single meeting to determine whether they fell within the embargo or not . |
| 12 | Mergers that are found to possess an EC dimension must be notified to the European Commission which then carries out an investigation to determine whether they are " compatible with the common market " . |
| 13 | The Crown Prosecution Service is studying newspapers which published his name and picture to determine whether they committed any offence under the Children and Young Persons Act , because the suspect is under 18 . |
| 14 | ‘ We are going through an examination of every sport and every discipline and every event to see whether they should stay within the programme , ’ he said . |
| 15 | My interest in MIDI is to create great original sounds whether they be on samplers or synthesisers . |
| 16 | Such applicants may be asked to take a test or take part in some other selection procedure to assess whether they are likely to be able to cope with the work expected of a university student . |
| 17 | Undoubtedly there were men who made substantial fortunes , but there is not sufficient evidence to say whether they were exceptional merely in the scale of their gains or because they contrived to prosper when others failed . |
| 18 | Every five years he called all souls to judgement to determine whether they were worthy to continue their lives on earth . |
| 19 | And it might seem that it would at least be a start to discover whether they are in fact common . |
| 20 | It is for the housing authority to decide whether they have reason to believe the matters which will give rise to the duty to inquire or to the temporary housing duty . |
| 21 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 22 | One reporter asked whether they were ‘ demob happy ’ . |
| 23 | Students may use this form to indicate whether they wish to be awarded a certificate or DipHE as a terminal or intermediate award and may even indicate the order in which their two fields are to be listed on their transcript and CNAA parchment . |
| 24 | Customers were asked to fill in a brief form stating whether they knew or had seen Mr McEvoy . |
| 25 | At the end of the investigation a copy is sent by the investigating officer to the chief officer of police who will also receive from the Police Complaints Authority a memorandum indicating whether they are satisfied with the investigation . |
| 26 | Using the nCube Parallel Software Environment , applications developed for an eight-processor nCube 2E system will run unchanged on an nCube 2S computer with as many as 8,192 processors , so serious potential users can make an affordable investment in the thing to decide whether they really like it before making a real commitment . |
| 27 | Total ribonucleic acid preparations from the two colonic tumour cell lines were subjected to northern blot analysis to investigate whether they expressed mRNA for ICAM-1 . |
| 28 | The ICC has a clear duty to say whether they should go down as champions or cheats . |
| 29 | But make a point of trying a few of the most promising new bedding plants each year to see whether they do well in your garden , and match your criteria for a good bedding plant . |
| 30 | Errors in the current script recognition system must be studied in detail in order to establish whether they can always be identified . |