Example sentences of "[vb past] whether it be " in BNC.

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1 As for the other end , Fraxilly , I doubted whether it was important enough to have any spies watching it .
2 Notice that we have considered every figure given in the question and decided whether it is relevant or not and which category it falls into .
3 At the time , many questioned whether it is really possible to make a marriage work after such a short period .
4 In an article published the same year , Kevin Sharpe questioned whether it was entirely accurate to label Laud as an Arminian , stressing that the archbishop saw as his main task not the propagation of a new theology but the prevention of divisive doctrinal debate .
5 Another queried whether it was a proper subject for the meeting as William Black was not a resident of the area , but a week-end cottage tenant .
6 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
7 Charles Wilson , editor of The Times , asked whether it was not damaging to devote so much space to the attack , said : ‘ This conference should be discussing why this bankrupt policy is n't working .
8 Malcolm Muggeridge asked whether it was n't time for the monarchy to engage professional public relations consultants , ‘ in place of the rather ludicrous courtiers who now function as such . ’
9 USL , reportedly working along similar lines ( UX No 383 ) , has declined to comment officially , and asked whether it was developing its own solution or buying the technology in from elsewhere , director of low-end Unix systems , Bill Traber , said ‘ I ca n't answer that . ’
10 She asked whether it was the same Capron who was in the photograph she had borrowed from Tatyana Nowak , and who Marek had been to see .
11 When the price was raised , parents and children asked whether it was really worth it , or sandwiches would do just as well .
12 As a friend of Linde 's , I was rather embarrassed , however , when I was later sent his paper by a scientific journal and asked whether it was suitable for publication .
13 It was Buffy , the curious one , who asked whether it was an apple .
14 and you got your points in , I mean you asked whether it was worthwhile , you did that very well actually er and you were good on reminding the prospect why you were actually asking for recommendations , probably a little bit weak after that point although you did , you , you picked up again , there were , there were points we 're looking for you did pick up referrals mentioned earlier .
15 During the countless terrifying minutes before she managed to wriggle free and scramble off the bench , Isabel neither knew nor cared whether it was she or his fever that had caused fitzAlan 's loss of consciousness .
16 Is it paternalistic approval bestowed whether it is really deserved or not , or acknowledgement of output targets that are routinely reached .
17 On pp. 615–617 , I considered whether it was a breach of the rule of stare decisis to retrace our steps , having reached the conclusion , to quote the words of Sir Raymond Evershed M.R. in Morelle Ltd. v. Wakeling [ 1955 ] 2 Q.B .
18 Jenney wondered whether it is better to try and reduce congestion , or to let it increase , if we want fewer people to drive ?
19 She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it .
20 Later in life he wondered whether it was the blessing that it seemed .
21 She said that as though she wondered whether it was the correct thing to say .
22 He wondered whether it was a hereditary factor , passed down from her father , gained by him through osmosis .
23 And he wondered whether it was in such a disorientating limbo of time , listening to the ever-restless sea , that the previous owners of Martyr 's Cottage had chosen their text .
24 Duroc wondered whether it was an implant .
25 He wondered whether it was the beginning of age , or one more sign that this case was going to be different .
26 Manescu wondered whether it was one of the guards , but if so it was n't necessary .
27 Defries wondered whether it was the early defrost .
28 I wondered whether it was right to take the items from her .
29 Indeed , I wondered whether it was possible for someone who had not shared in their experience to pass physically through the white gateposts into the avenue , and attain the domain .
30 I wondered whether it was because neither of them had stirred herself to go through the contortions attendant upon attracting men , but it was n't that .
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