Example sentences of "[pron] do not [verb] whether " in BNC.

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1 It is some time since I have had any work done by British Telecom , so I do not remember whether hills are presented in detail .
2 I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road .
3 I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field .
4 I do not know whether poor , dreamy Grandma knew what it was all about , or whether she just gathered , in a vague way , the drift of things .
5 I do not know whether she had a heart or a soul or whether she could be moved by emotion ; she was simply the Grand Mistress !
6 I have heard of the practice of solicitors buying local searches from the vendor 's solicitors , in order to save time , but I do not know whether this is widespread .
7 I do not know whether homosexuals are born homosexuals or acquire that trait because of the way in which they are brought up ...
8 I do not know whether she went on to have a family — but I do know that there was now nothing to prevent her doing so .
9 I do not know whether a man or a woman
10 I do not know whether there is a shred of truth in the allegations .
11 I do not know whether he went back to the château on his own .
12 I do not know whether and if so on what basis any challenge may be made to the notice .
13 I do not know whether this was associated with the fact that no one ever sought a tea meeting with me and that I was relieved of the obligation of conducting a rather spurious theological discussion on the basis of almost total ignorance .
14 I do not know whether you are at home or in London , so I am sending copies of this letter to both places .
15 I do not know whether there are 10 members of the management committee or only seven , as is referred to in the notes on clauses .
16 I do not know whether that is being emulated elsewhere , so I am asking rather than making a statement .
17 I do not know whether the Hon. Gentleman is distancing himself from what happened .
18 I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data .
19 That same November , I escaped from Oxford life by securing permission — I do not know whether such authorization is needed these days — to go to a performance in London by the Group Theatre in Great Newport Street , under Rupert Doone , of Sweeney Agonistes .
20 I do not know whether admissions about the past are as important as agreement about the future .
21 I do not know whether my hon. Friend read Gavyn Davies 's recent article , which showed that what most greatly influences investment is availability of markets and demand , and that running costs come very much second to those factors .
22 I do not know whether he wishes to reconsider what on earth he means by saying that it is a flimsy excuse : either it is part of the law , or it is not .
23 I do not know whether the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) likes to read things published in the normal way .
24 I do not know whether Conservative Members have given any thought to what the present discount system is likely to do — it is more likely to accelerate the disintegration of the family than to bring people together .
25 I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was here earlier , but a question on the matter was raised with the Leader of the House during business questions and he answered it .
26 I read — I do not know whether it came from the Department of Energy or from Conservative central office ; I suspect that it was the latter — that privatisation of the coal industry will drive a stake through the heart of Dracula , the leader of the NUM .
27 I do not know whether I have the best answer to that , but I remind them that the Bill relates only to those utilities that have been privatised and to which a policy of independent regulators applies .
28 I do not know whether the hon. Member for Durham , North-West ( Ms. Armstrong ) on the Opposition Front Bench agrees with such systematic inspection , but if she does , the Labour party is instantly converted to such inspection and reports to parents .
29 I am one of those in the Labour party — I do not know whether I am in the majority in the parliamentary Labour party — who believe in unilateral disarmament .
30 I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has had an opportunity to get a copy of the environmental impact assessment from the Vote Office and to read it .
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