Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] whether it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is nonsense for us to debate such matters in Committee for an hour and a half and then , at the end of the debate , we vote not on the merits of the matter but on whether it has been considered .
3 The sunshine dries it up and sometimes it depends on what it 's use how deep it is as to whether it dries up .
4 There was also uncertainty among experts as to whether it belonged to Picasso 's Blue or Pink period .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 However , about one tenth of teachers were unsure as to whether it had been submitted .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Culture as content seems to point , on the other hand , to different answers for different kinds of educational programme , and even begs the question as to whether it makes sense in some subject domains .
11 Much controversy has attached to the word ‘ servants ’ in this passage , as to whether it cancelled the previous Leveller insistence on full , unqualified adult manhood suffrage and was intended to exclude all wage-earners from the vote , or — more likely — was meant to cover only those living in , and so dependent on their master or mistress for board and lodging .
12 As to whether it has also increased proportionally is a matter that could only be determined empirically , although one could surmise that it has so increased .
13 Now the point has already been raised and partly answered in the question in the case of Selby District Council as to whether it matters whether there is an over-provision of land for industry and other employment .
14 We 're about half way through the process at the moment , and as of today , it does depend which train she travelled on from Oxford as to whether it 's actually been converted with the disabled accommodation or whether er it 's not yet provided .
15 Er it 's a matter of speculation as to whether it did play any part .
16 right , well , I 'm , I 'm not worried about the point as to whether it arise out of cross examination , I seldom am because there is always erm can be an opportunity for further cross examination if the other party wants to , so er on the grounds of the objection I , I , I do n't uphold it you can ask that if you like , but er I do want the jury always to keep their eye on that what really is the issue in the case er certainly from the defendants point of view , I know what you say
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