Example sentences of "whether they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question could be thought to arise of whether they are seeking revenge . |
| 2 | But Roman catholic adoption agencies , the source for the majority of children awaiting adoption , are not obliged to assign baptized Roman catholic children to such couples , and whether they do or not is not a matter of public knowledge . |
| 3 | The Conference would wish all who may take part in the referendum to recognize that Protestant Churches are pro-Life but anti-amendment and to query whether they wish a clause in the constitution unacceptable to Protestant churches . |
| 4 | The real solution is to train pilots to accept responsibility , whether they are sitting in the aircraft or are merely bystanders at the launch point . |
| 5 | If pilots are apprehensive about cable breaks it probably means that they are uncertain about what they should do in all situations , and whether they can manage . |
| 6 | The really valuable experience comes from landing in many different , unfamiliar places , whether they are fields or large aerodromes . |
| 7 | Do not apply it too tightly and check the balls of your toes to see whether they turn blue and become cold to the touch . |
| 8 | Little wonder there was ‘ intellectual disorder ’ — if that is the correct word for daily thought stymied by explicit threats of destruction ; ‘ a state of mind fundamentally disturbed ’ — if they are the mots justes for those who doubt whether they will be able to put their professional training into practice ; ‘ bordering on the neurotic ’ — if that is an accurate description for lives lived under the fear of total extinction in the mushroom cloud . |
| 9 | Clearly , conscious processes are central to an individual 's own experience , but most of us remain neutral as to whether they are central to cognitive processes given that many , if not most , of these are not conscious . |
| 10 | Moreover , the state of my sense endings — whether they are covered or uncovered , damaged or undamaged , pointed in one direction or another — also influences experience content . |
| 11 | Grave plots vary in cost depending on whether they are common or private . |
| 12 | AT the beginning of the 1980s passengers experienced great variances of comfort and style on InterCity and cross-country trains mainly according to whether they were travelling in one of the three basic designs that made up most of the fleet , one each from the fifties , sixties and seventies . |
| 13 | This is the case regardless of whether they take an objective , subjective or general view of their work ( see page 62 ) . |
| 14 | Thus when using glissades the choreographer must decide whether they are to be darted. and controlled by careful spacing to close in an elegant 5th position , or glided smoothly with a gentle rise and full , or danced in such a way that they give impetus to propel the dancer upwards into the step of elevation . |
| 15 | when the members of the newly founded french academies laid down rules for all artists at the court of Louis XIV , they had to conform whether they were painters , sculptors or designers of scenery , props and tapestries . |
| 16 | I refer to this significant dispute in passing , without engaging in it , except to say that feminists are divided on whether they want to establish a countercanon or extend the existing one . |
| 17 | Whether they know it or not , they are in fact endorsing Henry Newbolt against Pound ! |
| 18 | It remains to be seen whether they will still be in business to take the show to London in April ; it looks as if the outcome of the Northern group may rest on the Roses game later in the month . |
| 19 | The question is whether young children learn best by studying at their own pace through relatively informal ‘ activity ’ methods in small groups ( which , to some parents , looks suspiciously like playing ) , or whether they should learn the three Rs sitting at their desks in a more competitive and disciplined environment . |
| 20 | It is a matter of politics as much as education whether they grasp the flow of history and understand how events flow into one another . |
| 21 | Mr Rampton asked Lord Aldington why he had ordered on 17 May 1945 that the Yugoslavs not be told where they were going , and whether they had been falsely told they were going to Italy . |
| 22 | The problem is that normally potential purchasers have to incur the expense of undertaking surveys and arranging mortgage finance , without any idea whether they will be able to afford the final selling price . |
| 23 | MPs will start debating these issues on the 17 of this month , two weeks before members of the old party have to make up their minds about whether they want to join the new ship . |
| 24 | Official sources were yesterday unable to explain why the restrictions had been brought in , including whether they had been designed to reduce the risk of leaks to loyalists of the type recently coming to light . |
| 25 | Last week , Jarman had n't quite decided whether they were to talk to the audience or simply sleep through the exhibition 's four-day run — ‘ although they 'll be allowed to get up for a pee and lunch , ’ he added generously . |
| 26 | That depends on his assets and whether they meet Stock Exchange requirements . ’ |
| 27 | For that purpose he had to determine whether they formed part of a highway . |
| 28 | With the consumer industry and media boffins jamming up behind one another to support the unquestionably fine ideals of conservation , one can only wish that they would ask themselves as they prepare to board one more rolling bandwagon whether they really have anything to add to what has already been said . |
| 29 | The only question was whether they would indeed be executed . |
| 30 | Pensioners and the disabled would be singled out for special treatment , whether they paid rates or not . |