Example sentences of "whether to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mon dieu ! ’ said the little man , not apparently sure whether to be terribly angry or frightfully cross , ‘ Nicole ! ’ |
| 2 | Ariel Poems , like Coriolan , look back to the world of Eliot 's childhood and youth , whether to his reading of Mayne Reid 's novels or to his sailing off the coast of New England . |
| 3 | ‘ Whether to be a very High Church clergyman with a short lacy surplice , or a very Low Church clergyman with long grey moustaches . ’ |
| 4 | Whenever she accompanied him , whether to a glossy film premiére or a major speech , they reported on the clothes she was wearing , the hairstyle , the hat , the jewellery , whether she looked well , or strained or too thin . |
| 5 | The devolution of power , whether to the deputy chairman or the deputy prime minister ( remember Sir Geoffrey Howe ? ) , becomes rarer by the day . |
| 6 | Equity regarded the distinction as of less importance , in the sense that if a representation were untrue , whether to the knowledge of its maker or not , and were a material factor in inducing another party to enter into a contract with him , that party was entitled to rescind the contract if he were plaintiff , or resist specific performance if he were defendant . |
| 7 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 8 | ‘ This is a thinly veiled attempt to disguise the characters , and a court will decide whether to the average reader this is a book dealing with Donald and Ivana , despite the fact that she changed the names , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ( It is not unhelpful to imagine oneself standing in such a line : how would one decide whether to be blue , white , or red ? ) |
| 10 | If they know their position with respect to the ends , then they can ‘ work out ’ which third they are in and so decide whether to be blue , white , or red . |
| 11 | It is then quite easy to work out which third the cell is in , and so whether to be blue , white , or red . |
| 12 | The British Isles linger off the shores of continental Europe , uncertain whether to be apart or a part , and their cattle have developed to some degree in isolation but also with many strong two-way links with the cattle of the Continent . |
| 13 | When you have made safe access to the margins you must then decide whether to simply lay a number of planks to take a chair and your tackle , or to be more elaborate and build a proper stage . |
| 14 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 15 | Another option is migration , whether to the urban areas where work is thought to be available — though this is often an illusion — or to South Africa and Botswana . |
| 16 | You can choose , for example , whether to : |
| 17 | Sally was unsure whether to be pleased that Louise was including her or annoyed that she had called her fat . |
| 18 | Accidents in sport , whether to the ribs , legs , feet , head or shoulders , nearly always jar the spine . |
| 19 | The answer put by proponents of the British approach is that the effect of publications or performances is rarely to incite directly whether to crime or anything else . |
| 20 | In this chapter we have concentrated on two major life choices , the choice of marriage partner and , more briefly , whether to parent or not . |
| 21 | Uncertain whether to be flattered or insulted , Margaret smiled primly . |
| 22 | Its pages carry practical ideas for teaching the faith effectively , whether to adults or to children , in different parish and school situations . |
| 23 | They had n't quite known whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the overnight delay , but they were adamant in their belief that none of these parents was capable of doing the things stated in the allegations against them . |
| 24 | Adam did not know whether to be glad or sorry he had not obtained an English newspaper while away . |
| 25 | And from its summit it is entirely possible to see a stretch of water which — whether to a sixteenth-century viewer innocent of the details of geography , or to a well-versed wanderer five centuries later — could only be an ocean . |
| 26 | The success of any reform , whether to curriculum , teaching method , school organization or administration depends upon teachers being ‘ in-play ’ , willing to participate in the search for a more powerful and enabling form of schooling , and to give proposed reforms ( to quote the Americans ) ‘ their best shot ’ . |
| 27 | He debated , within himself , whether to be oblique or direct with Peter , whose face seemed to him both shuttered and vulnerable . |
| 28 | It makes sense , therefore , if you are going to be a hero and dig a plot two spits deep , to know whether to ‘ double dig ’ ( reverse the spits ) or to ‘ bastard trench ’ ( leaving them in the same position ) . |
| 29 | All the crew may fight against any enemy in contact with the War Wagon , whether to its front , sides , or rear . |
| 30 | Differing values and influences over generations of childrearing in the English speaking world have included concepts of religious morality , medical morality , natural development and natural needs , individualism and the ‘ fun ’ morality , added to which there is now the parental dilemma of whether to be friend or authority ( Newson and Newson , 1974 ) . |