Example sentences of "whether it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it is or not , the poem can be called distinctive — distinctive both of Larkin and of Amis . |
| 2 | In The Facts he examines his own vexed state with reference to the vexed question of whether it is better to make things up , and to distort them , and by contemplating his earlier re-invention of the time-honoured dualistic account of literature and human nature . |
| 3 | Whether it is nobler . ’ |
| 4 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 5 | Drinkers have a right to know whether the beer they are drinking is a genuine barley malt product or whether it is stuffed full of such tasty ingredients as corn syrup , propylene glycol alginate , amyloglucosidase , papain enzymes and potassium metabisulphite . |
| 6 | In such situations , it is always worth considering whether it is safer to have another launch and fly the glider to the hangar . |
| 7 | However , whether it is a full spin or just an incipient one is academic if the glider stalls a few hundred feet up . |
| 8 | the Government 's seeming indifference to the effect of the dispute on police public relations , [ should entitle the police ] to wonder whether it is being used to preserve law and order or to implement government policy . |
| 9 | What remains uncertain is whether consciousness is a separate phenomenon which needs explaining , like language or vision , or whether it is simply an attribute of certain neural processes in the same way as high reflectance is an attribute of the piece of paper you are looking at while you read this , something which is simply part of the physical characteristics of the brain or the paper . |
| 10 | It is impossible to tell , from the physical attributes of a nerve impulse , whether it is conveying information about light , about sound or about smell . |
| 11 | If there is doubt about the cause of death — if , for example , the death was sudden and the doctor had not seen the person within fourteen days of death , or if they had no general practitioner , the coroner must be informed , and will decide whether it is necessary to hold a post mortem . |
| 12 | Everyone has the right to a church funeral , and for the body to be taken to the church , but it is not necessary to have a service at a funeral whether it is a burial or a cremation . |
| 13 | The head , body and arms of the characters portrayed should show the status they have in the society to which they belong whether it is rural , urban or fantastic , as well as their behaviour , customs , work or play . |
| 14 | His interest in ports de bras nearly always produces something new to say , whether it is to tell a story , describe the characters and/or create a style exclusive to one work . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it is not clear from current Marxist criticism and theory , which in the rainbow coalition is often buttressed by Lacanian ideas of the decentred self , whether it is prepared to accept any form at all of a personal , subjective or affective response , or whether all that must wait until after the revolution . |
| 16 | Pound had known Phyllis Bottome between 1905 and 1907 , when they were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania , and it 's not clear whether it is that early association , or a period later when she had caught up with him in London , that Phyllis Bottome had in mind when she wrote of how Pound tried to transform her as a writer from a talented amateur into a professional : |
| 17 | Whether a decision is so unreasonable as to be unlawful depends , in Lord Diplock 's words , on whether it is ‘ so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who has applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it ’ . |
| 18 | COATS Viyella , the textile group which expects to hear whether it is allowed to take over rival Tootal in the next few days , has sold its medical businesses to Pharma-Plast Holdings for £12m . |
| 19 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 20 | The preference is to end with an official caution or the less serious warning , but this depends upon ‘ whether it is a first-time offender ; the seriousness of the crime involved ; the attitudes of both parents and juvenile ; has reparation been made ? |
| 21 | So long as balance is defined in terms of the quantity of party coverage — and not whether it is favourable or unfavourable — then the only justification for awarding the government extra coverage is that the government represents order , stability , and legitimate authority , which the media has a duty to support . |
| 22 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 23 | The agent and artist do n't care what happens to the other 50p , whether it is spent either as the show 's costs or as the promoter 's profit . |
| 24 | All finished product , whether it is for EMI or another record company , is transported to a distribution centre . |
| 25 | They are familiar with every branch of the music business , whether it is chamber music or anarchic rock . |
| 26 | Whether it is hiring the local scout hut for rehearsals or the huge expenses of a worldwide tour , someone has to count the cost . |
| 27 | Regardless of whether it is called a ‘ top down ’ model or an elective dictatorship , the formal concentration of political authority in Britain is remarkable . |
| 28 | Whether it is the memory of ancient insecurities , or the real threat of new ones I do not know , but I decide to go back . |
| 29 | Accepting that we respond to our environment , whether it is natural or artificial , we can see that these responses appear to produce further changes in us . |
| 30 | first , countries modify local time by 1 or 2 hours , according to whether it is winter or summer , in order to make more use of the daylight hours . |