Example sentences of "question [is] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is whether the same remit could be fulfilled by different means ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The question is whether road pricing is the best response to the problem , since it focuses on just one aspect — inadequate road space in central areas — as if road congestion and delay were the primary issues to resolve . |
| 4 | The question is whether The Sixteen , having revived this work , could breathe life into their performance . |
| 5 | Today the dominant question is whether a country that can draw on the manpower and technology of two advanced industrial countries could become too powerful to be accommodated inside the European Community where the leading nations , Britain , France and Italy , would have populations only half the size of a new Germany . |
| 6 | The question is whether this can be achieved without some form of outside aid . |
| 7 | The big question is whether they have mastered the complicated job of putting bugs from a laboratory inside a useful battlefield weapon . |
| 8 | The question is whether the congressional Democrats or the Republican administration should run the programme . |
| 9 | Now the question is whether enough members of the Knesset are keen enough on the peace talks to support a government led by Mr Peres . |
| 10 | The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge . |
| 11 | Another question is whether the criminal law ought not to be wider in its application to activities which carry some risk of causing death than in other spheres . |
| 12 | The question is whether all killings in which the defendant is aware of the risk of death are sufficiently serious to warrant the term ‘ murder ’ . |
| 13 | This is a far more realistic maximum for cases involving forced oral sex and other indignities , but the real question is whether such serious forms of sexual assault should be classified differently . |
| 14 | Others including resistance to various diseases are inherited weakly , and the question is whether they are worth including in a breeding programme or not ? |
| 15 | Once again the question is whether Cambridge 's skill will be enough to overcome Oxford 's greater punch . |
| 16 | Where the question is whether or not to open a new station , ‘ we balance the risks of lengthening the journey time against potential new traffic . ’ |
| 17 | The question is whether the voters will realise it in time for polling day . |
| 18 | The only question is whether we do it now or lose out altogether by supposing we can do it later . |
| 19 | The crucial question is whether the arbitrator 's is a typical authority , or whether the two features picked out above are peculiar to it and perhaps a few others , but are not characteristic of authorities in general . |
| 20 | The question is whether it is worth while to make an alteration by which you will gain at most two and a half minutes … |
| 21 | But now the question is whether anything can be asked of fiction at all . |
| 22 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 23 | From society 's point of view the only question is whether those who had the benefit of these excellent libraries in the forces will have the same access to books when they leave . |
| 24 | The real question is whether , under the circumstances , it would be wrong to continue intervention . |
| 25 | The question is whether grammar ought to be taught as a separate formal study , like harmony or counterpoint , or whether a teacher can assume that it will be picked up through practice . |
| 26 | When a confrontation occurs , the first question is whether the instruction is reasonable . |
| 27 | The first question is whether your employer has adopted an appropriate unit of selection for redundancy purposes . |
| 28 | Another interesting question is whether you have any right of redress if , while continuing to pay your salary , your employer does not give you any work to do , perhaps sending you home and saying for some reason , ‘ Do n't call us , we 'll call you ’ . |
| 29 | The question is whether the supervisor in these circumstances is the person the company would have wanted . |
| 30 | Although two injections a day may be desirable the next question is whether it is possible . |