Example sentences of "whether it [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The model assumes that the buyer will pass through this series of steps , whether it be consciously or unconsciously , until the purchase is ( or is not ) made . |
| 2 | The North and the South must sort this one out themselves whether it be peaceably or with the gun . |
| 3 | The answer to those questions may be said to depend on whether it is generally as serious to obtain sex by deception as it is by other means ( threats , force , fear ) . |
| 4 | The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made . |
| 5 | However small it was ( and whether it is just or not ) , I have felt over the years that the Halton experience has enabled me ( despite my background ) to bridge the gap between those far off days , and reaching the rank of sergeant pilot , and the mid-war years when , in a few months , there was swift passage through the roles of flight commander , squadron commander , staff officer and station commander . |
| 6 | Thus the existence of an alleged defence to a criminal prosecution is merely a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion when considering whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted ( post , pp. 173D–F , 178H , 179A , 190D–E ) . |
| 7 | In my opinion , the existence of an alleged defence is a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion , when deciding whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted . |
| 8 | This category of special relationship is now characterised more by the knowledge of the maker of the statement that the recipient will rely on it : see Lord Denning MR in Ministry of Housing and Local Government v Sharp [ 1970 ] 2 QB 223 at 268G , and 13.11. negligence claims , of ( 1 ) the foreseeability of the damage ; ( 2 ) the proximity of the parties ; and ( 3 ) whether it is just and reasonable in all the circumstances that the duty should exist : see Lord Oliver in Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [ 1990 ] 2 WLR 358 at 379B . |
| 9 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) The consumption or reception of a text may or may not be auratic , depending on whether it is individually or collectively consumed , or whether the audience views the cultural object in a state of immersion or distraction . |
| 11 | The question arises as to whether this is the result of their having fallen into apathy out of fear of repression and a belief that it is not possible to make progress ; or whether it is precisely because they have been making progress through existing channels that the militant challenge has withered . |
| 12 | Whether it is so or not is a question of construction of the particular statute concerned . |
| 13 | Whether it is so or not depends on all the circumstances of the case including the context and wording of the provisions , the degree of emphasis , the purpose and effect of the default clause and any other relevant consideration . |
| 14 | You have to keep the City informed about what 's going on , but I think you can run a business — and I hope we do — to the highest moral standards whether it 's today or in the 1900s . |
| 15 | or , or whether it 's just that this is the best case that I can promote . |
| 16 | Or is it because there 's a different culture in the north and south because the , the two parts of China are very different , so you do n't know whether it 's the Communist Party that 's determining this difference or whether it 's just because of a difference of culture there . |
| 17 | They , they 're just not getting back right now , I do n't know if it 's just to be sensitive to her or whether it 's just because , you know , they 're gon na see each o I mean they live on the same road , they 'll probably see each other this weekend . |
| 18 | Er facilities er exist for parking and so on and the only thing is , er I 'm talking about catering in the sense of a Saturday whether it 's here or there . |
| 19 | Whether we avoid certain foods because God has told us to , or whether it 's simply because of the E numbers ; whether our purification rituals are there to chase out demons in the name of spiritual purity , or germs in the name of hygiene … we all have a sense that beyond the boundaries of our lives lurks Chaos . |
| 20 | How do you cope with it , the ninety three of you who get depressed from time to time , whether it 's severely or or or or not so severely ? |
| 21 | And I 've seen chairs like that , I 've seen I do n't know whether it 's there but a couple of places , bedroom chairs , gorgeous things , you know ! |
| 22 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 23 | Coleridge rationalized the departure in his poem ‘ Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement ’ , asking whether it was right that he should live in beauty and solitude while his ‘ unnumber 'd brethren toil 'd and bled ’ in the greater world . |
| 24 | There was a madness about and I could n't tell whether it was within or without me , or either or neither . |
| 25 | Somewhere , he could not tell whether it was near or far , somewhere outside his present universe of ice , a bell was tolling . |
| 26 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 27 | He heard the faintest splash , and was not sure whether it was inside or out . |
| 28 | There is a similarity creeps in there whether that came with islands or whether it was there before I just do n't know . |
| 29 | No I did n't realise I was n't sure whether it was there or not . |
| 30 | The right of refugee return remained firmly part of the rhetoric but it was less clear whether it was still as firmly a part of policy . |