Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] whether it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention . |
| 2 | At the former , stone-robbing had effectively removed the crucial junction on the steeply sloping ground ; at the gate , it remained unclear whether the wall was already in existence or whether it had been constructed at the same time . |
| 3 | One of the things we talked about was the origin of the universe and whether it required a God to create it and set it going . |
| 4 | He wondered whether she had always been quite so uncaring of her appearance or whether it had been grief and rage at Uncle Bill 's defection that had started this off . |
| 5 | ( It is a matter of some controversy whether the introduction of this name into the subject was essentially giving a new name to an older concept or whether it involved a significantly new point of view . |
| 6 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 7 | The question remains therefore whether the F B I was wise to force the issue with the gas attack or whether it aggravated the situation . |
| 8 | It is not recorded whether the Salas diary was his most recent acquisition or whether it appealed most to the colleague but the following story is quite remarkable . |