Example sentences of "[prep] whether it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But if you practise it sitting down , your voice 'll be very different , the speed of your voice will be different , and if you do n't practise it out loud you wo n't be able to get any idea of whether it 's going to take three minutes or not .
2 Regardless of whether it is called a ‘ top down ’ model or an elective dictatorship , the formal concentration of political authority in Britain is remarkable .
3 In fact , ‘ Regardless of whether it is called ethos , source credibility , status differential , opinion leadership , charisma or power , the conclusion seems inescapable — who you are can influence how your messages are received .
4 Yet here is a natural means of self-gratification and of relief from sexual tensions which build up in all of us , which is widely viewed ( regardless of whether it is practised ) as somehow wicked , aberrant , distasteful or shameful .
5 In practical terms , whether one has realistic access to the power to initiate a legislative proposal may be as important as whether , once a proposal is initiated , one has a say in whether it is adopted or not .
6 Different elements of the term objectification may be emphasized , depending upon whether it is applied to the process of ontogenesis , culture or modernity .
7 The privately rented sector has traditionally been enumerated according to whether it is let furnished or unfurnished , with the latter usually providing somewhat greater security of tenure .
8 It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture .
9 ( 3 ) The very process of production may or may not be auratic , depending again on whether it is individualized or collective , and the extent to which it is expressive ( auratic ) or impersonal ( nonauratic ) .
10 In English , there is at least an indirect formal reflexion of the difference , in that the phrase an old friend has as its opposite either a new friend or a young friend , depending on whether it is used as a separative or an ordinary attributive adjective .
11 The commission is stopping it because the British Government will not make up its mind on whether it 's gon na back the money .
12 And I think if you start analysing it and trying to think back to how or why , or questioning why it happened , you start worrying about whether it 's going to happen again , and then it wo n't happen .
13 First , theory needs to be explicit about whether it is dealing with symmetrical or asymmetrical , reversible or irreversible relationships .
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