Example sentences of "but whether it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wider question is not whether the summary falls apart because the staples are not strong enough , but whether it falls apart because it is not sufficiently objective simply because it has been commissioned , paid for and its contents finally determined by the promoter of the original Bill , now working in co-operation with the Government . |
| 2 | The triangular shape gave the maximum protection of the greatest number of traders ; but whether it represents a fairly general type of early plan — say pre-Conquest — I do not know . |
| 3 | But whether it wins or loses RHM , they are a buy . |
| 4 | But whether it meant she passed or failed , Folly knew that there was only one answer she could make . |
| 5 | Well it er it will be wood but whether it 's covered over whether it 's wood grain or whether it 's white or I do n't know . |
| 6 | Under fairly weak conditions , with only one decision variable , such a ‘ local ’ equilibrium can be shown to exist ( Kramer and Klevorick , 1974 ) , but whether it provides a persuasive resolution to the ‘ majority voting paradox ’ depends on the extent to which choices are limited to small perturbations of the existing situation . |
| 7 | Society too , of course , changes ( and helps to change us ) , but whether it develops and matures is a matter for another debate . |
| 8 | Eventually an old gentleman who had been listening with much amusement to their discussion said that what mattered was not whether the earthworm has an immortal soul but whether it has a purpose . |
| 9 | In deciding the second of tests posed by the court in Waterfield , the court will consider not merely whether or not the power exists , but whether it has been properly exercised , and hold that , if the manner in which an admitted power is exercised is improper , it takes the constable outside the execution of his duty again . |
| 10 | In the cities , where competition is intense , to be seen to be involved with clients at the top of the commercial ( and to a lesser degree social ) tree , publicity will take very different forms , but whether it comprises the full page recruitment advertisement or a high ranking in some statistical table devised by the editors of a legal journal , a bigger than average spread in a legal directory or an article by one of its partners explaining some development unique to the firm , the message will be the same : we are professional people of the highest calibre who run their practice efficiently and with success ; we have earned the respect of our fellow professionals and the esteem of our clients who are themselves of comparable stature to ourselves . |