Example sentences of "[to-vb] [be] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the simple facts which the court has to find are whether the defendant 's conduct in fact prevented the police from carrying out their duty , or made it more difficult for them to do so , and whether the defendant intended that conduct to prevent the police from carrying out their duty or to make it more difficult to do so . ’ |
| 2 | What is difficult to establish is whether the job attracts the sort of goal profiles that are suitable or whether the individual is attracted by the job and then develops a profile suitable to it . |
| 3 | What is more difficult to establish is whether the first building was inhabited for a while , demolished just after the inhabitants moved out , immediately paved over , and a new building later constructed ; or whether the first building was inhabited for a while , abandoned by its inhabitants for many years , then collapsed through decay , was paved over later on , and then a second building constructed . |
| 4 | An essential factor to establish is whether the sewer is public or private . |
| 5 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 6 | What I would like to know is whether a private company , whose accounting period ends on 30 April , is exempt from prosecution for failing to file accounts by 30 February ? |
| 7 | Now what we have to know is whether or not they are in fact getting these contracts because they are the best and the cheapest , or whether they are getting it because they have the best connections and they are paying the most money . |
| 8 | What the public would like to know is whether the Opposition , including the hon. Member for Cunninghame , North and the Front-Bench spokesman , the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) , were aware that that document was not a genuine document , but was something prepared , no doubt , for political purposes . |
| 9 | What the west midlands would like to know is whether he will now do what he has not already done , that is , repudiate the motion of the TUC to reject alien investment — as it describes Japanese investment — in this country . |
| 10 | What the House wants to know is whether the international business community has confidence in the policies of the Labour party . |
| 11 | Britain 's biggest motor racing crowd of the year will be there to see him driving in a touring car … what we all want to know is whether we 'll see him driving in grand prix again … |
| 12 | Once it is determined that an entity has an item that meets the definition of one of the elements , the next question to answer is whether that item should be recognised in the financial statements . |
| 13 | The more difficult question to answer is whether these leptokurtic distributions arise because futures price changes ( or returns ) are normally distributed , but the variance changes over time , thus supporting the mixture-of-distributions hypothesis , or are drawn from a stable Pareto distribution . |
| 14 | We first question we would like to answer is whether any of the B II junctions created above are actually present in the solution structure of CATGACGTCATG or whether they could play a significant role in an equilibrium of different solution conformations . |
| 15 | One of the first questions which this thesis attempts to answer is whether these three definitions of risk can be sensibly used , and if they can , how are the three types of risk related to one another ? |
| 16 | Given all this criticism , the obvious question to try to answer was whether there was more than hype to Making Belfast Work , whether there was anything valuable in it . |
| 17 | Reflecting on this , one issue for all churches desiring to grow is whether they are prepared to bring through such people into leadership . |
| 18 | The key question we need to address is whether Dicey 's notion is rooted in an ancient or modern conception of the rule of law . |
| 19 | The point we need to consider is whether , in the light of such diversity of interaction , it is appropriate to focus exclusively on the impact of science on religion . |
| 20 | Now the first question to consider is whether the biblical writers intended their words to be taken as history or as myth . |
| 21 | Another question to consider is whether you have any other materials dealing with the same topic . |
| 22 | The only other thing to consider is whether it 's worthwhile upgrading at all . |
| 23 | Another important point to consider is whether or not a continuous supply of softened water is essential at tll times . |
| 24 | The issue for the court to decide is whether or not the constable is doing anything that constitutes a prima facie interference with the person 's liberty , person or property , as by detaining him , searching him or otherwise touching him , or constraining his behaviour in some other way . |
| 25 | Okay first of all er what we need you and I to decide is whether is a platform for you to continue to earn |
| 26 | The matter the judge had to decide was whether , if there were confidences , there was any legal prohibition preventing their publication . |
| 27 | The next thing to check is whether there is a build-up within the radiator of air or the gaseous by-products of corrosion in the system . |
| 28 | Here the first thing to check is whether they are slips or not : if the pupil can correct his own errors , do n't count them as serious spelling miscues . |
| 29 | ‘ Thus in the present case what I am concerned to ascertain is whether … |
| 30 | The important fact for the police to ascertain was whether she or Darren had actually entered the room with the risk that the scene had been contaminated . |