Example sentences of "[vb infin] whether it " in BNC.

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1 One must doubt whether it was the Israeli ‘ government 's intention to introduce into the West Bank the Israeli norm of democratic elections ’ since the authorities deeply regretted the outcome , and did not repeat the experiment .
2 I think they have made some positive statements but I do n't know whether it will work that way or not . ’
3 I do n't know whether it is just the advance of modern technology within the family , or whether it is because the type of material the fire is built with nowadays would n't let them taste quite so good .
4 I had an awful pain in my chest and did not know whether it was a coronary or indigestion .
5 We 'll never know whether it was Tony 's plan or David 's plan .
6 Michael , Managing Director at the Brewery has one of them but does not know whether it was Lance Henly 's , but is delighted to learn that it could have been .
7 I do n't know whether it was for devilment but Gary says , ‘ No , I do n't think so . ’
8 The 8th will live in my mind forever , I do n't know whether it does Nick 's .
9 When I cried out , I did n't know whether it was with pain or pleasure .
10 She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him .
11 As we shall discuss in the next chapter , there is a lot more work to be done before the causal process underlying this relationship is laid bare : we do not know whether it is through buying a better diet or better medical care , for example , that richer countries improve their life expectancy .
12 I do n't know whether it was because I ignored him that he threw the drink over me , ’ she added .
13 Now I knew he was connected with sport but I did n't know whether it was cricket or football .
14 Specifically , that worked best on the song War , where the melody is played over an E riff and then it 's played over a B riff and then over an A , but the melody of the verse never uses a third and so you do n't know whether it 's phrygian or phrygian dominant .
15 There was a very nice room in Wessex , I do n't know whether it 's still there , but it was the main room , where we recorded We Will Rock You and that was all acoustic stuff — it 's just us stamping on boards and clapping over and over again . ’
16 How will you know whether it is genuine regression or something you have imagined ?
17 ‘ I do n't know whether it 's coincidental , ’ he says , ‘ but there was a big article on the front of the Japanese equivalent of the Financial Times saying that the government has decided to improve financial reporting standards .
18 I do n't know whether it was the mountain scenery , the flowers , the sunshine , the company or the singing , but for some reason everything gelled that day .
19 He felt the Italian boy was going to have a go at him but I do n't know whether it was a punch or a head-butt . ’
20 I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community .
21 ‘ I do n't know whether it 's true or not but we wanted to do it while he is still in charge . ’
22 Father Barnes will know whether it belongs to the church and with luck there may be prints .
23 ‘ It come to 'im from 'is dad ; 'e says 'e feels undressed without it an' do n't know whether it 's 'alf-past five or ten to eight when 'e gets up , or if it 's teatime or dinnertime .
24 ‘ I do n't know whether it 's a comedy or a satire , or what the hell it is , ’ he said .
25 One does it , one of the things that eh I do n't know whether it does effect you at all Chris but eh , eh Chris , is , is the fact that eh these here foreign lavatories they 've got around the town , now I 'm dead against these for a number of reasons .
26 I do n't know whether it .
27 By marginal he means that he does n't know whether it will clear up or become irretrievably hopeless .
28 I do n't know whether it 's true or not , but I do n't think they give you much medication and whatever , when you go down there .
29 I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like .
30 They did not know whether it cleared because people had left voluntarily , or because people had been evicted , but clear it did .
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