Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | SINCE Indian independence in 1947 , the main question before Indian voters has been whether they were for or against the Nehru-Gandhi family . |
| 2 | The doubt has been whether Cuba could sell its products in hard-currency markets without subjecting them to years of tests . |
| 3 | For many UK multinationals , the question has been whether intangibles have been properly exploited to produce UK taxable income ( and thereby mop up ACT ) . |
| 4 | For the groups and associations promoting themselves as school subjects , and irresistibly drawn to claiming ‘ academic status ’ , a central criterion has been whether the subjects ' content could be tested by written examinations for an ‘ able ’ clientele . |
| 5 | Consequently , another aspect of the debate about corporation has been whether a particular country should or should not be given this label . |
| 6 | What matters is whether we have the creative drive to generate new production . |
| 7 | As Brew notes , what now matters is whether large , often arrogant companies want to be truly transparent to their varied audiences . |
| 8 | What really matters is whether or not we all believe certain essentials about the sacraments . |
| 9 | What matters is whether at that time the patient 's capacity was reduced below the level needed in the case of a refusal of that importance , for refusals can vary in importance . |
| 10 | Indeed , at the extreme , it could be argued that whether or not there is explicit communication is irrelevant : what matters is whether a collusive agreement , however arrived at , can be sustained by the self-interest of the parties involved . |
| 11 | It hardly matters whether there 's a ghost there to be seen or not — what matters is whether someone is convinced he saw it . |
| 12 | Under the " continuing review " test , what matters is whether the income can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for the individual at the time the benefit in question is in fact conferred on him . |
| 13 | What he questions is whether these disciplines can ‘ support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching ’ , that is to say , presumably , whether they can directly inform pedagogic technique . |
| 14 | The question that this variability raises is whether the decline in morale is an inevitable consequence of the increase in pressure and uncertainty . |
| 15 | Another subject on which intense confusion remains is whether or not the US was ever offered a chance to apprehend General Noriega ( wanted in Florida on drugs charges ) . |
| 16 | The only question that remains is whether , at the end of the day , the public has really had what professional educators would describe as ‘ a good learning experience ’ . |
| 17 | The question which next arises is whether the doctor , while prohibited from doing anything deliberately aimed at causing the death of his patient , may so adjust the treatment that he does not actively intervene and the patient dies . |
| 18 | The only question which arises is whether it is possible to construe a trust wording . |
| 19 | The question that arises is whether such a view of history is justified and whether or not it simply reflects an evolutionary view of history prevalent at the time . |
| 20 | The question that arises is whether Gandhi 's emphasis on brahmacārya , in the sense of sexual control , meant that married men were excluded from taking the vow . |
| 21 | But the question that arises is whether it can be said of any morality that it can not be divorced from religion . |
| 22 | One question that immediately arises is whether it refers to the content of speech or to the form — the sequencing of utterances , for instance . |
| 23 | The question which therefore arises is whether the Soviet Union is better at diffusing the benefits of foreign technology than of its own . |
| 24 | Clues about the timing of metasomatism beneath the Kaapvaal craton in southern Africa are provided by metasomatized peridotites brought to the surface as xenoliths in young ( 80–95-Myr-old ) group I kimberlites : the question that arises is whether the metasomatic alterations of the xenoliths are related to the host kimberlites themselves or to earlier igneous events such as the group II kimberlite eruptions ( 120–150Myr ) . |
| 25 | A question that arises is whether belief exercises any independent influence at all . |
| 26 | The final question which arises is whether , in the exercise of our discretion , we should let mandamus go bearing in mind that the events with which we are concerned occurred as long ago as 1989 and then occupied no more than perhaps three quarters of an hour . |
| 27 | The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent . |
| 28 | The question of fundamental importance which arises is whether the court should entertain the proposition that an Act of Parliament can so be assailed in the courts that matters should proceed as though the Act or some part of it had never been passed . |
| 29 | A further question which arises is whether the Morgan standard is appropriate for children and young girls . |
| 30 | Another question that arises is whether , if the official orthography is different from a purely phonemic transcription , you write your data phonemically or orthographically . |