Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] whether [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think we 've all got used to , with some products at least , asking questions about how green it is , whether it 's recycled paper , whether it 's going to destroy the ozone layer , as well as asking questions like what price is it , but if we 're going to decide whether one jar of coffee is fair-traded as opposed to another one , what questions do we need to kn know the answers to , to decide that .
2 TableCurve can calculate the data 's best fit to one of its equations , or the plot of the data can be previewed to decide whether any data needs to be edited or excluded , or weighting factors applied prior to processing .
3 Does subsidiarity mean that the Member States should be permitted to decide whether that decision is an individual matter or one for the national state to take on the basis of its view of where the best interests of
4 This effectively established a matrix on the database ( Fig 11.10 ) so that an annotation could be made to indicate whether each item of information , in relation to the activity described , was relevant to the functional groups that existed in the EPH , ie the Officers ( OICs ) , Clerical Assistant ( Clerk ) , Care Assistants ( CA ) , Domestic Assistants ( DA ) , the Cook , and the Gardener/handyman ( Gdnr ) .
5 After almost 10 years in University history teaching I was concerned that my students seemed to have very little idea of how history actually came to be written and of what criteria might be used to decide whether one book was more worth reading than another .
6 Scrutiny by the Courts.The courts may be asked to consider whether delegated legislation is ultra vires the enabling act .
7 Staff are asked to specify whether Double Density ( for IBM PS/2 machines ) or High Density ( for newer machines ) disks are required .
8 Our studies were designed to determine whether transient UOS relaxations occur during gastro-oesophageal reflux .
9 These findings were used to see whether appropriate timing of octreotide injections with respect to meal ingestion might avert impaired gall bladder contraction .
10 Indeed some Americans were beginning to question whether either government was making the right choices .
11 Initially young pupils were asked to decide whether one thing came before or after another , without reference to precise dates .
12 They were asked to indicate whether various assertions ( such as " An hour 's sleep before midnight is worth two afterwards " ) were true , possibly true , or untrue .
13 Employers were now being forced to reassess whether traditional packages meet the expectations of employees .
14 A national study is needed to see whether these trends are representative but little information about night visits is collected centrally .
15 The police committee is asked to consider whether local government should begin to contribute towards Victim Support schemes .
16 Further experiments are required to determine whether these DNA homologies determine a consensus sequence for the binding of a family of single stranded DNA binding proteins .
17 A further series of experiments was performed to assess whether colonic bacteria could contribute to measured metabolism .
18 Having seen photographs of ancient Cretan coins portraying a labyrinth or maze , I was longing to see whether any trace of it survives at Knossos , a three-and-a-half-hour bus ride east along the coast road , just past Heraklion .
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