Example sentences of "very [adv] whether " in BNC.

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1 I did n't care very much whether it was a half or a seventh .
2 But I doubt very much whether there are any claims now outstanding which are not statute-barred , in respect of children stillborn before 22 July 1976 or any children born before that date , who are locked in litigation with their mothers over whether the mother tasted alcohol or followed a diet other than that recommended by the current phase of medical opinion during pregnancy .
3 I it sounds very well in principle , but in practice I have n't , doubt very much whether or not we will avoid having a , a dint in , in the service that we need .
4 I doubt very much whether it will yield anything but it has to be done . ’
5 He paused , then with what Robbie considered to be an unutterably complacent smile , ‘ And I doubt very much whether Petula would approve of your presence either . ’
6 When one gets right down to it , I doubt very much whether you 're fit to be called a bad lot . ’
7 I doubt very much whether you 'll be able to interest Rosella Foria in such a theory . ’
8 ‘ Also , after this injury , I doubt very much whether Wigan will even consider releasing me to come down here again . ’
9 ‘ Also , after this injury , I doubt very much whether Wigan will even consider releasing me to come here again . ’
10 I doubt very much whether they 'll be given any opportunity to voice what happens to them when they 're transferred or what happens to the fund .
11 I would doubt very much whether you having your hair cut would seriously damage your future together .
12 doubt very much whether .
13 I doubt very much whether we 'll have a score on that because it tends to be that we do n't find out what happens in Italy until er the following morning .
14 We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on .
15 When an agent telephones the company with an order , the computer operator is able to tell the agent very quickly whether the goods required are in stock .
16 He can raise the issue by voicing his own increasing doubts about the achievability of the goal and can check very quickly whether he is trampled underfoot in the rush to agree , or scoffed at for his lack of understanding .
17 and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC .
18 The local authority exercising its parental responsibility would certainly have to consider very carefully whether it accepted that practitioner 's advice and any advice as to the risks of the transfer of J. from one hospital to another before giving its consent to such different treatment .
19 ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further .
20 Upon this ground alone I venture to think that your Lordship 's House might consider very seriously whether you are justified in passing this Bill into Law …
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