Example sentences of "whether the time " in BNC.

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1 The Greens were still arguing over whether the time had come to loosen principle a little and elect a leader , a public face , perhaps Sara Parkin , the International Liaison Secretary of the UK Greens as well as the European Greens ' co-ordination co-secretary .
2 The judges had to decide whether the time limit had been reached .
3 Wellesley , sensing this swing of opinion , wondered whether the time had not come for ‘ striking at democracy ’ by constitutional revision .
4 The organizations faced uncertainty and it was not clear whether the time when they might need to reduce their labour force would coincide with the date of expiry of a fixed-term contract .
5 This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group .
6 We must at last face the question as to whether the time is right to discard the nation state .
7 ‘ Rule I : Where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods , in a deliverable state , the property in the goods passes to the buyer when the contract is made , and it is immaterial whether the time of payment or the time of delivery or both be postponed . ’
8 We now come to the closing words of Rule 1 , ‘ it is immaterial whether the time of payment or the time of delivery , or both , be postponed . ’
9 ( 3 ) When looking at clauses which require compliance with time limits ( eg a time limit for notifying a warranty claim after a defect is discovered in goods supplied under the contract ) the question to ask is whether the time limit has been imposed from a genuine need to protect the other party 's position , or whether it is there to make it difficult , or practically impossible , for the other party to exercise its rights under the clause .
10 The order must make clear whether the time runs from the date of the order or from service thereof Van Houten v Foodsafe ( 1980 ) 12 SJ 277 .
11 Now Councillor refers to whether the time was right , and why should we have to borrow .
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