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

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1 Similarly when children have been ill , parental expectations of their behaviour changes , and sometimes it is difficult to re-establish previous patterns of sleep and feeding when a parent is unsure whether the child is fully recovered .
2 This question is important whether the client system be a social group , a committee of a functional community or a neighbourhood activist group .
3 The council was doubtful whether the public would want to pay for the changes .
4 Essentially the court is concerned whether the decision-making body has addressed itself to all relevant factors .
5 Some kind of realism is important whether the movie itself is ‘ realistic ’ in reflecting the real world more or less as we perceive it or believe that other people do , or whether it is clearly a fantasy of some kind , set in the future or the distant past or another galaxy or in a present where some of the rules have been changed or abolished , eg time travel is possible , robot androids pass for human , most of the population are zombies , animals speak English , people mix with cartoon characters , or what you will .
6 Steady-state levels of pin 2 mRNA were identical whether the cotyledon was excised 5min after wounding ( Fig. 3 D ) or left attached to the plant for 4 hours ( Fig. 3 E ) and are comparable to those observed in other studies of wound-inducible pin mRNA levels .
7 In these offences there is no equivalent to s.1(2) of the 1968 Act which states : " [ i ] t is immaterial whether the appropriation is made with a view to gain , or is made for the thief 's own benefit . "
8 A mechanical wound to the cotyledon ( lines 4–6 ) led to a systemic accumulation of pin activity and levels of this activity were identical whether the cotyledon was excised five minutes after wounding or left attached to the plant for 48 hours .
9 Mike Payne , of Legal & General , the insurance company , said the market was unsure whether the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , was in control .
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