Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] whether a [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not . |
2 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |
3 | But is there not a contradiction between being so fiercely hostile to relativism in history and aesthetics and at the same time asserting that there are no objective criteria for deciding whether a work is good or bad ? |
4 | Redundant churches are safeguarded by the Pastoral Measure 1983 which provides procedures for deciding whether a church is still required for worship , and , if not , what the future of the building should be . |
5 | Dick Fletcher who runs New Media , one of Europe 's leading CD-I development companies , has for long suggested a simple rule of thumb for deciding whether a device is a computer or an appliance . |
6 | In deciding whether a scheme is reasonable , the court will not necessarily decide against the scheme if it is attempting to achieve what could not be achieved under the compulsory sale procedures of CA 1985 , s429 ( ie because there is a dissenting minority shareholder who holds more than 10 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates or for some other reason such procedures can not be used ) . |
7 | Those items in italics are particular issues which you should address in deciding whether a client is a corporate finance client . |
8 | In deciding whether a writ is good or not the judges will be guided by the already accepted Common Law principles . |
9 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
10 | Thus section 3(2) provides that in determining whether a product is defective all the circumstances are to be taken into account , including : |
11 | It is also helpful to bear in mind that the following factors tend to be of little or no relevance in determining whether a business is transferred as a going concern . |
12 | ( 2 ) In determining whether a lease is one to which section 11 applies — ( b ) a lease which is determinable at the option of the lessor before the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term shall be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years , and ( c ) a lease ( other than a lease to which paragraph ( b ) applies ) shall not be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years if it confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which , together with the original term , amounts to seven years or more . |
13 | Obviously the potential for entry via imports needs to be considered carefully by domestic competition authorities in assessing whether a firm is dominant and whether it is abusing its monopoly position . |
14 | The Revenue 's criterion for determining whether a trustee is a " professional trustee " for this purpose is whether he is carrying out his functions as trustee in the course of his business ( being a business which , as a matter of fact , includes the management of trusts ) rather than as a private individual . |
15 | Here is the reality of the European idea' : a Community whose finest administrative minds devote themselves to deciding whether a carrot is a vegetable or a fruit , whose political leaders discuss not so much ambitious as fantastic plans for military integration — and which can not in practice prevent Europeans tearing themselves to pieces and destroying part of what it is not exaggerated to call our European heritage . ’ |
16 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
17 | By knowing whether a company is at risk or not and the degree of risk , the credit manager is in a better position to use his professional judgement and experience creatively to manage the risk , not just avoid it . |