Example sentences of "[pers pn] is doubtful [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , although after the initial period the prosecutor may direct police investigation , it is doubtful that prosecutors will have the time or expertise to give more than general directions , thus leaving the police to do the job according to their lights . |
| 2 | Judges in contempt cases can be judges in their own cause ; it is doubtful whether juries would have convicted Granada television for refusing to name its " mole " within British Steel , or solicitor Harriet Harman for giving a journalist access to documents read out in open court , or " The Independent " for publishing excerpts from " Spycatcher " at a time when the Government was trying to stop the British public from reading a book on open sale in other countries . |
| 3 | The report calls on boards to ‘ give precedence to substance over form' , in applying and interpreting the code , but it is doubtful whether companies realise that this could be the last chance for self-regulation . |
| 4 | Even in the human case , it may be said ( Dreyfus 1972 ) , it is doubtful whether computations like those used in AI go on ( except possibly during conscious logical or mathematical calculation ) . |
| 5 | A large amount of capital ( £200,000 ) was available to the Western Isles Project from the Van Leer Foundation ; it is doubtful whether individuals , however dedicated , could have raised sufficient enthusiasm for action without it . |
| 6 | No comparable list existed for England , where it is doubtful if architects and stockbrokers would have rated quite so high or gardeners and miners so low . |