Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] whether [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning , as usual , he found nothing to complain of , so instead he wheeled on me to demand whether the boat 's electronic instruments were functioning properly . |
| 2 | I asked whether the unification of Germany was an issue . |
| 3 | I asked whether the Prime Minister stood by the assurance that borrowing requirement would not increase to pay for tax cuts , now or in future , under any Government of which the right hon. Gentleman was leader . |
| 4 | When I asked whether the hon. Lady had the leave of the House to speak again , there was no objection . |
| 5 | I mean whether the Basil Brush angle is going to click with the American public is irrelevant , the song 's really commercial . |
| 6 | It was certainly an improvement on the pre-war system , but I doubted whether the money was always reaching the people who most needed it . |
| 7 | However , so much that needs to be done requires professional lobbying and political change , and I question whether a well-meaning group of amateurs can do much beyond counselling and sharing information . |
| 8 | But I question whether the ‘ intent to create legal relations ’ formula will in the long run work any better than the rules of consideration . |
| 9 | I question whether the inspectorate is giving it due consideration . |
| 10 | I ask whether the legacy is only of what was owed at the time the will was made or if later increases in that sum by way of interest are also included . |
| 11 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 12 | I doubt whether a girl would dare tell her parents , let alone take the matter to court . |
| 13 | Other than in a most exceptional case , I doubt whether a judge who heard that a defendant in the charge of a jury was being interrogated under compulsory powers would have a moment 's hesitation about what to do . |
| 14 | I doubt whether a judge , either of the High Court or of the county court , would have regarded himself as qualified to make an assessment of so substantial a claim . |
| 15 | And that 's for an engineering department 's head of engineering , so you I I doubt whether a careers officers |
| 16 | I did n't dare show a light — though I doubt whether a light could have been seen from the shore through the mist , and there was probably no one to see it — but I knew where things were . |
| 17 | I will raise the point with my right hon. Friend , but I doubt whether a statement next week would be appropriate . |
| 18 | We have much important business to conduct , so I doubt whether a statement will be possible , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 19 | At the same time I doubt whether the state alone can solve it . |
| 20 | In his own sphere , Keynes was as great an adventurer as Lloyd George in his , and I doubt whether the old Liberalism or the new was entirely safe in his hands . |
| 21 | A computer programmer would almost certainly get a computer to do it that way , but I doubt whether the brain does . |
| 22 | If a similar prohibition had been made to all film critics entering Hook , I doubt whether the reviews of Steven Spielberg 's Peter Pan adventure would have been half so bilious . |
| 23 | I doubt whether the legend of Dom Pérignon would necessarily have survived to this day but for the fact that the Abbey of Hautvillers , where he devoted his life to the perfection of wine , happened to be in Champagne . |
| 24 | I doubt whether the introduction of Water Lilies can be blamed for the problem either . |
| 25 | I doubt whether the language of a woman 's clothes has ever had such a large vocabulary before , in any society . |
| 26 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 27 | So , I doubt whether the solution lies there . |
| 28 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 29 | The r we the bassoonist wo I doubt whether the bassoonist will be there |
| 30 | LORD ELLENBOROUGH : I think Harris v. Watson was rightly decided ; but I doubt whether the ground of public policy , upon which Lord Kenyon is stated to have proceeded , be the true principle on which the decision is to be supported . |