Example sentences of "[det] doubt [subord] to " in BNC.

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1 With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life .
2 Viscount Dilhorne , whose speech was concurred in by Lord Donovan , Lord Pearce , Lord Diplock and Lord Cross of Chelsea , after stating the facts , and expressing some doubts as to what Mr. Occhi had meant when he said that he ‘ permitted ’ the taxi driver to take £6 , continued , at pp. 631–633 :
3 But sir we do have some doubts as to whether we would be able to respond to any that should arrive at , let us say , five o'clock tomorrow afternoon , by , let us say , close of play on Wednesday .
4 Best himself seems to have few doubts as to why he got the nod , citing the growing importance of the Divisional Championship as the single most important factor in his — and England 's — meteoric rise .
5 Political commercials might not be as persuasive as is commonly thought , but there are few doubts as to the importance of candidate appearances on ‘ free ’ news broadcasts .
6 I have few doubts as to why . ’
7 There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions …
8 Charges have now been dropped but there is still some doubt as to whether Mme Huyghe will be reinstated .
9 Only in Wester Ross and North Yorkshire was there some doubt as to its usefulness but even here 48% and 53% of the respondents could see its potential .
10 There is some doubt as to whether a latent inhibitor can produce this effect .
11 There continues to be some doubt as to whether anyone has authority to consent to treatment in the case of an adult , in the absence of statute .
12 If you do not do so , you may be left in some doubt as to when a constructive dismissal occurs .
13 THERE has always been some doubt as to what exactly a cotinga is .
14 In cases of full surrogacy , where the fetus is not genetically related to the surrogate mother , there appears to be some doubt as to who is the legal mother , and this question will need to be settled .
15 These verses do not appear in all early manuscripts and there is some doubt as to whether they were originally part of Luke 's Gospel . )
16 ‘ There seems to be some doubt as to what warnings were given , ’ he said .
17 Systems of animal ‘ communication ’ are held to be mere signalling systems , systems for which there is some doubt as to the meaningfulness of the messages contained therein as opposed to their characteristic causal efficacy in evoking or triggering certain responses .
18 As we will see , there is some doubt as to whether the distinction between jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional errors of law still exists in modern law , but for the sake of this discussion we will assume that it does .
19 While this has just been confirmed for the next 10 years , until recently there was some doubt as to whether it would be renewed .
20 Although there is some doubt as to whether or not he appreciated this , he could not commit himself without in practice committing his party — unless he was to be replaced .
21 It is often part of an author 's technique to leave us in some doubt as to what precisely is going on in the fictional world , as Katherine Mansfield does here .
22 One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above .
23 Although women over thirty gained the vote in 1918 , there was some doubt as to whether women were eligible to stand for Parliament .
24 Although they admit some doubt as to the exact mode of formation , King and Williams suggest that a swash bar is formed at low tide , that this bar is overrun by the tide , which produces a series of similar swash bars as it advances up the beach .
25 Before the Act , there was some doubt as to whether or not a person had to be aware that his conduct or language was or might be regarded as being threatening , abusive or insulting .
26 Despite this assertion of confidence in the judiciary , there must be some doubt as to whether the law as it has evolved is in the best interests of the victim .
27 I was in some doubt as to whether the Corporal had stumbled upon us accidentally on his way out of the town or if he 'd been deliberately tasked .
28 I will pass in silence over my feelings for you , for they can mean little to you at present ( though I am in some doubt as to when ‘ at present ’ is ) , though I assure you that what briefly flowered between us one morning is a blossom that will not perish , however many mornings remain .
29 There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway .
30 The Sheriff Principal , in referring to the views of the Sheriff , expressed some doubt as to the entitlement of the pursuers to recover 75 per cent of the contract price if they had no legal justification for refusing to complete the installation .
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