Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] whether [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All will be meticulously examined to see whether any recorded the planting of the two bombs in litter bins . |
| 2 | Our studies were designed to determine whether transient UOS relaxations occur during gastro-oesophageal reflux . |
| 3 | TableCurve can calculate the data 's best fit to one of its equations , or the plot of the data can be previewed to decide whether any data needs to be edited or excluded , or weighting factors applied prior to processing . |
| 4 | Does subsidiarity mean that the Member States should be permitted to decide whether that decision is an individual matter or one for the national state to take on the basis of its view of where the best interests of |
| 5 | The present study was designed to test whether massive ( 90% ) PSBR would remove sufficient enteroendocrine cells to prevent the hypercholecystokininaemia of lesser enterectomies and , if not , whether the CCK receptor antagonist CR-1409 would blunt the adaptive response of the pancreas . |
| 6 | The results are expected to show whether these motivational styles are more prevalent amongst pupils with learning and behavioural difficulties than amongst pupils who are not identified as having these special needs . |
| 7 | When the plan is being constructed and teachers are deciding upon success criteria for plans they may put searching questions and suggest additional ways to ensure that objectives become reality : if a school aims ‘ involve all pupils ’ are checks being made to see whether this is occurring ? |
| 8 | This effectively established a matrix on the database ( Fig 11.10 ) so that an annotation could be made to indicate whether each item of information , in relation to the activity described , was relevant to the functional groups that existed in the EPH , ie the Officers ( OICs ) , Clerical Assistant ( Clerk ) , Care Assistants ( CA ) , Domestic Assistants ( DA ) , the Cook , and the Gardener/handyman ( Gdnr ) . |
| 9 | With a study designed the way this one was there is very little that can be done to decide whether this relatively uninteresting possibility is the major factor determining the results , the studies in the remainder of this thesis are , however , designed to address this problem . |
| 10 | Had Baldwin resigned immediately after the election , on the other hand , the King might well have sought to ascertain whether another Conservative could have formed a government and secured Liberal support . |
| 11 | These findings were used to see whether appropriate timing of octreotide injections with respect to meal ingestion might avert impaired gall bladder contraction . |
| 12 | A national study is needed to see whether these trends are representative but little information about night visits is collected centrally . |
| 13 | Logistic regression analysis was used to determine whether any of the reflux variables was predictive of oesophagitis . |
| 14 | Heseltine said that the government ‘ carefully evaluates directives ’ before agreeing to them and on occasion had needed to question whether other countries were honouring their commitments . |
| 15 | The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether potential jurors may be excluded from a case because of their sex . |
| 16 | After almost 10 years in University history teaching I was concerned that my students seemed to have very little idea of how history actually came to be written and of what criteria might be used to decide whether one book was more worth reading than another . |
| 17 | Equally , the lack of pressure for land has meant , in contrast to LDDC , that MDC has not had to decide whether existing firms should be forced to quit the area . |
| 18 | A further series of experiments was performed to assess whether colonic bacteria could contribute to measured metabolism . |
| 19 | Management should first examine the data produced to ascertain whether any variance from the breakdown is due to site conditions or mismanagement . |
| 20 | My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it . |
| 21 | Analysis of such a complex ‘ polygenic ’ disorder is not easy but ‘ candidate genes ’ can be identified and recombinant DNA techniques used to investigate whether any particular genotype or haplotype is associated with increased risk of disease . |
| 22 | Mean attitude scale scores for the different sub-groups of teachers , derived from the factor analyses for each phase , were then used to test whether any of the institutional and demographic matters listed above had a statistically significant effect on these attitudes . |
| 23 | He admitted , however , that there had been ‘ some people in countries such as India to whom it has occurred to ask whether this [ Soviet policy ] is in keeping with the principle of non-alignment , with a non-bloc policy ’ . |
| 24 | Data from a Swedish survey were analyzed to see whether socioeconomic and demographic factors , tobacco consumption level or illness could explain why some smokers succeeded in stopping smoking . |
| 25 | The courts have always refused to consider whether these procedures have been complied with . |
| 26 | They were asked to indicate whether various assertions ( such as " An hour 's sleep before midnight is worth two afterwards " ) were true , possibly true , or untrue . |
| 27 | I have not troubled to inquire whether any firm has contributed to the Conservative party . |
| 28 | Scrutiny by the Courts.The courts may be asked to consider whether delegated legislation is ultra vires the enabling act . |
| 29 | The police committee is asked to consider whether local government should begin to contribute towards Victim Support schemes . |
| 30 | Initially young pupils were asked to decide whether one thing came before or after another , without reference to precise dates . |