Example sentences of "[to-vb] whether [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's got to be important to the child so that he needs to know whether he means four times two-plus-one or four-times-two plus one , whichever way it is . |
| 2 | ‘ They are able to choose whether they want baked beans or spaghetti for tea like everyone else . |
| 3 | Although traditional attitudes towards women were changing gradually , a new sex equality act was needed to allow women to choose whether they worked full time , part time or stayed at home with their children . |
| 4 | ‘ We need a vote , ’ put in Lord Beddington suddenly , deciding this was a legal matter , ‘ to vote whether we have another vote for which we need your casting vote . ’ |
| 5 | The 500th anniversary of his birth provides a convenient moment to consider whether he deserves wider recognition . |
| 6 | The Crown Prosecution Service is studying newspapers which published his name and picture to determine whether they committed any offence under the Children and Young Persons Act , because the suspect is under 18 . |
| 7 | In order to catch suspect goods at the ports , customs officers have power to seize and detain goods for up to two working days in order to enable local trading standards officers to examine them to determine whether they infringe legal safety requirements , section 31 . |
| 8 | This study aimed to define the route whereby EGF gains access to the oesophageal epithelium , by immunohistochemical determination of the EGF distribution in biopsy specimens from healthy and diseased oesophageal mucosa , to determine whether it plays any role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis . |
| 9 | The domestic water supply should be checked to determine whether it requires additional treatment before use . |
| 10 | Material for publication or transmission would be " reviewed before release " in the field by the military information officer in consultation with the unit commander to determine whether it contained sensitive information . |
| 11 | It is generally for the suspect , and no-one else , to decide whether he wants legal advice , and D had already made an informed decision to do without it . |
| 12 | To check whether you have enough RAM ( Random Access Memory ) available configured as the required type , use the MEM command ( see fig 4 ) . |
| 13 | He revealed too that he was examining the records of 16 countries , no less , and of the European Community , to see whether they granted adequate protection to the American holders of intellectual property rights . |
| 14 | Jean Thullier , a French scientist at the Institut National de Hygiene , injected various auxins ( regulators of plant growth ) into animals to see whether they had any effects . |
| 15 | If only to see whether they sing White Christmas . |
| 16 | They searched my whole flat before they took me , looking for things like Durex , and to see whether I kept any books of accounts , of girls giving me money , all this sort of thing . |
| 17 | To estimate whether you have this power ask yourself : ‘ What do I have , or can do , that the other person wants and needs ? |
| 18 | If the respondent was a relative , friend , or neighbour , they were asked to say whether they thought various aspects of the home were good or not so good . |
| 19 | Though Kasdan appears to disapprove of the Joel Silver style of wham-bam slam-bangers , it 's impossible to tell whether he thinks such films have been instrumental in the decline of western civilisation . |
| 20 | Mr Dole hopes this year to slip a repeal measure through the Senate attached to another bill , but it is too early to tell whether he has enough support . |
| 21 | IRISH Army commanders have outraged thousands of soldiers by asking them to reveal whether they have any links with the IRA . |