Example sentences of "[is] [art] [adj] or a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You draw a line and you know at once whether it 's a good or a bad line . |
2 | Do you have any thoughts as to whether it 's a good or a bad thing that food is produced artificially , as it were ? |
3 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
4 | For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures . |
5 | Do you think this sort of advertising is a good or a bad idea ? |
6 | I 'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing , but the game 's got practically nothing to do with the Bullseye TV show . |
7 | You can tell whether a text you have is a critical or a popular edition by looking at the following features : — Does it have a note on the text , explaining spelling conventions used , etc. ? — Does it have an introduction by an editor ? — Does it have footnotes or endnotes ? — Is it a numbered part of a multi-volume edition ? |
8 | First , there are factors related to the size of the country and its internal organisation : whether it is a federal or a unitary state for example . |
9 | That the dish is tasty and that another helping will upset the stomach are relevant facts because they do modify inclination ; that it is a rainy or a sunny day and that the wallpaper is yellow or white are irrelevant because they do not move the child in either direction . |
10 | How will it , without a list or register , determine whether a household is a single or a two-person household ? |
11 | The second dimension used three variables : whether the state is unitary and centralized or federal and dispersed ; whether the legislature has one or two ( strong ) chambers ; and whether there is an unwritten or a written , rigid constitution . |