Example sentences of "be doubtful whether [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 2 | At common law it appears to be doubtful whether an agreement for a " knockout " , ie a contract between interested bidders to refrain from bidding against each other , was illegal . |
| 3 | In spite of the prevalence of economic planning in the 1960s and 1970s , it is doubtful whether a development policy has existed in most of Africa in the last twenty-five years . |
| 4 | It is doubtful whether a right of way over other land belonging to the landlord can ever be an appurtenance , strictly so called ( Re Walmsley and Shaw 's Contract [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 93 ) . |
| 5 | It is doubtful whether the council will be able to recover all the back tax or enforce the costs order . |
| 6 | The French pursued him , however , and although it is doubtful whether the prince intended to force them to fight it became clear that a battle could not be avoided . |
| 7 | One might be able to construct a law which penalized only those batteries which cause , or are likely to cause , significant annoyance , but it is doubtful whether the insertion of a ( necessarily vague ) standard would alter the nature of the problem . |
| 8 | He is not bound to afford the parties an opportunity to tender evidence or submissions ; and , even if a right to do so is conferred upon them by the terms of the lease , it is doubtful whether the expert need pay any attention to them . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it is doubtful whether the vegetation in which it occurs is sufficiently well-developed that it could be identified with the community described in the NVC . |
| 10 | It is doubtful whether the term " teaching " can be strictly applied much beyond the primary school . |
| 11 | City have slumped to halfway after three defeats on the trot and it is doubtful whether the recovery will start at Maine Road today against a Villa side that Reid acknowledges is ‘ brilliantly balanced right through ’ . |
| 12 | A defence of acting in her best medical interests fails : he could have tried to find a female gynaecologist , and , indeed , his female house officer had already examined the patient ; a pelvic mass could have been shown by ultrasonography ; if it was necessary to exclude pelvic disease a laparoscopy could have been performed before the appendicectomy ; it is doubtful whether the examination under anaesthesia served any purpose as tenderness could not be elicited ; and , finally , he could have asked the patient first whether an examination under anaesthesia was an acceptable compromise . |
| 13 | The chevauchèe may have been seen as a challenge to the enemy 's pride and ability to defend his territory , but it is doubtful whether the leader of a chevauchèe , often at the head of but a few thousand men , and needing to make the expedition profitable through the taking of booty and prisoners , was seeking battle . |
| 14 | Simon , for all his shambling manner and muttered speech was a highly articulate young man and Markby had learned upon enquiry that he was the product of a minor public school — although it was doubtful whether the school would have cared to broadcast his presence amongst its alumni . |
| 15 | Of these seven patients , six had potential aetiological factors other than use of gangliosides ; protopathic bias was detected in five , and in the remaining one it was doubtful whether the drug could be blamed . |
| 16 | The council was doubtful whether the public would want to pay for the changes . |