Example sentences of "whatever the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the official view of police work , to those on the ground , it was above all else a job . |
| 2 | Whatever the Labour party 's views in the past , it is incredible that any responsible party could be prepared to take risks with our defence budget and could be prepared to take risks with our nuclear deterrent when the world faces the biggest risk of nuclear proliferation that it has ever faced . |
| 3 | Whatever the legal position , Lord Haw-Haw had seemed to his wartime listeners the perfect incarnation of Hitler 's Englishman . |
| 4 | In the face of great hostility the clothiers then agreed to pay compensation of threepence a thrum , which suggests some degree of recognition on their part that thrums were part of the " customary wage " , whatever the legal position . |
| 5 | Whatever the legal outcome might be , animal activists have been successful in stopping or limiting the exploitation of wild populations . |
| 6 | ‘ 6(1) A person is liable in respect of any damage for the purposes of this Act if the person who suffered it ( or anyone representing his estate or dependants ) is entitled to recover compensation from him in respect of that damage ( whatever the legal basis of his liability , whether tort , breach of contract , breach of trust or otherwise ) . |
| 7 | Mr. Whitaker relied upon the wording of section 6(1) of the Act of 1978 , which says that a party is liable in respect of any damage , and so potentially in the position of being able to claim or having to make contribution , ‘ whatever the legal basis of his liability , whether tort , breach of contract , breach of trust or otherwise . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever the final verdict may be , EP has shown itself , yet again , to be more than just another area of applied computer science . |
| 9 | Mike Saltmarsh , Director of Fusion Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory said ‘ Whatever the final outcome , the renewed discussion of the potential promise of controlled fusion power has been very healthy ’ . |
| 10 | They 've had some important and notable cup victories here in their time have Shrewsbury Town , but none can have been as dramatic as this match , whatever the final result turns out to be . |
| 11 | Whatever the final conclusion to research underway may be , it is ironical that perhaps the best solution to the problem is the increased use of that other much environmentally criticised energy source , nuclear power . |
| 12 | But whatever the current price of the bond , the government will continue to pay the same fixed sum , year in , year out . |
| 13 | But whatever the current practice , the potential breadth of the provisions is clear . |
| 14 | Whatever the current market climate , Christie 's expect success with the Man 's Best Friend auction , which features works by celebrated artists John Emms , Maud Earl , and John Henry Lorimer . |
| 15 | The beer wo n't change flavour because of the can 's design ; the book will read the same , irrespective of the dust-jacket ; and the food in the restaurant will taste just as good , whatever the interior design . |
| 16 | Subject to the Commission 's exclusive competence to grant exemptions under Article 85(3) , both the Commission and national courts will have full powers to apply Article 85 under the Philip Morris doctrine to any acquisition of an interest in a competitor , whatever the combined turnover of the companies involved , which does not constitute a ‘ concentration ’ as defined in the Merger Regulation . |
| 17 | Whatever the overall reliability of the figures , some categories may be less reliable than others due to particular circumstances or simply because the relevant subsamples are very small . |
| 18 | Whatever the overall trend , the steps from one class to the next were so abrupt that they could not be explained by gradual transmutation . |
| 19 | Whatever the overall balance sheet , Althusser 's impact has been undeniable . |
| 20 | Considering that he started his adult life as a wine and spirits salesman , he had certainly learnt the art of showmanship : whatever the fluctuating state of the theatre , he always managed to pay an enormous wage bill for his large casts . |
| 21 | An overriding impression is that , whatever the mutual influence sentences have on each other , at least turns consist of sentences , and that the end of a turn coincides with the end of a sentence . |
| 22 | Given standard probability theory , it is very difficult to construct an account of induction that avoids the consequence that the probability of any universal statement making claims about the world is zero , whatever the observational evidence . |
| 23 | 16.5 The requirements to make time for independent reading , not least as a source of pleasure , remains crucial , whatever the total curriculum demands . |
| 24 | To summarise the position so far , it would seem , subject to whatever the correct interpretation of section 309 may be , that the directors are required to further the interests of the shareholders exclusively , and that those interests should be defined purely in financial terms . |
| 25 | Oh Brenda , it 's no fun , not getting a wink at night — you could end up some kind of insomniac or a nymphomaniac , whatever the correct term is ! |
| 26 | If there is a lacuna in the law it is probably confined to combinations to do acts which amount to crimes but to no other wrong , but the exclusion of such cases from the tort of conspiracy may be a necessary consequence of Lonrho whatever the mental element required for the tort . |
| 27 | Whatever the new forum does for industry , it certainly does something for Mr Heseltine . |
| 28 | Or they 'll push you under a subway train or force feed you kiwi fruit whatever the new thing is this week . |
| 29 | If there are two guns they should stand side by side on the edge of the burrow , one shooting to the right and the other to the left , so that neither is endangered by whatever the other fellow does . |
| 30 | Whatever the spiritual significance of her experiences , Kempe has certainly attracted attention from others as a mediaeval example of psychiatric disorder ; for example in Dale Petersens , A Mad People 's History of Madness and in porter 's more recent A Social History of Madness . |