Example sentences of "to ask whether the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is reasonable to ask whether the Caribbean community in London has such a distinctive variety of English , characterised by features of accent , grammar or vocabulary which are closely identified with members of that community only .
2 It is natural to ask whether the optimal solution of LP ( w 1 , … , w p ) is efficient .
3 But it will not mean much to ask whether the promised community care funding has been delivered intact .
4 But it is appropriate to ask whether the brutal attack on her would have happened if she had been armed with the kind of baton the Home Secretary has banned .
5 It is interesting to ask whether the fine balance of acquiescence and participation has survived into a very different era .
6 I am tempted to quote Oliver Cromwell and to ask whether the hon. Lady could conceive of the possibility that she might be wrong .
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