Example sentences of "whether it be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 12(3) applies to a contract where it appears from the contract or is to be inferred from the circumstances that the parties intended that the seller should transfer only a limited title ( whether it be the limited title of the seller himself or of some third person from whom the seller would obtain it ) . |
| 2 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role of the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 3 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role or the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 4 | It illustrates , in an acute form perhaps , the frequently encountered problem of establishing the version of a text which is in force at a given time when that text has been much amended , whether it be the latest version or the version in force at a particular date in the past . |
| 5 | Whether it is the first impression or first issue of the first edition may be more difficult to establish , and you will be well advised to check from a standard bibliography . |
| 6 | Any action which contradicts these laws — whether it is the working class believing that parliamentary reform can eradicate the exploitative nature of capitalism or capitalists believing that reform can eradicate the ultimate demands for fundamental and revolutionary change from the working class — is defined merely as an expression of false consciousness . |
| 7 | Can he say whether it is the Labour party 's policy to have a fourth boat or not ? |
| 8 | But whether it is the right thing to do is another thing . |
| 9 | Look out of the window ; there 's always something good to see , whether it is the early morning sunshine , the flowers in the garden or the birds in the trees . |
| 10 | There is quite a lot of X in coffee — probably' enough to affect directly our own enkephalin receptors — but whether it is the major stimulant remains to be seen . |
| 11 | That is why you would be foolish not to take out insurance , whether it is the standard cover arranged by a tour operator or a policy which you arrange yourself . |
| 12 | Think through your decision carefully before going to be tested and do n't be pressurised into having a test unless you have had enough time to decide whether it is the best thing for you . |
| 13 | In my experience , the teams will throw in any ball they land their hands on — no-one really knows whether it is the playing ball or not . |
| 14 | Whether it is the latest family saloon or block buster drug , the more designs that are evaluated , the higher the probability that the optimal solution will be found . |
| 15 | To see whether it is the high alcohol concentration or the possible lack of stimulants or their inability to act in the presence of high alcohol concentrations that is responsible for the absence of stimulatory action of whisky it would be interesting to study the effect of a simultaneous intragastric infusion of beer and whisky . |
| 16 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 17 | This subject may send shivers down your spine , but you are right to be alarmed , for whether it is the lowly woodworm or the dreaded deathwatch beetle , whether it is dry rot or wet rot , all weaken the structural timbers of a dwelling . |
| 18 | what is there in this brochure that tells me whether it 's the first edition , the second edition or the third edition ? |
| 19 | And I never much cared for the bumptious , muscular side of The Smiths , so I welcome the spaciness Vini Reilly brings as new guitarist , whether it 's the lurid wig-out of ‘ Alsatian Cousin' or the dew-and-moonbeam iridescence of ‘ Late Night , Maudlin Street ’ . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether it 's the other case , I 'm hear to tell you about our first of all , which I do n't think is the other case . |
| 21 | It can lead people to linking arms at Blackpool and , depending on whether it 's the Labour Party Conference or the annual darts team binge singing The Red Flag or the Okie Cokie but it can also lead to a group of skins bunging bricks through a Pakistani 's shop window . |
| 22 | Or is it because there 's a different culture in the north and south because the , the two parts of China are very different , so you do n't know whether it 's the Communist Party that 's determining this difference or whether it 's just because of a difference of culture there . |
| 23 | Again , that sort of mottled background , I do n't know whether it 's the same background , but it 's very similar to the one |
| 24 | Does n't it say whether it 's the same dumper ? |
| 25 | whether it 's the same sort of thing , and there were certain people |
| 26 | Whether it 's the everyday hurly-burly of catering for your family , or cooking a special meal , there is always a lot of clearing up afterwards . |
| 27 | If you need a loan to pay for that car , whether it 's the latest model or a classic , an Abbey National Car Loan could quickly provide you with the money you need , at competitive rates you can afford . |
| 28 | Defries wondered whether it was the early defrost . |
| 29 | I do n't know whether it was the overpowering sense of being imprisoned in a world of cloud and rock , the wild remoteness of it and the everlasting bludgeoning of the wind , but everything seemed to take longer than expected . |
| 30 | The exact reasons why dogs were first domesticated by humans are now lost in the past , whether it was the agreeable companionship of an animal that apparently respects its master much as a dominant member of its hunting pack , the exceptional sensitivity of their whole body surface , their uses in agriculture , or , most likely , a combination of all such factors . |