Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] whether a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth seeing whether a historical development can be detected . |
| 2 | In 1948 Scott LJ attempted to elucidate a modern formula for ascertaining whether a covenant was capable of running with the land : |
| 3 | ( 4 ) Rigby Electronics ( Harvard OTC ) " They 've just brought out a device for checking whether a credit card belongs to a particular person or not . |
| 4 | Referees seem incapable of deciding whether a fast , controlled snap punch to the face has scored or not , and they generally disallow them . |
| 5 | Three examples will illustrate the importance of deciding whether a particular activity ought to be regulated by public law or private law . |
| 6 | We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not . |
| 7 | The problems of deciding whether a pupil has mastered a concept or skill are discussed in relation to an experiment in giving pupils the same tests in different modes but similar in content and difficulty on two separate occasions . |
| 8 | Humans are not very sensitive to the acidity or alkalinity of liquids , but they are perfectly capable of deciding whether a piece of red paper has turned blue , or vice versa . |
| 9 | First , there is the notorious difficulty of deciding whether a case should be categorised as judicial , administrative , executive , etc . |
| 10 | This discrepancy arises from the ever present difficulty of deciding whether a particular cell could be either a lymphocyte or part of a macrophage , neutrophil , or fibroblast . |
| 11 | Trollope reaches the point of wondering whether a plumber could go to heaven , before sweet reason intervenes : ‘ we do not see why he should be debarred if cabinet ministers be allowed to enter . ’ |
| 12 | For the purpose of asking whether a given set of people may be enslaved , or deprived of their property , or denied access to the law courts , or the like , decency is best served by remembering that these are beings as conscious and valuable as ourselves , sharing our vulnerabilities and sensibilities . |
| 13 | What makes the issue of the legitimacy of our constitutional arrangements so problematic is the general open ended-ness of those arrangements ; that is , the difficulty of knowing whether a practice or non-practice is or is not constitutional . |
| 14 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |
| 15 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |
| 16 | Another illustration of the importance for procedural rights of determining whether a dispute exists , and of identifying the parties to it , is Namibia . |
| 17 | A slightly more oblique approach to the problem of determining whether a contextually unique item is a semantic constituent is to see whether it is normal in the language to treat it in parallel with unquestionable semantic constituents . |
| 18 | Lacey had been appointed by Attorney General Barr in October [ see p. 39136 ] with the specific brief of determining whether a fuller investigation was warranted . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 20 | One way of telling whether a horse has completely eliminated the infection is to take follow-up nasal swabs . |
| 21 | A simple method of telling whether a jufti knot has been used is to compare the horizontal knot-county to the number of warps . |
| 22 | We have no way of telling whether a simple Menuetto marking by Haydn or anyone else indicates that a movement is to go slow , fast or somewhere in between . |
| 23 | ‘ Precatory ’ neither ( as in English law ) implied caution about the clarity of intention , nor was used as the touchstone for deciding whether a disposition was a trust . |
| 24 | The information contained on Form BD8 was previously the main criterion for deciding whether a pupil required education in a special school or an ordinary school , and whether the pupil should be referred to and educated as a blind or a partially sighted child . |
| 25 | But is there not a contradiction between being so fiercely hostile to relativism in history and aesthetics and at the same time asserting that there are no objective criteria for deciding whether a work is good or bad ? |
| 26 | Dick Fletcher who runs New Media , one of Europe 's leading CD-I development companies , has for long suggested a simple rule of thumb for deciding whether a device is a computer or an appliance . |
| 27 | Redundant churches are safeguarded by the Pastoral Measure 1983 which provides procedures for deciding whether a church is still required for worship , and , if not , what the future of the building should be . |
| 28 | At present the Monopolies and Mergers Commission is charged with determining whether a proposed merger is contrary to the public interest . |
| 29 | ( a ) Dealing as consumer Whether a person acts in the course of a business is a key element in establishing whether a person " deals as consumer " . |
| 30 | For Marshall McLuhan and his followers , the proliferation of media as the extensions of our sensory system has an immense importance , and much effort has been expended in defining whether a particular medium is " cold " or " hot " and in declaring the unity of medium and message . |