Example sentences of "[noun sg] whether a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor should consider with its lawyer whether a confidentiality agreement is necessary . |
| 2 | The status of every room can be displayed , enabling the reception office to tell at a glance whether a room is occupied , waiting to be cleaned or ready for the next guest . |
| 3 | 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition . |
| 4 | So the question whether a Bill of Rights should be adopted in the United Kingdom is relevant to the issue of citizenship . |
| 5 | Again , it is not easy to be dogmatic in answer to the question whether a court is exercising a judicial function when it entertains a reference from the Attorney-General as to what the law is on a particular point . |
| 6 | ‘ If so ’ , he continues , ‘ the question whether a person is ‘ male ’ or ‘ female ’ is not to be resolved ( as it was in the Corbett case ) solely by reference to rigid tests of biological sexuality . ’ |
| 7 | But it raises the question whether a celebration of the sciences might have been one means of differentiating Protestant cultural values from those of Roman Catholicism . |
| 8 | ( c ) Connected company A company is connected with the settlement if it falls within TA 1988 , s681(5). ( d ) " Capital sum " The expression " capital sum " has the same meaning as that given in s677 and any question whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by a body corporate or to a body corporate by the trustees shall be determined in the same way as any question under that section whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by the trustees ( s678(5) ) . |
| 9 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) for raising with you , Madam Deputy Speaker , the question whether a Government statement can be made later tonight . |
| 10 | The question whether a landlord can peaceably re-enter is not clear ; it would be prudent to apply for leave . |
| 11 | The question whether a customer knowing of the facts would have taken part in the fraud is one for the jury . |
| 12 | The question whether a man who considers himself wronged has a claim which he can make good will depend on the answer to the question : Is there a writ to meet his case or , if there is not one , can one be framed which the King 's Courts will hold good ? |
| 13 | Suppose the lawmakers in England and in Scotland have determined differently the question whether a man is entitled to whatever another has gratuitously promised . |
| 14 | To the question whether a man , who has intercourse with a woman believing that she is consenting to it , though she is not , commits rape , I think that he [ the ordinary man ] would reply , ‘ No . |
| 15 | The question whether a capacity for error reflects our divine intelligence or is , as the theologians would have us believe , an invention of the flesh and the Devil is by no means a trivial issue of medieval scholasticism . |
| 16 | I write in reply to Difficult Decision December Post Bag which posed the question whether a Border Collie could cope with a front leg amputation . |
| 17 | This may be so , but in the light of the difficulties inherent in the decision , the very clear decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 and the equally clear statement in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 that the question whether a contract is void or only voidable is irrelevant , I have been unable to reach any other conclusion . |
| 18 | At the centre of this argument is the question whether a Parliament should have the right to be responsible for revenue . |
| 19 | Earlier , Savary had responded to the question whether a shipment by the owner of the vessel still required a charter party and bill of lading issuance by stating : |
| 20 | For the question whether a property is present here can never be different from or lie beyond the question whether we have the best possible evidence that it is present . |
| 21 | Omitting the reference to property this decision was extended to manslaughter involving cars in Seymour though the Crown wished to reserve the question whether a risk to property was sufficient : on the facts it was not relevant . |
| 22 | Resolution of the question whether a statement is a representation or a contractual term , does not resolve the issue as to the legal effect of the statement made between the parties . |
| 23 | In a problem on criminal law , make no statement as to the law of tort , unless of course the question whether a crime has been committed involves a question of tort . |
| 24 | The question whether a Regulation that expressly gave the power to tax would itself be ultra vires DORA was not decided . |
| 25 | It is not always possible to determine at time of intimation whether a carpet will clean satisfactorily or whether it requires to be replaced . |
| 26 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 27 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 28 | Institutional labels would suggest not ; it seems to be largely a matter of historical accident whether a university , polytechnic or college has a faculty/school of humanities or one of arts ( or even letters ) . |
| 29 | Since the Constitution of a country is only a part of that country 's whole system of government , does it make any difference whether a country has a Constitution or not ? |
| 30 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |