Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] whether [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clerides supporters poured into the streets to celebrate , but electoral officials argued over whether to order a recount in the capital , Nicosia , as demanded by the Vassiliou camp . |
| 2 | A variety of actors in different towns — Whigs , Tories , Liberals , Conservatives , Radicals , Chartists , Improvers , Economisers , Independents , and a bevy of personal cliques and factions — argued over whether to expand , or to economise on , the provision of public services , ( 1985a , p. 79 ) . |
| 3 | For a few days the president agonized over whether to exercise his veto , but , in the end reluctantly signed what was now a Congressional rather than a presidential bill . |
| 4 | The hotel was n't really big enough for her to get confused as she checked up whether to turn left or right down the passage . |
| 5 | She was to stay with her sister until Isobel decided definitely whether to remain in Tollemarche or return to England , and occasionally she became a little bored and was glad of Hank 's lively company , though to her annoyance , he treated her as if she were a ten-year-old . |
| 6 | In the latter situation subjects were given a cue prior to the stimulus presentation ( pre-cued condition ) so that they knew beforehand whether to report the inner or outer column or the letters printed in a particular colour . |
| 7 | Before he finally lay down to rest and sleep he hesitated over whether to cross his small room again and close the window on the chilly night . |
| 8 | AGOVERNMENT minister described yesterday how he agonised over whether to ban Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs after the death of the three-year-old Birmingham girl , Jennifer Ashton . |