Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] a [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In deciding the scope of a " fair comment " plea and the degree of interpretative sophistication to bring to bear on the question of whether a passage is " comment " or " fact " , the court should have regard to the constitutional importance of the " fair comment " defence as a protection for freedom of expression . |
| 2 | These studies independently suggested that , irrespective of whether a company is more or less integrated in structure , different levels of the organization have distinct roles in investment decision-making . |
| 3 | In the end , the question of whether a function is a public one is a political question which may not always be answered in the same way . |
| 4 | Irrespective of whether a hotel is small , medium or large the basic work of the reception office is the same , selling accommodation , receiving and welcoming guests , maintaining accounting and other records , liaison with all other departments within the hotel and integrating all activities relating to the service and comfort of the guests . |
| 5 | The determination of whether a fabric is grain- or mud-supported otherwise takes considerable experience to determine from thin sections , which are essentially two-dimensional . |
| 6 | It appears to be an inescapable fact that regardless of whether a nation is developing , developed or experiencing economic decline , the indigenous population will experience differing degrees of economic prosperity depending on their particular location in the economy . |
| 7 | There are particular difficulties on the question of whether a covenant is purely personal or runs with the land where the obligation in question , whether on the part of the lessor , lessee , or third party guarantor , involves the payment of money other than rent . |
| 8 | That I am amused by such lines as " Noah/ good place to eat " ; " Doughnut/ask me silly questions " or " Theresa/fly in my soup " ( Wales , 1990 ) raises the important question , of course , here as elsewhere in the book , and equally evaded by Chiaro as by Nash , of whether a joke is still a joke if the listener fails to appreciate it , or if there is no reader- response ; is the perlocutionary effect , in other words , part of its definition ? |
| 9 | The civil and foreign services treat the whole thing as if a gong is just another perk of the job . |
| 10 | Simply plugs into socket and controls any appliance which can be plugged into 13amp socket , to make it look as if a house is occupied . |
| 11 | TO overstate the attendance is both a good public relations exercise — making it look as if a team is better-supported than it is — and a possible outlet for laundering ‘ dirty money . ’ |
| 12 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 13 | The public may be interested in whether a bid is made , but it has no legitimate interest to defend . |
| 14 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 15 | That the Agenda order is strictly adhered to unless a motion is made to alter the order . |
| 16 | Ordnance survey maps and even road atlases will give an approximate guide to whether a shore is rocky , sandy , or shingle . |
| 17 | Calls a function testbit written in assembly-language and delivering TRUE or FALSE according to whether a bit is set or not . |
| 18 | Your decision as to whether a diagram is appropriate largely depends upon the purpose of the note and the quantity of information that is needed ( see below ) . |
| 19 | You mentioned erm tumours , in fact you get this as I said the same picture with , with X-rays as you get with magnetic resonance imaging , but what is different about tumours apparently is that the erm relaxation time with which the erm nuclei move erm varies erm according to whether a cell is , is cancerous or not . |
| 20 | It is about morality , and morality can not be judged according to the quality of our intentions , or according to whether a practice is socially sanctioned . |
| 21 | Who has n't ever surreptitiously shredded a glossy green leaf , overcome by curiosity as to whether a plant is real or not ? |
| 22 | Controversy really begins when there are varying views as to whether a house is worth saving . |
| 23 | Depending on whether a person is a Muslim or not , the sentence varies according to circumstances . |
| 24 | However , whether a horse is friendly or not has no bearing on whether a horse is a good riding horse : some horses who are very good to ride show no indication of liking people at all . |
| 25 | Later that month the draft report of the Cadbury Committee on Corporate Governance was published , calling for directors to report explicitly on whether a business is a going concern and for auditors to report on this statement . |
| 26 | There are many cases ( noted below ) on whether a business is transferred as a going concern . |
| 27 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |
| 28 | There are a few pairs of words ( minimal pairs ) in which a difference in meaning appears to depend on whether a particular is syllabic or not , for example : But we find no case of syllabic where it would not be possible to substitute either non-syllabic ( type a ) or ( type b ) ; in the examples above , ‘ Hungary ’ could equally well be pronounced and ‘ adulterous ’ as . |
| 29 | More useful criteria would be the type of decision made such as policy or routine ; or type of situation such as whether a crisis is likely to affect a large number of employees or a few ; or whether the problem is a short or long term one . |
| 30 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |