Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] is [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whether yours is a local area network or a global one , your problem is the same . |
| 2 | ‘ Prue ! ’ exclaims Howard , very pleased to hear the familiar impossible voice at such a moment , when he is feeling so raw and exposed from watching himself , and so uncertain whether he is a great man or a great fool . |
| 3 | Modern historians are quite uncertain whether an individual of that name existed here and carried out the exploits attributed to him ; or whether he is a representative figure around whom have accreted the age-old memories of a people 's struggles to maintain inherited liberties in the face of alien subjection . |
| 4 | The question is whether he is the right man for the sensitive media liaison portfolio . |
| 5 | ‘ In relation to a dwelling-house , whether it is a protected tenancy or not , the plaintiff may not enter into possession himself , even peaceably , and he can only enter into possession under a writ of possession ( Protection from Eviction Act 1977 , section 3 ) negativing to this extent Aglionby v. Cohen [ 1955 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 6 | First , there are factors related to the size of the country and its internal organisation : whether it is a federal or a unitary state for example . |
| 7 | We are invited to consider whether it is a real state of affairs . |
| 8 | whether it is a real constraint in terms of erm of locating a er er a new settlement . |
| 9 | It is not a question whether it is a separate country — it obviously is not . |
| 10 | The decision to apply for a place in a residential care home is very often a traumatic one , whether it is a planned or an emergency admission . |
| 11 | A more difficult question in relation to severable contracts is whether a breach of condition in relation to one or more instalments entitles the innocent party to regard the whole contract as repudiated or whether it is a severable breach confined to the instalments in question . |
| 12 | But it is submitted that a ‘ body of persons ’ has a collective character independently of the question whether it is a mercantile body or not , which the law is bound to protect ; in other words that any such body can sue in respect of an imputation of any conduct whatsoever of which its agents , and therefore itself by its agents , can be guilty . |
| 13 | Errors made in the learning of a language , whether it is a first or a second one , are often indicative of the range and type of strategies used . |
| 14 | Whether it is a personal celebration such as a wedding or a family party , or an important corporate event such as the launch of a new product , Historic Scotland has the perfect venue . |
| 15 | This is a distinctive feature of the arrangements , both because it identifies pressure at an early stage and also in that it establishes the source of disturbance and whether it is a weak or strong currency . |
| 16 | The preference is to end with an official caution or the less serious warning , but this depends upon ‘ whether it is a first-time offender ; the seriousness of the crime involved ; the attitudes of both parents and juvenile ; has reparation been made ? |
| 17 | Few , if any , effective interventions come without any risk of harm — but in preventive medicine the risk may be very small , whether it is a small risk of a serious adverse effect or a larger risk of a mild one . |
| 18 | Whatever the topic covered , museums and historic sites offer pupils the genuine article , whether it is a Roman sandal or a nineteenth-century crinolene , an English country house or a medieval castle . |
| 19 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 20 | Chemistry has to look to its public image — people are not certain whether it is a good thing or not . |
| 21 | You may be confronted with some grammar book from which you are required to learn the language , and you must be able to tell whether it is a good one or not . |
| 22 | If the Minister does not consider it worth while , all he has to do is call it in and either have a public inquiry or decide for himself whether it is a good scheme . |
| 23 | Can you tell me a bit about how it 's changed and whether it is a good thing for Oxford Cheetahs . |
| 24 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
| 25 | Metering has been on trial in England and Wales for the past two years , to assess whether it is a serious option as a basis for domestic charges from the year 2000 — when the present charging system based on the rateable value of your house is due to be scrapped . |
| 26 | If faced with such a clause , the tenant 's adviser should ensure that the tenant ascertains the amount of the head rent and receives advice from a valuer as to whether it is a fair rent ( see County Personnel Ltd v Alan R Pulver & Co [ 1987 ] 1 All ER 289 ) . |
| 27 | If the object , however , has been in the UK for more than fifty years , the so-called Waverley procedure is triggered also in order to establish whether it is a national treasure . |
| 28 | Whether it is a Christian student surrounded by relativism on a university campus or a Christian family surrounded by the influence of the mass media , too few are awake to the danger . |
| 29 | Each time an affix is removed the remaining stem must be checked to determine whether it is a valid word . |
| 30 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |