Example sentences of "whether it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The domestic water supply should be checked to determine whether it requires additional treatment before use .
2 In determining whether the offer of alternative work is suitable , the tribunal takes into account factors such as status , skills required , pay , hours of work and whether it involves additional travelling time and/or expense or perhaps a need to move house .
3 The gravest doubt which has assailed historians about Charlemagne 's moral and educational programme is whether it had much effect .
4 And erm you know the erm er , I , I do n't know whether it had any adjustment changes or what , but
5 How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ?
6 The local authority exercising its parental responsibility would certainly have to consider very carefully whether it accepted that practitioner 's advice and any advice as to the risks of the transfer of J. from one hospital to another before giving its consent to such different treatment .
7 Material for publication or transmission would be " reviewed before release " in the field by the military information officer in consultation with the unit commander to determine whether it contained sensitive information .
8 This study aimed to define the route whereby EGF gains access to the oesophageal epithelium , by immunohistochemical determination of the EGF distribution in biopsy specimens from healthy and diseased oesophageal mucosa , to determine whether it plays any role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis .
9 Planning Permission depends on the size of the work and whether it affects other priorities .
10 Where … as in a mature legal system , we have a system of rules which includes a rule of recognition so that the status of a rule as a member of the system now depends on whether it satisfies certain criteria provided by the rule of recognition , this brings with it a new application of the word ‘ exist ’ .
11 Whether it makes good history or not is another matter .
12 However , if you have noticed that your spots seem more extravagant following a choc-binge , then perhaps you will have to test and see for yourself whether it makes any difference .
13 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
14 It is not clear whether it makes any difference if those words are omitted .
15 I do n't know whether it makes any difference for the price you will get in the land , for the land , from a tenant , if you restrict his rights to use it .
16 details of any SPRs to which the SSR responds and whether it closes these SPRs or just replies to them .
17 In the end , what matters most about the Clinton package is whether it convinces most people that a bit of pain is worthwhile , that there 's a future to aspire to .
18 For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’
19 A recent addition to the Cichlid world is the albino form of our old favourite the Oscar Astronotus ocellatus , about which I receive many queries , mostly asking whether it has special requirements .
20 As for rugby … well , nothing quite so glaring , yet still enough to provoke a creeping unease about affairs at the highest international level , whether it concerns incomplete accounts for the 1987 World Cup ; unfulfilled profit projections , by a huge margin , with disturbing outline accounts emanating from the 1991 event ; and what seem to be , at the time of writing , so many unanswered questions about the 1995 World Cup .
21 The Middle East Economic Digest of March 16 described this prediction of a budget surplus as surprising to many observers , but noted that , in the absence of figures for years more recent than 1984 , it could not be determined whether it implied higher income or a sharp reduction in public expenditure .
22 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 .
23 One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule .
24 Whether they value their police service enough or not and whether it needs more money or not to do a good job or whether the authorities should take a look at how it is being run .
25 Certainly this can be done , though whether it provides any sort of explanation is questionable .
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