Example sentences of "was whether [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The first was whether a reasonable buyer who was acquainted with the condition of the goods would buy them without a substantial abatement of the price .
2 Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone , LC , said that the question was whether a parental veto came within the band of possible reasonable decisions and not whether it was right or mistaken and that there was a band of decisions within which the court should seek to replace the individual 's judgment with his own .
3 The question now was whether a military task force should set sail .
4 The crucial issue still to be determined was whether the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the UK .
5 The question was whether the reasonable business man would have considered that the new value was extended at the same time as the execution of the charge and not whether the new value was extended because of the existence of the charge .
6 A little bit of each ( Janet maintained ) could do no possible harm , unsure as Shirley was whether the offending insect had been wasp , bee , gnat , flea , or mosquito .
7 Thus in Reg. v. Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate , Ex parte Choudhury [ 1991 ] 1 Q.B. 429 , where the issue was whether the common law offence of blasphemy is restricted to Christianity , Watkins L.J. , delivering the judgment of a strong Divisional Court said , at p. 449 :
8 The question was whether the basic rate of tax was payable on the whole £100 or on only £90 .
9 For my purposes , it suffices if I say that one of the questions was whether an original lessee is liable to pay a rent which has been increased by a variation in the terms of the lease reached between the assignee and the landlord .
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