Example sentences of "on [subord] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on whether a person is a Muslim or not , the sentence varies according to circumstances . |
| 2 | Your meeting also highlighted a 10p differential in fares between Kirknewton and Edinburgh , depending on whether a journey was made during the morning or evening peak . |
| 3 | However , Theo Waigel , the German Finance Minister , stressed that the criteria should not be applied mechanically , and that there should be " scope for political judgment " on whether a country was fit for full EMU . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There are many cases ( noted below ) on whether a business is transferred as a going concern . |
| 7 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |
| 8 | 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 . |