Example sentences of "be [adj] whether [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past decade , it has never been clear whether the Government have found satisfying their own political philosophy more important than satisfying the training needs of the nation . |
| 2 | We are unsure whether the behaviour is truly co-operative , or is organised by certain individuals in the school , but the whistles and considerable vocal activity which often occur among members of feeding groups are undoubtedly communication signals . |
| 3 | Police are unsure whether the mysterious girl has gone through some hideous black-magic ritual or whether the drawings spring from a tortured imagination . |
| 4 | Police are unsure whether the mysterious girl has gone through some hideous black-magic ritual or whether the drawings spring from a tortured imagination Until Danielle is identified , nobody can tell . |
| 5 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 6 | At common law it appears to be doubtful whether an agreement for a " knockout " , ie a contract between interested bidders to refrain from bidding against each other , was illegal . |
| 7 | It would not be clear whether the child 's low performance was associated with poor linguistic ability in relation to British children , or whether it simply reflected the different experiences available to children in Britain and the USA . |
| 8 | As one teacher said , ‘ I am still to be convinced whether the energy and time required to do effective evaluation would balance the increased efficiency in teaching which might follow . ’ |
| 9 | Such a transfer will be appropriate whether the property was held by the husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants or as tenants in common : in the latter case , as the transfer to the husband and wife will not have contained a declaration to the effect that the survivor of them could give a good receipt for capital monies , a restriction will have automatically been entered on the register to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the registrar or of the court ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 ( SI No 801 ) ) . |
| 10 | The local authority may be hesitant as to the merit of the buildings and be worried whether the Department of the Environment will support it if there is an appeal — often a lengthy and expensive procedure . |
| 11 | Even if scientists could demonstrate such a correlation , it would still be difficult to be certain whether the effect were the result of social or genetic transmission . |
| 12 | However , we can not be certain whether the subsequent rise in recorded incidents stems from the way the public refers domestic violence to the police or from a real increase in domestic strife . |
| 13 | And so I could not be certain whether the sight of his old home depressed him more than it inspired him . |
| 14 | At the simplest level we may be in doubt , for example , whether to approach an injured bird for fear of exacerbating its plight , or be uncertain whether the bitch giving birth needs assistance . |
| 15 | This may be true whether the product is a " blockbuster " ( such as Nescafe " ) , or aimed at specific smaller segments , as is currently the case in the UK with some health food ranges . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal held that the supplying was insufficient as an unlawful act because it was not ‘ directed at ’ V. Subsequent decisions are unclear whether the ‘ directed at ’ test remains good law , and a better approach to the facts of Dalby would be to hold that the supplying of drugs did not cause the death because V took them himself . |
| 17 | The techniques themselves are identical whether the variable being controlled is a prior or an intervening variable in the relationship being investigated . |
| 18 | Bevin and Dalton agreed with Attlee 's views , although at this late stage they were doubtful whether the National Executive would agree . |
| 19 | Price rises were similar whether the illegal trade was detected by a stock exchange — which looks out for unusually large price jumps — or by tip-offs from jilted mistresses and the like , who probably do not . |
| 20 | A mechanical wound to the cotyledon ( lines 4–6 ) led to a systemic accumulation of pin activity and levels of this activity were identical whether the cotyledon was excised five minutes after wounding or left attached to the plant for 48 hours . |
| 21 | Steady-state levels of pin 2 mRNA were identical whether the cotyledon was excised 5min after wounding ( Fig. 3 D ) or left attached to the plant for 4 hours ( Fig. 3 E ) and are comparable to those observed in other studies of wound-inducible pin mRNA levels . |
| 22 | Under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 it is an offence — punishable with life imprisonment — to damage property ‘ intending by the destruction or damage to endanger the life of another or being reckless whether the life of another would be thereby endangered ’ . |
| 23 | Initially the pilot may have been uncertain whether the surface — of black upon black , with deep-down submerged glowglobes — was solid or deceitful . |
| 24 | It is doubtful whether a more impressive specimen of mass self-delusion can be produced from any era of recorded history . |
| 25 | In spite of the prevalence of economic planning in the 1960s and 1970s , it is doubtful whether a development policy has existed in most of Africa in the last twenty-five years . |
| 26 | A European political union is perhaps in the making but it is doubtful whether a European political union would act as a superpower — the task of co-ordinating military efforts , of ‘ speaking with a single voice ’ , may not even be worth attempting . |
| 27 | It is doubtful whether a right of way over other land belonging to the landlord can ever be an appurtenance , strictly so called ( Re Walmsley and Shaw 's Contract [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 93 ) . |
| 28 | It is doubtful whether a mere counterparty should be treated as a customer . |
| 29 | Were it not for the prospect of seizing the Swiss money , it is doubtful whether the Philippines would be ready to allow Mrs Marcos home this year or any other year . |
| 30 | It is doubtful whether the Evangelicals , in laying so much stress on the last hour as indicator of the soul 's future state , realised how great a departure this was from the eschatology of the early church . |