Example sentences of "whether [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Member states were allowed a discretion as to whether to include a state of the art defence and its inclusion is controversial as states which do have the defence could become testing grounds for new products .
2 One has to decide whether federal universities are singular or plural ; what proportion of an institution 's courses have to be ‘ advanced ’ to justify its inclusion in the higher education sector ; and whether to include a number of small , specialized institutions ( for agriculture , technology and the arts ) and voluntary colleges ( mainly church-affiliated ) in the list .
3 Answer guide : In this case the problem is not whether to include the office conversion in sales but how much to include .
4 The justice will then either form one of the opinions set out in subsection ( 5 ) , and if he does so , go on to decide whether to remand the defendant in custody or on bail on the same or more stringent conditions , or if the justice feels unable to form one of the opinions set out in the subsection , he will order the defendant to be released on bail on the same terms as were originally imposed .
5 He had lived for a time in England , and we discussed whether to conduct the session in English or German .
6 Lord Donaldson ruled that Mr Hurd , in deciding whether to issue a directive , and in deciding its terms , was free to take account of the terms of the European Convention , but was under no obligation to do so .
7 Members were free to engage in any activities , whether using the name of the group or autonomously , and to adopt any tactic ( violent or otherwise ) as they saw fit .
8 Women all say they feel ill , whether using the pill or the coil " ( campesina woman , San Vicente .
9 The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop .
10 I 'll let you know definitely as soon as possible about whether to confirm the booking .
11 The Swedish action means that member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) will vote on whether to implement a ban at their next meeting next March in Kyoto .
12 The first decision to be made is whether to add and extend paths strictly from left-to-right through the utterance ; or whether to allow a middle-out strategy that extends hypotheses both to the left and to the right of some island of comparative certainty ; or whether to implement a combination of these .
13 M. Dupont held up his hand , though whether to acknowledge the applause or to stem it was not clear .
14 Thus the teacher-in-role can decide from moment to moment whether to carry the burden of the pupils ' protection — ‘ My men ( a group of ‘ passive ’ children ) have this to say to you' is to be totally protective — or to remove that protection and hand over the power : ‘ My men have something to say to you … ! ’
15 The European indoor champion is still deciding whether to lodge an appeal but maintains the stance of innocence he has taken since being sent home in disgrace from Barcelona on the eve of the Olympic Games .
16 Indeed , the plan has coincided with the takeover of Datarange by SFA Inc which — conveniently for LanOptics — invalidates the current contract , enabling LanOptics to decide whether to continue the relationship .
17 After that , he could decide whether to continue the friendship with the Artful Dodger .
18 Each year , the manager has the choice whether to continue the agreement .
19 The arguments within the Thatcher administration went on apace over whether to swing the axe fiercely into public spending in the winter of 1980–1 , with ministers like Prior , Pym , Walker , and Carrington arguing the case for maintaining public expenditure and investment , monetarists outside the government like Alan Budd urging far more stringent monetary restraint , and Sir Geoffrey Howe at the Treasury buffeted about in between .
20 Both discussed Kohlberg 's moral dilemma of a man who can not afford the expensive medicine which may save his fatally ill wife , and who must decide whether to burgle a pharmacy to get it .
21 The Government must then decide whether to reintroduce the measure in the following session and invoke the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911–1949 .
22 It was the GP who then decided whether to treat the patient , to refer the patient on to another agency , or to do nothing .
23 Thus the authorities faced a similar problem to the wife whose husband was unwilling or unable to provide : whether to treat the woman as a mother or worker .
24 whether to acquire assets or shares and , hence , whether to treat the acquisition as a foreign branch/division or a subsidiary/associated company ;
25 THE International Weightlifting Federation will decide in February whether to restore a ban on Britons Andrew Davies and Andrew Saxton , who were thrown out of the Olympics after failing drug tests .
26 Here a solicitor would work in a department with several others and can choose whether to remain a generalist handling a range of legal problems , or to specialise in a specific area of law such as employment law or intellectual property .
27 The minority parties , including the Liberal Democrats , would have to decide whether to support a Queen 's Speech based on consensus politics ‘ or whether to throw us back into the melting pot of a general election ’ .
28 The Ulster Unionist Party , led by Mr James Molyneaux , has been careful to rule out a formal coalition and will decide on an ‘ issue by issue ’ basis whether to support a minority government .
29 For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested .
30 The doubts were raised by councillor Brian Timms , who said he had read a press report stating that the council had not yet decided whether to support the scheme .
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