Example sentences of "whether [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Feed systems vary according to whether liquid or powder detergents are used as the same system can not be used for both .
2 The present author remains of the opinion that most of the Social policy protocol may be achieved under existing treaty provisions , whether specific or general , and the scope of the general provisions will be considered in the next section of this article .
3 In fact , I would not be able to conduct sessions of regression therapy — whether present- or past-life — if I thought that my patient was going to go through agonies while it was going on .
4 Modern administration , whether technical or generalist , requires appointment , continuity and specialization , not election , instant recall and rotation among laymen .
5 The very use of language , then , whether oral or literate involves classification , abstraction and the selection by specific criteria of elements from a largely undifferentiated universe .
6 Within the shortest space of time , they were walking into the lounge of an hotel that had seen better days but was still surprisingly well patronised ; by a variety of habitués , mostly male , and all , whether uniformed or civilian , contriving to give the place an air of distinction .
7 The next 3 Surveys will investigate in greater depth the factors that assist or impede the various activities of farm families on or off the farm , whether agricultural or nonagricultural , paying special attention to the impact of policy .
8 The first was a reduction in their country 's dependence on the export of primary commodities ( whether agricultural or mineral ) to an unstable world market .
9 Expense considerations aside , there is much variety in size , material , weight ( whether solid or hollow ) , colour and texture .
10 One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal .
11 And that is a general point , which holds across all disciplines , whether English or engineering , whether mathematics or medicine .
12 ( b ) Gang members will be employed at a fixed hourly , daily or weekly rate , whether direct or sub-contract , and the gang leader retains the balance as his own income .
13 Subject to Section 310 of the Act , every Director or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto , including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings , whether civil or criminal , in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Sections 144(3) or ( 4 ) or 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court , and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss , damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto .
14 Subject to Section 310 of the Act , every Director or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto , including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings , whether civil or criminal , in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Sections 144(3) or ( 4 ) or 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court , and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss , damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto .
15 Such horses , whether male or female , will be low in the pecking order , and will be easier for people to manage .
16 In the present instance however , ( the poems of a certain Mrs. Leapor excepted , who published some 40 years ago ) I discern , I think , more marks of a true poetical talent than I remember to have observed in the verses of any , whether male or female , so disadvantageously circumstanced .
17 Everyone , whether male or female , single or married , now receives their own Personal allowance , which can be set against any income including savings or a pension as well as earned income .
18 Therefore , the receptionist , whether male or female , has a very special role to play in the establishment .
19 It is essential that a receptionist , whether male or female , should appear on duty immaculate in every way .
20 Since sociologists of deviance are interested in why people become deviant and/or perpetrate criminal acts , it is obviously important to locate the deviant , whether male or female , squarely within the social context in which he or she becomes deviant .
21 Leggings , whether glittery or plain , would also be a super present for the young — or the young at heart — and they do n't take long .
22 set out accurately and contain proper provisions or appropriate notes in respect of all assets and liabilities ( whether actual or contingent , quantified or disputed ) of the Business as at the Balance Sheet Date .
23 And since that assumption is implicit in the Webbs ' criticism of Owen , it can not be understood too clearly that on their argument there can be no place at all for industrial co-operatives , properly so-called : no place , because the ownership , whether individual or collective , of an industrial co-operative rests in the people working in it .
24 10 Decide whether individual or group entertaining will be more appropriate to a particular objective .
25 Without exception , all ‘ groups ’ ( whether individual or group ) improved their average performance between the first and second repetitions .
26 Whether self-service or waiter/waitress service is required .
27 However , the case also stated that the s.69 conditions apply to all computer records , whether real or hearsay :
28 Sociological wisdom , then , whether conventional or radical , has emphasised the importance of lawyers as agents of social control .
29 In March 1981 the SDP was launched and immediately announced that " the present " winner takes all " system of electing MPs is unfair to the voters and opens the door to extremism , whether left or right .
30 Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there .
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