Example sentences of "whether [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not the opportunity is taken up is another matter ! |
| 2 | As Fergus Campbell has suggested , if the ERP can tell us whether or not the subject has seen a light , it takes the psycho out of psychophysics . |
| 3 | Its purely endogenous nature is well illustrated by the facts that it can be evoked by the absence of a stimulus such as a gap in a long sequence of evenly spaced tones and that the actual probability and significance of the stimulus is less important in determining whether or not the P300 will occur than the subject 's perception of its probability and significance . |
| 4 | So , in a near-threshold task the subject may be accurately identifying the presence of a stimulus which tells the experimenter that there is some kind of mental representation of the stimulus , but there is no way the experimenter can decide whether or not the subject is consciously aware of the stimulus . |
| 5 | For the causal relations of events would be just the same irrespective of whether or not the causal chain temporarily took on a mental aspect ( as in property dualism ) or ( as in substance dualism ) ‘ went mental ’ for a while . |
| 6 | Judge Wroath applied the right test in deciding whether or not the mother was unreasonably withholding her consent . |
| 7 | Whether or not the ultimate diagnosis is correct in every one or not , the answer is I do n't know because many children did n't go through the process that was needed . |
| 8 | Another subject on which intense confusion remains is whether or not the US was ever offered a chance to apprehend General Noriega ( wanted in Florida on drugs charges ) . |
| 9 | Advertising costs and any expenses incurred in hiring premises are normally passed on by the estate agents to the vendor , whether or not the auction results in a sale . |
| 10 | At the time when there were doubts about whether or not the tour would go ahead , after the first invitations were largely turned down , numerous stories started to circulate that there would be money available and that sponsors were in the country looking for players . |
| 11 | The Crown Prosecution Service will decide whether or not the 30 runners should be prosecuted for trespassing on the railway . |
| 12 | More frequently , the decision to take no action over an individual 's request for assistance is influenced by whether or not the individual acts in ways typical of a gouger , in part by showing the wrong attitude . |
| 13 | The difference is that each line has to be searched to establish the presence or absence of a target set of letters ( the order of the target set is not important — only whether or not the whole set is present ) . |
| 14 | Now a new book , The Reader 's Digest Family Guide to Alternative Medicine* , has been published to help you find out when alternative medicine may be helpful and whether or not the claims made are valid . |
| 15 | ‘ The marriage between Soviet Jews and Israel is a marriage that is probably going to happen , ’ argues Yuri Stern , ‘ whether or not the bride and groom feel they are really ready for it . ’ |
| 16 | Whether or not the Haydock crowd witnesses the next Gold Cup winner , there are many astute racereaders who consider there is a future Gold Cup winner on view today in the shape of Blazing Walker , who contests the Arlington Premier Chase Qualifier . |
| 17 | Whether or not the Haydock crowd witnesses the next Gold Cup winner , there are many astute racereaders who consider there is a future Gold Cup winner on view today in the shape of Blazing Walker , who contests the Arlington Premier Chase Qualifier . |
| 18 | Members of Dorrance 's extended family have indeed disagreed in public over whether or not the company should be sold . |
| 19 | Whether or not the biographer was right , it is true that once you can exclaim ‘ Abba , Father ! ’ , joy is the accompanying fruit of the Spirit and it sheds its radiance over life and death . |
| 20 | Another factor is whether or not the death of a plant or animal necessarily coincided with the point at which it ceased to exchange carbon with the environment . |
| 21 | In contrast , dating techniques do not require this comparative material ; they tell us immediately whether or not the object is genuine — at least , they do in theory ! |
| 22 | Following the end of the First World War , the leading question in the mining industry was whether or not the state would return the coal mines to their pre-war owners . |
| 23 | Whether or not the decision was motivated by tenderness towards motorists is hard to tell , but there was certainly some logic in keeping offences of negligence out of the ‘ unlawful act ’ doctrine when a separate head of manslaughter by gross negligence already existed . |
| 24 | WHETHER or not the two Germanies are coming together too quickly , their cars certainly are . |
| 25 | He should certainly be able to check whether or not the feather came from a swan . |
| 26 | First , Mungo wanted one more look at the lakeside to see whether or not the dead swan would still be there . |
| 27 | Whether or not the procession from the Ravenhill Church and the barracking of the Presbyterian Church Assembly had been designed to constitute a direct challenge to the government , things were moving rapidly in that direction . |
| 28 | Whether or not the story is true , there is no doubt that the imprisonment was a major breakthrough for both religious and political Paisleyism . |
| 29 | Whether or not the work is by Hippolytus , the document is a major source for early liturgy and is the first text to witness to liturgical patterns which have remained in use . |
| 30 | When he had finished the hearings quickly wound up with no incisive questioning of the last three witnesses , Shultz , Weinberger and Meese , although their tales would have been worth hearing ; the committees , after all , had contracted to finish by early August , whether or not the full story had been told . |