Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt she will grow into a songwriter of some depth and power ; whether she acknowledges any responsibility for breaking new ground for women in rock is another matter . |
| 2 | Gloria , 52 , is coy about whether she has any plans to marry longtime partner Neagle Cathcart , 37 . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not a question of whether she has any boyfriend , more a case of which boyfriend she 'll be with . |
| 4 | Though Kasdan appears to disapprove of the Joel Silver style of wham-bam slam-bangers , it 's impossible to tell whether he thinks such films have been instrumental in the decline of western civilisation . |
| 5 | The 500th anniversary of his birth provides a convenient moment to consider whether he deserves wider recognition . |
| 6 | It 's got to be important to the child so that he needs to know whether he means four times two-plus-one or four-times-two plus one , whichever way it is . |
| 7 | Sebastian de Ferranti , Basil 's brother and now a director of Ferranti 's competitor GEC , is a trustee of the interests but it is not clear whether he shares these views . |
| 8 | No-one cares how a construction worker talks or whether he has much education . |
| 9 | Palacio has won the last two , but I doubt whether he has much ambition left to extend McMillan past the eighth round . |
| 10 | I do not doubt the hon. Gentleman 's aspiration to get people off the dole queue , but I doubt whether he has any policies to achieve that . |
| 11 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to close or amalgamate rural magistrates courts in England and Wales during the next 12 months . |
| 13 | To ask the Prime Minister whether he has any plans to make an official visit to Romford . |
| 14 | To ask the Lord President of the Council whether he has any plans to change the rota of departmental and Prime Minister 's questions ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to introduce direct elections to police authorities . |
| 16 | To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has any plans to visit Barnet to discuss the private sponsorship of the arts . |
| 17 | To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has any plans to visit the Duchy in the near future ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 18 | Will the Prime Minister tell the House whether he has any intention of reversing such cuts ? |
| 19 | Request his views on whether the meeting is making progress at the right pace and whether he has any ideas on ways of moving things forward . |
| 20 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 21 | Mr Dole hopes this year to slip a repeal measure through the Senate attached to another bill , but it is too early to tell whether he has enough support . |
| 22 | A child putting a straw into each of the bottles in the crate will not know whether he has enough straws for bottles until he has distributed them one-to-one . |
| 23 | A young child faced with a row of cups and a pile of saucers might have no other way of finding whether he has enough saucers to put with the cups than to match them as far as possible , one-to-one . |
| 24 | On the previous page Regan has conceded that since dogs lack language , ‘ Fido of course can not tell us , or reasonably be expected to tell us , whether he has this belief . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ An individual shall be entitled ( a ) at reasonable intervals and without undue delay or expense ( i ) to be informed by any data user whether he holds personal data of which that individual is subject , and ( ii ) to access to any such data held by a data user ; and ( b ) where appropriate to have such data corrected or erased . ’ |
| 26 | It is generally for the suspect , and no-one else , to decide whether he wants legal advice , and D had already made an informed decision to do without it . |
| 27 | Each man will decide for himself how many arms and legs he wants , and whether he wants white skin or black skin , or whether he 'd prefer to be covered in furnishing fabric or mink . |
| 28 | Er William doyen of the broadcasting standards council and a man whose seems to er I do n't know I do n't know whether he courts bad publicity or he but anyway . |
| 29 | The domestic water supply should be checked to determine whether it requires additional treatment before use . |
| 30 | In determining whether the offer of alternative work is suitable , the tribunal takes into account factors such as status , skills required , pay , hours of work and whether it involves additional travelling time and/or expense or perhaps a need to move house . |