Example sentences of "to know whether the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it became possible to lower a patient 's blood pressure substantially , it was not merely of academic interest to know whether the raised blood pressure was really ‘ essential ’ , that is necessary to maintain a sufficient flow of blood through narrowed arteries to vital organs , and , if it was , whether modest treatment ( to ward off the obvious hazards of strokes or heart failure ) could be tolerated . |
| 2 | When Galileo compared the rate of fall of different materials he was attempting to answer a fundamental question : he wanted to know whether the gravitational attraction on different materials was the same . |
| 3 | Second , the text shows that it was important to know whether the general clause applied or not . |
| 4 | It is difficult to know whether the increasing participation of Third World women in managerial , technical and professional employment in TNCs in the Third World is simply pan of the ‘ indigenization ’ process of replacing expatriate with local personnel , or whether it is a qualitatively different phenomenon in its own right . |
| 5 | They also want to know whether the French Government will take any action . |
| 6 | It would be interesting to know whether the same criteria were used in the restructuring of the reserves . |
| 7 | He had assured Lucille that he fought only because his pension would be jeopardized if he refused , but in truth he had wanted to know whether the old skills were still there or whether , like a cannon fired too fast and too often , he had simply worn himself out as a soldier . |
| 8 | Tallboy was at a loss to know whether the big man was mocking him or not with these innocent tastes . |