Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time , we , we received a petition from the tenants erm very much along the lines of the one that erm erm , er Mr has read out , at that time there was a petition from a hundred and eight county council tenants and one hundred and five of them in fact signed it and they , they asked for it to be allowed to keep the erm to have the freedom to decide whether or not hunting takes place . |
| 2 | Hence it is only in respect of private companies that problems are still likely to arise when their articles provide , as they frequently do , that ‘ the company shall have a first and paramount lien on shares , whether or not fully-paid , registered in the name of a person indebted or under any liability to the company . ’ |
| 3 | There has been fierce debate over whether or not gas prices should be totally decontrolled and the price allowed to find its own level . |
| 4 | Whether or not Lovebite consented in our Dionysian excesses , Lord Lane had declared them illegal . |
| 5 | NPAs have no compulsory powers and the Minister is the final arbiter of whether or not grant is withheld if a scheme proceeds without the NPA 's agreement . |
| 6 | Shultz supports this argument with evidence that children use certain rules in deciding whether or not behaviour is intentional ( Shultz and Wells , 1985 ; Shultz et al . , |
| 7 | His attitude to Theo hardening daily , he said he knew very well that ‘ whether Father and Mother take it quietly or not will three-fourths depend on what you tell them . ’ |
| 8 | This relates to another principal issue in managing risk , whether or not insurance is taken out ; which risks are likely to affect an organisation ? |
| 9 | Further , the Windows discs are no less a vehicle for contextual and technical messages than the Panadol pack : symbolism and imagery in brand logos and packaging , quality of label print , physical size , soft or hard sectored , whether or not factory write-protected , presence of reinforcing ring and so on . |
| 10 | The extent to which this can be done , and , further , whether or not attainment in mathematics is significantly affected by this difference , is unknown . |
| 11 | If the contract is for the hire of the equipment , then the Supply of Goods and Services Act will apply , whether or not installation or other services are provided by the supplier . |
| 12 | His classification allowed all perinatal deaths to be categorised whether or not necropsy had been undertaken . |
| 13 | It will be seen from this passage that the question whether or not conduct can be insulting may depend upon a complex mixture of objective fact and the maker 's intention which the new Act does not entirely manage to disentangle . |
| 14 | In deciding whether or not conduct is disorderly , the magistrates may take into account factors such as the place where the incident occurs , and the time of day . |
| 15 | Underlining the absurdity of Ireland 's proportional representation system — and make no mistake about it , if we had a proportional system in Britain , it would n't be that nice Paddy Ashdown holding the balance of power , it would more likely be the Reverend Ian Paisley and a couple of Welsh Nationalists — the issue of whether or not Cable & Wireless Plc can buy a stake in Telecom Eireann could bring the coalition government down : Fianna Fail realises that in order to bring in outside investment into the debt-strapped state phone company and increase the lamentable penetration of just 31 phone lines per 100 people , there is little alternative to privatising the company outright or at least bringing an outside investor , but Dick Spring , deputy prime minister and leader of the Labour Party , minority partner in the coalition , issued a statement saying that any privatisation ‘ would represent a breach of the programme of government . ’ |
| 16 | A second keyword , ASSESSMENTS or NOASSESSMENTS , dictates whether or not assessment data will be transferred . |
| 17 | Low pick up rates , the inability to make confident diagnoses with current technology , and the potential problems of managing those with equivocal or definite disease may render larger scale surveys unnecessary , excessively problematic , or not cost effective . |
| 18 | But it did not institute systematic means of monitoring school curricula to check on whether or not inspectorate advice was being followed , nor did it devise systematic means for exerting pressure on schools to follow this advice . |
| 19 | The High Court has adjourned ruling on whether or not pit closures are legal until next week . |
| 20 | Any Rough or Not sheet of paper as opposed to an HP surface . |
| 21 | The most piddling aspects of my embodiment furnished me with prophecy : hanging on whether the flap of gum skin comes away , then … the leaf will fall or not fall , I will die or be immortal , the sun will rise or not . |
| 22 | It was beyond our brief to discuss whether or not treatment is required and for how long . |
| 23 | Analysis of survival was calculated in only 15 of the 20 patients in the low grade group , in 9 of 11 in the mixed grade group , and in 21 of 25 with high grade lymphomas as 11 patients had either inadequate follow up or not treatment . |
| 24 | All the questions so far have related to hypnotherapy in general — whether or not regression forms part of that treatment . |
| 25 | Despite the current interest in the pathogenic potential of Helicobacter pylori ( H pylori ) , the question of whether or not motility and cisapride effect H pylori colonisation has not been resolved , although sketchy data are available that show that patients with dyspepsia infected with the organism have more rapid gastric emptying than healthy H pylori negative controls . |
| 26 | Finally , we have to consider whether or not oxygen is essential to the evolution of life . |
| 27 | That theory , and its antithesis , the contract theory , share a common assumption that whether or not society has a right to demand that companies serve the public interest depends on whether the state can be depicted as playing some special role in corporate existence , different in kind from its role in sustaining unincorporated businesses . |
| 28 | Is it meat or not meat ? |
| 29 | Proceedings at any lawful public meeting , ( whether or not admission is restricted ) which is called to discuss any matter of public concern . |
| 30 | That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . " |