Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] as " in BNC.

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1 Come here to see me if you will ; mother asks you , and I want you , but it is for you to come or not as you feel best , or as you like .
2 Your jewels Eachuinn Odhar gave to me , to return to you or not as I judged you innocent or guilty .
3 In the spring you reap the harvest — or not as the case might be .
4 And what is more , I 'll give it or not as I please ; and I 'll be buggered if I 'll ask permission of some pushy little perisher before I do so . ’
5 It is readily apparent that some courts , and some judges , have used the very ambiguity inherent in that dichotomy in an instrumental fashion ; the decision whether to label a part of the X factor as jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional is influenced by a judicial desire to intervene or not as the case may be .
6 Although Angel was free to marry or not as he wished , he did not want to hurt his parents , and he accepted their advice .
7 We eat , we enjoy it or not as the case may be , and move on to the next thing .
8 The obligation to provide free school milk and to provide school meals was removed , allowing LEAs to provide milk or meals or not as they wished , at whatever cost or standard they chose ( including free milk or meals , if they wished , for families on low incomes ) , apart from a responsibility to provide free meals for children of families receiving Supplementary Benefit or Family Income Supplement , and to provide facilities free of charge for pupils to eat food brought from home .
9 Claudia made for the street , leaving him to follow or not as he pleased .
10 ‘ If you can find the subjects for the verbs , then their objects , everything else will agree with them , or not as the case may be . ’
11 We 've told no one you 're coming so you can hermit or not as you please though I know Laura would love to see you if you felt able .
12 This is a small scale ( 40 households ) qualitative study using extensive interviews to analyse how individuals construct their decisions and how couples negotiate them together ( or not as the case may be ) .
13 Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all .
14 They know the tricks used by most singers and are expert in helping out or not as the case may be .
15 No , okay , well , I 'll put on erm , part four of the video now , of this same unorganised manager , and you can see how Richard Lewis went about trying to solve the problems of his managers , and see if you agree with them or not as the case may be .
16 The human olfactory system , illustrated in Figure 1 , although not as well developed as in many animals , is nevertheless far more sensitive in detecting odours than any known instrumental technique and is capable of discriminating among many thousands of odorous substances , often carrying the memory of a particular odour for life .
17 For example , the role of carbon can be performed , although not as well , by the common element silicon .
18 While some performed well — although not as well as their intellectual peers who were from better-off homes — the vast majority of the poorest children gained few , if any , qualifications from their schooling .
19 Dataease is the market leader in relational databases , although not as well known as Dbase or FoxPro it is an extremely popular product with both corporate and hobbyist user .
20 You will recall discussion on the addition of Clydesdale District Council as a partner in the initiative , although not as yet a member in terms of the Articles of Association of the Trust .
21 FIVE children lying bloody and broken in the road below a high tenement window in Glasgow helped substantially reinforce ambulanceman Jack Kirkland 's belief that his colleagues should be treated as dedicated professionals and not as cab drivers .
22 The Royal Show round-up presentation caption ( Livestock , July 12 ) should have read : Baggrave Farms ' Charolais bull Caylers Crackerjack and D E Evans ' cow Lappingford Tulip , and not as stated .
23 The Board gave FGD costs as the increased cost of generating electricity at particular stations and not as that delivered to the consumer in electricity prices .
24 The date of the World Veterans ' Championships in Turku , Finland , is July 18–28 , and not as reported last month .
25 We learn to see God as he really is , and not as we have imagined him to be .
26 But things turned out as they were bound to do and not as I expected ; there was a typically whole gastrula on my dish the next morning , differing only by its small size from a normal one ; and this small but whole gastrula developed into a whole and typical larva …
27 Would all members of the Process Technology Group of the Industrial Division please note that its AGM will be held in Burlington House , London , on Thursday 14 May 1992 at 16.00 and not as stated in the Process Technology Group Bulletin .
28 That is true , I suspect , at every level : a recent survey of the responsibilities of secondary deputies shows a disturbing tendency to use them as administrators , and not as managers at all .
29 The psycholinguistic approach takes this into account , but the teacher who is concerned with accurate decoding rather than — and not as well as — obtaining meaning will find ‘ mere guessing ’ unacceptable .
30 Sister Mary Leahy , who organised the prayer week at Seacroft , explained the purpose of these personal interviews ; ‘ Prayer is a relationship with God , so as a prayer guide , I would want to help people to recognise God in their lives — relating person to person — speaking to God and listening to him — coming to God just as they are and not as they think they ought to be . ’
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