Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also be stressed that the decision whether or not to proceed with a deal at any stage rests with yourselves . |
| 2 | The losses involved in retirement are often either not foreseen , or not recognized as a problem . |
| 3 | As George loomed over her , she was planning in her mind when to take the sheets to the launderette , and whether or not to pay for a service wash . |
| 4 | This entails the right to choose whether or not to belong to a trade union and the right to strike . |
| 5 | Thoughtfully , Andrée said , ‘ Do you think your mother cares two hoots about being married or not married to a man ? |
| 6 | Secondly , it is of course up to the individual credit granter to decide whether or not to enter into a transaction requested by an individual customer . |
| 7 | Let us say that , although not trapped in a fight for survival , we are all still caught up in the ordinary competitiveness of business , social gamesmanship , and marriage . |
| 8 | The next site along the brook , towards Boseley , is the stone-built Blaisdon Mill , still surviving , although not worked as a corn mill since around 1890 . |
| 9 | Although not quoted as a reference over recent years , the Henley Standard continued its reporting of the Club 's fixtures and competitions , as it had from the beginning . |
| 10 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 11 | However , in a letter to the BMC , Longleat Estate have made it clear that any cleaning work necessary to stabilise climbs will be done on the advice of its own specialists , dependent on the interests of tourists and the estate 's employees and not undertaken from a climbing perspective . |
| 12 | Mrs. Upton explained that the polling station was changed this year to the Forestry Commission 's office in Alice Holt Forest , so that it would be more centrally located for Bucks Horn Oak voters , and not situated in a school which would then have to be closed for the day . |
| 13 | Where these guarantees are not in place it is always easier and certainly cheaper not to train and not to rely on a production system which requires highly skilled workers . |
| 14 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 15 | He says to shower for at least 10 minutes and not to opt for a bath . |
| 16 | In an action for recovery of land , any person in possession ( by himself or by his tenant ) and not named as a defendant may by leave be made a defendant on filing an ex parte application showing that he is in possession , by himself or by his tenant , and giving grounds for the application . |
| 17 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 18 | Instead he admitted lesser motoring offences including drink-driving , failing to give a breath test and not stopping after an accident . |
| 19 | In this way any potential odour nuisance may be dispersed , but as a method of controlling any toxic odorants present in the air by reducing them to their TLV 's , it is most unreliable and not recommended as a method of control unless the concentration of contaminants is low . |
| 20 | Driveways have spaces for two cars , front and rear lawns are turfed and owners of Les Jones homes arrive at a house or bungalow which is attractive and complete in every way - and not surrounded by a mass of mud as on so many new housing estates . |
| 21 | And not waiting for an answer , he went into his room , moving jauntily . |
| 22 | Of course , the tasks had a serious side and those that were not well planned and not executed as a team were generally unsuccessful ! |
| 23 | However , I have argued that Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge is based on a social conception of human being ; he is extremely careful not to reduce thought to individual minds and not to conceive of a group ‘ mind ’ based on the prior conception of individual mind ( Mannheim 1936 : 2 , 44 ) . |
| 24 | Could I also ask you to ensure that the debris from the hedge-cutting is removed from the highway and not left as a hazard to cyclists . |
| 25 | Last techy bit — Johnny is installed as a bona-fide screen saver under your Desktop icon in the Windows control panel , so it 's fully compatible with everything else , and not running as an add-in TSR . |
| 26 | Labels have the same rules as standard BBCBASIC(Z80) variable names ; they should start with a letter and not start with a keyword . |
| 27 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 28 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 29 | These may serve a good man 's turn , if not to conquer as a soldier yet to suffer as a martyr . ’ |
| 30 | ENGLAND fly out to Poland today confident of securing the draw that will be sufficient to take them to the World Cup finals , stirred but not shaken by a warning from Bobby Moore . |