Example sentences of "[coord] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A banker without money is like a doctor without pills ’ , commented American banker George Wood some 25 years ago , but a recent question for some banks recently was whether or not a judge in Chancery would dispense a ruling in their favour .
2 An action purporting to have been commenced against a person who is dead at its commencement is treated as if it had been commenced against his estate , whether or not a grant of representation had been issued at its commencement ( Ord 5 , r 8(3) ) .
3 However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint .
4 Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders .
5 Having looked at assessment and verification and the people involved it is appropriate to consider whether or not a process of approval ( sometimes called ‘ validation ’ ) should be developed and applied to organisations wishing to offer particular types of provision .
6 This process requires judgements to be made based on the output of the risk analysis , i.e. it decides whether or not the level of risk is tolerable .
7 The essential matter which has been argued before me is whether or not the order for payment out to Crossman Block should now be confirmed .
8 In 1987 , the Howarth Bill took a different route , proposing to add an alternative test based on whether or not the work in question was ‘ grossly offensive to a reasonable person ’ .
9 Whether or not the law of negligence was correctly applied a hundred years ago in Walker v. Great Northern Railway Co. of Ireland , 28 L.R.Ir. 69 , it has since then been evolving .
10 The statement ended : ‘ The decision on whether or not the mining of uranium is commenced in Ireland is one which will have profound and serious implications for the entire country .
11 However , deficiencies in the ability of the study to accurately record information on the cause of death meant that it could not be shown whether or not the reduction in mortality had been due to a reduction in diarrhoea-related deaths and hence due to the programme .
12 Whether or not the teaching of study skills already features on your syllabus , we feel you can not fail to be impressed by A Study Skills Handbook and its relevance to the university student .
13 The scheme is applicable whether or not the school in question is the student 's main base .
14 The villagers and the British agreed in principle that ‘ theft ’ was wrong , but differing conceptions of property rights resulted in differing opinions about whether or not the taking of plantation produce was really theft .
15 The situation without a check varies depending on whether or not the action in question has an escapement mechanism .
16 This is to allow the Commission an opportunity to determine whether or not the aid in question is compatible with the Treaty of Rome .
17 Recording is an index of whether or not the method of intervention is effective over time and , in turn , of whether or not the child 's behaviour is changing — be it for better or worse .
18 To the perspectival appearance at that point of view being what it is it makes no difference whether or not the point of view is occupied by a viewer .
19 The basic principles set out in this Code will apply whether or not the lending in question is secured .
20 If the defendant succeeds on either of these issues , there would , strictly , be an issue as to whether or not an order for rectification of the register , as against the building society , ought to be made .
21 During pre-trial hearings at the Old Bailey , Mr Greenway 's counsel argued that he should be tried by his fellow MPs and not a court of law .
22 And not a porter in sight .
23 If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction .
24 It was revealed on Aug. 5 that the special prosecutor in the Iran-contra affair , Lawrence E. Walsh , had informed Ronald Reagan that his office considered the former President " simply as a witness " in the investigation and not a candidate for indictment .
25 Hatchards in Piccadilly was crammed to bursting with authors last Wednesday for its Authors of the Year reception , the annual event the bookshop stages to enable authors to get together with each other , and not a publisher in sight .
26 Rendering a service connotes some positive action on the part of the renderer and not a state of passivity .
27 Sarah said , and Mick added , ‘ And not a word about world affairs for once . ’
28 Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love .
29 Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love .
30 She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ?
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