Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreement is sought and where not reached a fair statement of disagreement is provided . |
| 2 | The decision whether or not to sell a product will depend on which ones make a positive contribution . |
| 3 | One of the most difficult decisions he was faced with in recent years was whether or not to sell the foods business , particularly as it involved disposing of Cadbury 's Cocoa , the product with which his great-grandfather launched the company . |
| 4 | But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures . |
| 5 | For example , in the various stages of pre-trial procedure the party who is ultimately successful may have caused undue delay or not followed the proper procedure and been penalised at that time by the award of costs against him or her in respect of a particular hearing . |
| 6 | The Attorney General 's spokesman said a decision on whether or not to appeal the sentence would be made ‘ urgently ’ . |
| 7 | The Attorney General 's spokesman said a decision on whether or not to appeal the sentence would be made ‘ urgently ’ . |
| 8 | A directive is addressed to member states within the EC but it is left to each individual government to decide whether or not to implement the directive . |
| 9 | Knowing or not knowing the title of the passage had a significant effect on recall , as did word order . |
| 10 | To summarise this approach , consider first the microeconomic analysis of a single profit-maximising firm deciding whether or not to undertake an investment ( for example , to buy a new machine ) . |
| 11 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |
| 12 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |
| 13 | Normally , of course , the choice of topic comes before the research design and therefore also precedes the decision about whether or not to include a survey . |
| 14 | Using interviews with parents , and attendance figures from schools , the study documents how parents make difficult decisions which confront them in these circumstances , in particular whether or not to consult a doctor , and whether or not to keep the child off school . |
| 15 | Councillors from the Forest of Dean came to visit the site at Tidenham Chase , before deciding whether or not to allow the travellers to stay there . |
| 16 | He was " rather calm " , he said , about the decision on whether or not to unleash a ground offensive . |
| 17 | Finally she smiled at her image reflected in her mirror , a small bubble of excitement beginning to build inside as she decided whether or not to wear a gilt necklace with a resin pendant by Pellini which she 'd found at Liberty . |
| 18 | On July 11 Shevardnadze became chairman of the committee to organize the DRM 's constituent conference , scheduled for September 1991 , when participants would decide whether or not to form a political party . |
| 19 | The buy-out team will need to decide whether or not to form a new company ( " Newco " ) to make the acquisition . |
| 20 | Like deciding whether or not to employ an accountant or to do one 's own accounts , it is a question of skill , will , inclination and above all time . |
| 21 | ( 4 ) On receipt of a complaint under this section , the licensing board shall decide whether or not to hold a hearing on the issue and shall inform the complainer of the board 's decision in the matter . |
| 22 | He had to decide whether or not to hold an inquest . |
| 23 | Moreover — another fruitful borrowing from physics — Pasteur discovered in 1848 that chemically identical substances could be physically distinct , e.g. rotating or not rotating the plane of polarised light . |
| 24 | If these can be detected early enough , then women can decide whether or not to continue the pregnancy . |
| 25 | The two-part referendum asked voters to choose whether or not to retain the existing electoral system , and to express a preference for one of four alternative systems . |
| 26 | In the most serious cases , a field man will always be concerned with covering himself in deciding whether or not to take a formal sample . |
| 27 | Ultimately , whether or not to take the test must be the decision of the individual . |
| 28 | Rochester Telephone Co , Rochester , New York has called in Bell Communications Research Inc to help with a study into whether or not to deploy a broadband fibre optic network in its local service area . |
| 29 | There are skills of every kind to be learned , from changing a nappy to knowing whether or not to call the doctor , when to teach the facts of life , and how to develop the parent-child relationship during adolescence . |
| 30 | Where the question is whether or not to open a new station , ‘ we balance the risks of lengthening the journey time against potential new traffic . ’ |