Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But comical though he was , and although Erika laughed , yet her heart was touched , and as the bus juddered through the deserted streets , all the way home she looked into the window , seeing not the flats , factories , and dark parks , but , wonderingly , her own reflection . |
| 2 | Whether or not the likes of Richard Neville were accurately described in this manner by Mrs Whitehouse and other members of what Neville and his associates perceived to be the ‘ establishment ’ , or whether they could genuinely be described in Cohen 's ( 1988 ) terms as ‘ folk devils ’ , ‘ persons emerging to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests ’ , it is clear that , for Mrs Whitehouse , they represented a grave threat to all that she held dear . |
| 3 | The tribunal will also have considerable discretion in deciding whether or not the reasons given are adequate . |
| 4 | ( One can of course question whether or not the axioms are appropriate if one is trying to model a concrete example . ) |
| 5 | He said in a letter to The Times that ministers had to leave it up to the court whether or not the documents should be disclosed . |
| 6 | Whether or not the directors themselves had been negligent was not in issue , but it is suggested that a finding to that effect would have been more problematical . |
| 7 | So it is common ground that the question whether or not the boys should be returned to Australia depends upon the discretion of the court . |
| 8 | In the first place , almost the entire judgment was devoted to a consideration of whether or not the letters under the Great Seal were good and valid to impose the duty whereas the right to recover was dealt with in 10 words as a necessary consequence of invalidity . |
| 9 | There is a considerable tract of authority , both in England and in other jurisdictions , which must be examined in order to ascertain whether or not the circumstances of the present case fall within Lord Wright 's principle . |
| 10 | In deciding whether a writ is good or not the judges will be guided by the already accepted Common Law principles . |
| 11 | But in those cases where a person in possession of goods to which he has no title may confer a good title on someone else by selling , pledging , or otherwise disposing of the goods , then , since the true owner is deprived of his title to the goods , such a disposition constitutes conversion whether or not the goods are actually delivered . |
| 12 | Second , even where this is the case , no warranty is implied if the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller in deciding whether or not the goods are in fact suitable for that purpose . |
| 13 | It was utilised to explore the characteristics of the information objects to be covered by the IPS , eg determining the form of the information to suit the users ’ needs , and assessing whether or not the objects that then existed were adequate . |
| 14 | Donna made herself comfortable and prepared to sleep , wondering , despite the fact that she was tired , whether or not the thoughts tumbling through her mind would be still long enough to allow her two or three precious hours ' rest . |
| 15 | In the United States the Supreme Court , in Marbury v Madison ( 1803 ) 1 Cranch 137 , declared that it had power to decide whether or not the Acts of Congress conformed with the Constitution . |
| 16 | Apart from the ‘ George And James ’ and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ album , Goldmine claims that the project got no further than the ‘ It 's A Man 's Man 's Man 's World ’ video and 45 , adding : ‘ It 's not quite clear whether or not The Residents ever got to work on Volume Three — which would have featured the compositions of Bob Dylan and Sun Ra — but leftovers from the earlier volumes occasionally crop up as rare treats , such as ‘ I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ’ on the ‘ Potatoes ’ folk song composition . ’ |
| 17 | Some of these were begging letters from old mill-workers in financial distress , and these Viola consigned to the wastepaper basket , whether or not the writers claimed nebulous acquaintanceship with her late husband . |
| 18 | That competition should attract a new sponsor whether or not the counties decide to follow the Working Party 's advice to consider coloured clothes , names on the back of shirts , white balls and only two men outside the circle in the first 15 overs . |
| 19 | Millett J added that the question of whether or not the transcripts were in fact material evidence had more properly to be decided by the Crown Court . |
| 20 | In deciding whether or not the conditions exist for the issuing of conditions , the chief of police may take into account such factors as disturbances that have arisen in the past when the same organisation processed on a previous occasion . |
| 21 | Erm now one of the things that the tenants ' action group asked us about initially when they asked us to get in involved in the , in the advice sessions in the flats , was whether or not the tenants would be able to claim additional compensation , over and above what was already being offered . |
| 22 | At the time when this paper on basic factors in Soviet Far Eastern policy was being composed , the late summer of 1948 , the major points of difference within the State Department were whether or not the Russians would actively support the Chinese communists in the civil war if there was a danger that they might deviate along the path recently chosen by Yugoslavia and whether , for the same reason , the Soviets might be reluctant to foster the expansion of Chinese communist influence in Southeast Asia . |
| 23 | The forces he would need would depend on " whether or not the Russians intend to back Tito " . |
| 24 | Now a new book , The Reader 's Digest Family Guide to Alternative Medicine* , has been published to help you find out when alternative medicine may be helpful and whether or not the claims made are valid . |
| 25 | It was held by the Divisional Court that they should not have done so , and the case was remitted with directions to the magistrates to ascertain whether or not the ingredients of the offence were made out . |
| 26 | If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling … |
| 27 | They describe the actual material benefits and opportunities of a group , whether or not the members of the group recognise these facts . |
| 28 | Whether or not The Times did seriously entertain the possibility of vigilante self-defence , there were indeed serious considerations placed before its readers during the alarms of 1856 . |
| 29 | Since the Vendor will have entered into the relevant contracts in the first place it is for the Vendor to take the risk as saying whether or not the contracts fall within these categories . |
| 30 | Whether or not the commandos might have landed in strength on the French coast , there seems little likelihood that they would have achieved . |