Example sentences of "[conj] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , difference due to sex where not found to be significant in this study . |
| 2 | Deciding whether to defer retirement or not depends on the level of your earnings and the pension you would get . |
| 3 | Whether he goes back again or not depends on his fight to regain his Liverpool spot . |
| 4 | The question of whether someone has suffered special damage or not depends on the facts of the particular case , and so is very much in the discretion of the court . |
| 5 | For Kuhn , whether a field qualifies as a science or not depends on whether or not it conforms to the account of science offered in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . |
| 6 | Whether they do or not depends on their duration and the personal circumstances of the individual . |
| 7 | In this situation , whether an arbitrage transaction is attractive or not depends on the time preferences of the arbitrageur , and it is not possible to state a general no-arbitrage condition . |
| 8 | These examples show that , as in all cases , whether an adjective counts as restrictive or not depends on what exactly is in the mental focus of the speaker on any particular token occasion , and definitely not on any relation of inclusion that might exist between the meanings of the adjective and noun as type elements , such as could be found in the dictionary ( or more accurately between those parts of an external world which might be correlated with the meanings of the adjective and noun ) . |
| 9 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 10 | Whether it is so or not depends on all the circumstances of the case including the context and wording of the provisions , the degree of emphasis , the purpose and effect of the default clause and any other relevant consideration . |
| 11 | Whether they succeed or not depends on the circumstances . |
| 12 | Becker hints at the inside model when he concludes , not without generating some confusion , that ‘ whether a given act is deviant or not depends in part on the nature of the act ( that is , whether or not it violates some rule ) and in part on what other people do about it ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ We have no doubt that intensification of use can be a material change of use , whether it is or not depends upon the degree of intensification . |
| 14 | Nevertheless the Trotskyists themselves split , on the issue of whether or not to co-operate with the ICP , and , just as the VNQDD had been destroyed as a competitor with the Communist Party by French repression after Yen-Bay , so the French colonial government , shortly after war had begun in 1939 , rounded up virtually the entire leadership of the Trotskyist International Communist League , as it was then called : a coup from which the movement never recovered . |
| 15 | Hattie opened her writing-case , took out a sheet of paper and her pen , then sat gazing wistfully out of the window over Parker 's piece while she wondered whether or not to co-operate with Edwin 's stratagem that this must appear a chance visit . |
| 16 | all losses suffered by and claims made against the Carrier in consequence of loss of or damage to property caused by or arising out of the carriage by the Carrier of Dangerous Goods whether or not declared by the Trader as such : |
| 17 | Undoubtedly many artists decided whether or not to submit to the exhibition upon the work , reputation and perhaps gender of the two selectors . |
| 18 | Issues discussed include general and reporting guidance for both the continuing auditor ( who audited and reported on the previous financial statements ) and the incoming auditor ( where the previous financial statements were either audited by another auditor or not audited at all ) . |
| 19 | And the answer was the County Council is committed or not prepared to be uncommitted to a road north of Knaresborough . |
| 20 | And , because there is a food shortage , the affected people have the choice of eating contaminated food or not eating at all . |
| 21 | It covers all persons ( whether or not acting in concert ) who directly or indirectly own or deal in the shares of an offeror company or the target company in an offer and who have ( in addition to their nominal interests as shareholders ) an interest or potential interest , whether commercial , financial or personal , in the outcome of the offer . |
| 22 | Capital equipment ( except in expanding lines like cement ) and , to a large extent , labour employed , remain constant whether or not producing at full capacity . |
| 23 | Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs . |
| 24 | From what you know or have heard about each one , can you say whether you are generally satisfied or not satisfied with the service that each one provides ? |
| 25 | The Servian centuriate organization — whether or not inspired by the Solonian model of the four classes — made Rome a timocratic city . |
| 26 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 27 | So the next morning he went to the train station and thought whether he should pay the fare or not to go to London . |
| 28 | It is noteworthy that old people may not always have a sense of choice about whether or not to go into residential care . |
| 29 | ‘ But if you could give me some minutes of your time , I 'd happily delay my visit , ’ she suggested — and silently added , or not go to Prague at all . |
| 30 | The committee was divided over whether or not to proceed with the march but it agreed to send a delegation to Derry to consult the local people ; this meeting began on the evening of Friday 4 October and went on until 1 a.m. on Saturday . |