Example sentences of "[coord] not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such competing explanations tend to different predictions of what can be expected in early adulthood as to whether or not the former truants have , for example , experienced difficulties in the labour market or high levels of unemployment , acquired qualifications since leaving school , or met with problems in other aspects of their lives such as their marriages or their mental health . |
| 2 | Whether or not the private sector does use resources more productively on average than the government remains a contentious issue . |
| 3 | Whether or not the Communist leaders really believed this or any other of the sweeping statements made at the time is questionable . |
| 4 | Whether or not the Communist Party leaders expected such a letter to have anything more than a propaganda appeal they can hardly have been surprised by the Labour Party reply on 27 January 1936 which rejected the application and outlined the history of relations between the two parties , particularly during the social fascist " period . |
| 5 | Whether or not the present library symbol and logo campaigns achieve the same success and identity , is rather early to say , but if the choice of symbol is a good and appealing one then it could bring the public library to wide attention on a host of everyday products , street-signs etc . |
| 6 | WHETHER or not the atomic bomb tests at Monte Bello affected the servicemen concerned there by radiation so that they may have developed forms of cancer is not proved and possibly is not susceptible of proof . |
| 7 | The only way in which er you could get how shall I put it , another view on the issue , would be to continue the debate here on whether or not the outer northern fulfils the functions and the needs which it pr claims to do compared with the inner routes between Knaresborough and Harrogate . |
| 8 | One of the most scathing remarks passed during that summer 's controversy over whether or not the revolutionary putter contravened the Rules of Golf came from American legend Arnold Palmer . |
| 9 | Many people have strong views on whether or not the nationalized industries have been a success story . |
| 10 | The important thing for us is not where the state border runs , but whether or not the working people of all nations remain allied in their struggle against the bourgeoisie … |
| 11 | So it 'll be left to parents to consider whether or not the screaming knife is a potential emotional dangers for their child . |
| 12 | The analysis is to hold whether or not the striking similarity between the dances of the two species is the result of their common descent from a dancing ancestral species , or the result of this sort of dance 's being an optimal solution to the ‘ evolutionary problem ’ of efficient communal food use . |
| 13 | ‘ I never did , or not the financial pages anyway . |
| 14 | Whether their actions were misplaced or not the final word on numbers belonged to the traders who 'd made their way from London to supply the crowds . |
| 15 | WHETHER or not the two Germanies are coming together too quickly , their cars certainly are . |
| 16 | Cardboard cut-outs of the two continents were made and fitted together , computer programmes written to devise the most perfect match between the two continents , similarities and the differences in the geology of corresponding areas studied ad nauseam , and even details of the animal life in each continent compared , but without reaching any firm conclusions on whether or not the two continents had ever been united . |
| 17 | A company spokesman was not able to say whether or not the two were connected . |
| 18 | And we are left with the problem of deciding whether or not the two Elizabeths baptised on 17 October were really the same girl . |
| 19 | The jury has been told that it must decide whether or not the two men were racing their cars . |
| 20 | If ‘ joint control ’ is established , a further analysis must be made to distinguish whether or not the joint venture is of a cooperative or concentrative nature . |
| 21 | Whether or not the intact animal makes use in real life of a property which has been revealed by synchronous , repetitive volleys to a population of fibres , the normal pattern of activity along which is unknown , is another matter . |
| 22 | The difficulty arises when it is uncertain whether or not the competent adult ( as I call her for brevity ) does or does not consent to the proposed treatment . |
| 23 | Whether or not the rough parch at 85mph ( or 2500rpm on the revcounter ) was peculiar to the test car or not I can not say ; if it is common to all , it is very disappointing , and the fact that you can drive through it is of little compensation since at higher speeds there is enough wind roar for two cars . |
| 24 | In times of rising money wages , therefore , workers must first decide whether or not the real wage is rising ( problem ( a ) ) , and secondly decompose any increase in the real wage which may be suspected to have occurred into a permanent component , eliciting minimal labour supply response , and a temporary component , which could elicit a significant rise in the supply of labour services ( problem ( b ) ) . |
| 25 | Those who initially questioned whether or not the online catalogues were in fact catalogues may have recognized the difference in essence . |
| 26 | The real challenge is not whether or not the online catalogue can cater for first-time users but whether or not it can easily be used by any user for any type of query . |
| 27 | ( b ) with intent to make permanent default in whole or in part on any existing liability to make a payment , or with intent to let another do so , dishonestly induces the creditor or any person claiming payment on behalf of the creditor to wait for payment ( whether or not the due date for payment is deferred ) or to forgo payment : or |
| 28 | We naturally enquire whether or not the corresponding result holds in Q[x] . |
| 29 | ( c ) If the victim wants the thing during the time when the accused has dishonestly borrowed it , he can not use it , whether or not the accused intends permanently to deprive . |
| 30 | Pacing and gesticulating , the others were debating whether or not the flat patch by the road could be widened to accommodate a drill rig by blasting the cliff . |