Example sentences of "[coord] not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 2 | I quote from this report on secondary education because I find the debate about whether or not to withdraw pupils with special needs is one which occupies the minds of primary teachers as well . |
| 3 | For certain types of elective operation , there is likely to be much more scope for choice in whether or not to let contracts . |
| 4 | Its high resistance to detonation allows high compression ratios to be used and thus offers potential for more power than petrol ; little or not particulate emissions come out the exhaust pipe and CO 2 production is relatively low . |
| 5 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 6 | The sex bit , or not eating meat ? ’ |
| 7 | Mike 's referred to the change in grant distribution erm , the position on that is , is it 's got a slide which may or not help people in terms of their somebody 's standing on it I just love new technology , it 's great |
| 8 | Nelson Mandela faces a serious dilemma , after appeals it will be his government that must decide whether or not to commute sentence . |
| 9 | It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits . |
| 10 | The fundamental selectivity issue which can occur when graphing financial information is the basis of deciding whether or not to use graphs . |
| 11 | There are those , mainly salaried , workers who are able to choose whether or not to leave work at the retirement age , leave prematurely , or perhaps work on . |
| 12 | Though almost certainly more tolerant than the norms observed by the police in deciding whether or not to take action against speeding motorists , these norms are somewhat less tolerant than those observed by some staff in areas of greater industrialization , as the following conversation with a field officer from such an area suggests : |
| 13 | ‘ With many people 's desires to move being delayed or not taking place because of job and housing difficulties there may well be demands to make cities more acceptable or even attractive places to live , ’ said Miss Hughes . |
| 14 | Chapters Four to Seven , which present the research findings , examine : whether the project made any difference to those who received it , compared with those who did not , in terms of institutionalisation , mental or emotional well-being , self-care capacity or receipt of other community services ( Chapter Four ) ; the effects of the project upon the principal informal carers of the dementia sufferers ( Chapter Five ) ; the major costs of community care for those receiving or not receiving support from the project ( Chapter Six ) ; and the limits to care , that is , the characteristics or circumstances of those who could not be supported at home for long even with the Home Support Project ( Chapter Seven ) . |
| 15 | However , a new problem arises — that of selection due to differential recruitment of those receiving or not receiving X. For example if , after a TV programme on violence in society , we sample to compare the opinions of those who watched it with those who did not on the question of bringing back corporal punishment , can we assume that the subpopulations of watchers and non-watchers are otherwise similar ? |
| 16 | The person decides consciously or not to devote time and energy to a particular activity . |
| 17 | This may be less damaging overall than the psychological effects of feeling alienated from normal school life , by constantly having to avoid certain classes or not eat school food . |
| 18 | I believe that all parents would rather pay increased taxes or not receive tax cuts if that would deal with the problem . |
| 19 | The accurate hitting of targets in September owes much to the decisions made as to whether or not to confirm offers to those who have not quite met the conditions , a process strongly influenced by estimates ( based on past experience ) of the likely take up by those that have . |
| 20 | The decision whether or not to give directives involves the Home Secretary in making a delicate and difficult political judgment . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) Where there is served on the person who may consent to a proposed transaction a written application by the tenant for consent to the transaction , he owes a duty to the tenant within a reasonable time — ( a ) to give consent , except in a case where it is reasonable not to give consent , ( b ) to serve on the tenant written notice of his decision whether or not to give consent specifying in addition — ( i ) if the consent is given subject to conditions , the conditions , ( ii ) if the consent is withheld , the reasons for withholding it . |
| 22 | Many of the factors which will be taken into account in deciding whether or not to issue consideration loan stock have already been considered and need not be repeated here . |
| 23 | It is not an either/or question of watching or not watching television Parents can also interpret and explain programmes ( especially the awful , bloody images of newsreels ) which raise worried questions from their offspring . |
| 24 | ( If the expression ‘ form of life ’ is found puzzling , think of what life would be like if we never asked people to do or not to do things , never apologised for doing or not doing things , and so on . ) |
| 25 | It is clear that traders must continue to enjoy their right to decide on whether or not to do business with someone ( and on what terms ) ; and equally clear that there can be no universal consumer right to credit . |
| 26 | The general idea is that erm you could replace the many wires that feed power to lights , horns and things of that sort by a single wire that just provides power to everything , along which you would send signals which would be decoded by micro-electronic components within the lamp unit to decide whether that should draw power or not draw power , and so you can replace the harness , effectively , with a single thick wire . |
| 27 | will prevent him having to consider a mass of trivial complaints where it is unlikely that criminal charges would ever be brought but there has been some concern that the chief officer of police is given a discretion whether or not to refer complaints which disclose criminal conduct to the D.P.P. , although this decision is of course supervised . |
| 28 | Occasionally , this problem is genetic but more often it is caused by using too heavy creams around the eye area or not removing cleansing cream properly . |
| 29 | I understand that there is to be a meeting on Tuesday next to decide whether or not to close Garstang Magistrates Court . |
| 30 | Later I will be trying to explore some of the factors which influence our dispositions towards whether or not to commit crimes . |