Example sentences of "[subord] or not [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can not tell whether or not Lady Usk has spoken out , but I suspect not .
2 They are not speaking to each other , following a disagreement on the eighth night over whether or not Chris was going to have a third bottle of wine with dinner .
3 She was frantic to know more but her own ambulance was involved in an accident and she could do nothing until the end of her duty to learn whether or not Chris was involved .
4 The forthcoming spectacle on the Italian pitches this summer has already received considerable hype , with speculation as to whether or not Italy will go on to win the coveted trophy for a record fourth time .
5 Ryan raises one of the questions the movie will have to answer in order to be successful : whether or not creativity gives you a licence to search and destroy .
6 That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . "
7 Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’
8 Whether or not hydrocarbon generation continued during the Mesozoic , losses from Palaeozoic reservoirs during this period could have been trapped at the post-Carboniferous unconformity , for example by the Lias shales in the Wealden area .
9 On a day when the general debate centred on whether or not games should be held when gales are blowing , Jess ruined a few arguments by going about his business so smoothly he gave the impression that in those areas of the field in which he moved , the wind had been magically stilled .
10 In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances .
11 The first matter which logically falls to be considered is whether or not Nolan J. was correct in the view , which was accepted by Ralph Gibson L.J .
12 The Organiser will visit the person at home to establish whether or not Meals would be the answer to the problem .
13 The simplest way would be to introduce the style and then see whether or not output increased or decreased or , even , stayed where it was .
14 No matter what reservations Churchill might have entertained about the Atlantic Charter and whether or not freedom was meant to apply to colonial territories , the unworthiness of France to return to Indochina was soon to become one of Roosevelt 's fixed ideas on colonialism and an issue that would bedevil relations between all the Allied powers in Southeast Asia with the possible and ironic exception of the Soviet Union .
15 The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members .
16 ( 2 ) In this Act references to the members of a self-regulating organisation are references to the persons who , whether or not members of the organisation , are subject to its rules in carrying on the business in question .
17 ( 2 ) In this Act references to the members of a self-regulating organisation are references to the persons who , whether or not members of the organisation , are subject to its rules in carrying on the business in question .
18 ‘ In this Act references to the members of a self-regulating organisation are references to the persons who , whether or not members of the organisation , are subject to its rules in carrying on the business in question .
19 Whether or not Slater was aware of Olivetti 's endorsement of the Alpha chip , he commented that , since no major workstation vendor had latched onto Alpha , other than DEC itself , there is no-one to really drive the market .
20 In other words " T " seems to mean that the event described took place in the largest unit of the daylight span that precedes the unit which contains CT , whether or not night intervenes .
21 It is inconceivable that they can now have a secure future in Lebanon , whether or not state authority is restored .
22 However , whether or not instructors choose to expand and include will depend on the needs of particular groups of trainees : generally , more experienced trainees are equipped for the more sophisticated recording devices .
23 The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community .
24 This relates to another principal issue in managing risk , whether or not insurance is taken out ; which risks are likely to affect an organisation ?
25 This test is ambiguous as to whether or not D must have thought about whether the woman is consenting , but there are those who argue that one can not be said ‘ not to care less ’ about something unless one has considered it .
26 Whether or not D has greater degeneracy than q clearly depends on the number of linearly independent columns in unc To examine this question , consider the submatrix unc The n — p rows of this submatrix , being part of
27 That is to say , whether or not records of achievement can coexist alongside GCSE or will , in the end , be defeated by it or perhaps even itself defeat GCSE will depend very largely on the curricular developments of the next few years .
28 Despite the current interest in the pathogenic potential of Helicobacter pylori ( H pylori ) , the question of whether or not motility and cisapride effect H pylori colonisation has not been resolved , although sketchy data are available that show that patients with dyspepsia infected with the organism have more rapid gastric emptying than healthy H pylori negative controls .
29 She felt a twinge of guilt , knowing that she had sometimes wondered whether or not Hilary 's ill-health was an excuse invented by Tamar , because her visits were so infrequent .
30 Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say .
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