Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then isolated four variables that would be crucial in deciding whether or not a choice was being made : ( a ) the individuals in question ( the potential recruits ) with their existing predispositions ( interests , values , hopes , fears , etc. ) ; ( b ) and ( c ) the alternatives ( life in the Unification Church or continuing in the wider society ) ; and ( d ) the social context within which the decision was reached ( the Unification workshop ) . |
| 2 | To determine the limits to care by examining the characteristics which affected whether or not a person was sustained in the community through the action project . |
| 3 | The exact place of birth is not recorded ; all that was required was a tick in the Yes or No column in answer to the question of whether or not a person was born in the county of his or her present residence . |
| 4 | In short , in deciding whether or not a child was being abused ( and what course of practical action to take ) , social workers were not simply relying on clinical and other sources of more objective evidence , but were being asked to make value judgements about the kinds of situations in which child abuse is most likely to occur , and the ‘ types ’ of people most likely to engage in it . |
| 5 | The credit granter , when asked , must say whether or not a bureau was used , and — if it was — give its name and address . |
| 6 | ( One parent was unsure whether or not a card was sent . ) |
| 7 | The major point of conflict was the means of determining whether or not a defendant was guilty , not the definition of criminal offences or the failure of the British to take into account status differentials . |
| 8 | They would also change according to the calibre of the batsman , and whether or not a batsman was left-handed , and the state of the wicket . |
| 9 | Clearly it will be of crucial importance in any er court proceedings because the court will have to decide whether or not an auditor was in breech of his or her duty having regard to what is on the face of the statute . |
| 10 | Forged vouchers were sometimes detected , but usually there was no way for the slaughterhouse manager to know whether or not an animal was stolen . |
| 11 | In societies such as colonial Sri Lanka , in which criminal law was made up of a set of rules , under this definition it is not normally difficult to determine whether or not an action was criminal . |
| 12 | Traditional catalogue studies considered success and failure of a catalogue consultation in terms of whether or not an item was in the catalogue and , if it was , whether or not the user managed to find it . |
| 13 | How long these shrouded corpses lay above ground depended on a number of factors : whether or not an autopsy was required , the undertaker 's schedule , the availability of a grave-digger — or the parish coffin if it was needed — the wishes of the family or any specific instruction left by the deceased . |
| 14 | But then I thought that perhaps an accident was awaiting me or one of my relatives . |
| 15 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 16 | All around her there were trees — huge , old , their foliage so high that not a leaf was distinguishable . |
| 17 | ‘ I do hope that 's not my lasagne I can smell burning , my dear , ’ and while she moved swiftly to check the oven and to find that not a thing was burning , Naylor was saying , ‘ We 'll see you at the weekend , Travis . ’ |
| 18 | Denktash , however , was critical of the government 's links with the EC and the prospects of an application for membership , claiming that once an application was formalized the government would have closed the door on reunification talks . |
| 19 | The whole is tied together by the notion of control although later a distinction was to be made between the authority of office and the authority of expertise . |
| 20 | As late as 1965 , in Howard , Lord Parker L.C.J. appeared to consider that in cases of rape other than where a child was involved , it was up to the prosecution to prove that the woman had physically resisted . |
| 21 | Nobody was hurt and luckily a picture was taken of the offender who is being actively sought . |
| 22 | The lamps in the cressets gave out the scent of perfumed oil , and somewhere a lutenist was playing quietly . |
| 23 | But that day his mother had suddenly flown a warning flight , while his father rose into the air and swooped into the valley and back beneath the cliff edge , and suddenly a man was there with something green in his hand which rose into the sky above him and came down towards him . |
| 24 | Law had indeed already done enough as leader to make his departure unthinkable and so a memorial was drawn up by Carson and signed by almost all the party 's backbenchers , stating full confidence in Law and begging him to stay on with a revised tariff policy . |
| 25 | Further examination revealed a hard swelling at the base of the penis and the question of a foreign body was raised with Mr P. He strongly denied inserting anything into his urethra and so an X-ray was taken . |
| 26 | He bargained in his soul with fate , promising to dedicate his life to Imperial service without scruple — if only a life was left to him to dedicate . |
| 27 | And I went home , through the door in absolute fear … and not a word was said . |
| 28 | Although there were no Viet Cong in the village and not a shot was fired at them , they set about slaughtering the Vietnamese civilians with a primitive and sexual savagery that is hard to believe . |
| 29 | Another deadly volley of canister and scarcely a man was left on his feet and capable of charging even had he wanted to do so . |
| 30 | Effective communication nationally was the one factor missing , German chemists were not concentrated in a particular city , unlike their French counterparts in Paris , and thus a forum was needed . |