Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie stood with her face against the cold glass of her window-pane , seeing not the bleak yard and the lights blossoming in the backs of other houses but berries reddening on the hedges around home and fields glinting with frost . |
| 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 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So it 'll be left to parents to consider whether or not the screaming knife is a potential emotional dangers for their child . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ( 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 |
| 17 | We naturally enquire whether or not the corresponding result holds in Q[x] . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Although Mr Taylor refused to reveal whether or not the Premier League deal is acceptable to him or his members , who yesterday gave him overwhelming support for necessary action , it would be foolish to embark on a strike now . |
| 20 | Whether or not the ultimate diagnosis is correct in every one or not , the answer is I do n't know because many children did n't go through the process that was needed . |
| 21 | Dinah resolved to do so well that whether or not the young woman came back , they would keep her , Dinah Asshe , on . |
| 22 | Occasionally several males may form loose groups together , but whether they do this or not the essential point here is that it is the combined efforts of the females that control the herd , and rear and defend the young . |
| 23 | For the causal relations of events would be just the same irrespective of whether or not the causal chain temporarily took on a mental aspect ( as in property dualism ) or ( as in substance dualism ) ‘ went mental ’ for a while . |
| 24 | Promotional campaign or not the best advert for any school has to be the children . |
| 25 | Thus , the partners should decide what each needs to do to improve the relationship and then attempt to make these changes , without the behaviour of one being entirely contingent on whether or not the other partner does what was agreed . |
| 26 | Expansion or reformulation should be possible whether or not the first result is positive or negative . |
| 27 | Whether or not the new guidebook 's editor includes all this in his volume will be a test of his , and the club 's position and historical responsibility . |
| 28 | These changes , which were just beginning to develop at the end of Marx 's life have thrown into question much of this original Marxist theory and account for the modern debate about whether or not the capitalist state is always ( or ever ) an instrument which defends the interests of the ruling class in a repressive way . |
| 29 | When illustrations are numbered , the frontispiece is not usually included , and a catalogue description should always make it clear whether or not the stated number of plates has taken account of it , e.g. ‘ 12 plates including frontispiece ’ or ‘ frontispiece and 20 plates ’ . |
| 30 | The application must be supported by an affidavit setting out the grounds for the application , whether or not the official receiver has been informed of it and an estimate of the value of the assets of the debtor . |