Example sentences of "[conj] not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deciding whether to defer retirement or not depends on the level of your earnings and the pension you would get . |
| 2 | The question of whether someone has suffered special damage or not depends on the facts of the particular case , and so is very much in the discretion of the court . |
| 3 | In this situation , whether an arbitrage transaction is attractive or not depends on the time preferences of the arbitrageur , and it is not possible to state a general no-arbitrage condition . |
| 4 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 5 | Whether they succeed or not depends on the circumstances . |
| 6 | ‘ We have no doubt that intensification of use can be a material change of use , whether it is or not depends upon the degree of intensification . |
| 7 | Nevertheless the Trotskyists themselves split , on the issue of whether or not to co-operate with the ICP , and , just as the VNQDD had been destroyed as a competitor with the Communist Party by French repression after Yen-Bay , so the French colonial government , shortly after war had begun in 1939 , rounded up virtually the entire leadership of the Trotskyist International Communist League , as it was then called : a coup from which the movement never recovered . |
| 8 | all losses suffered by and claims made against the Carrier in consequence of loss of or damage to property caused by or arising out of the carriage by the Carrier of Dangerous Goods whether or not declared by the Trader as such : |
| 9 | Undoubtedly many artists decided whether or not to submit to the exhibition upon the work , reputation and perhaps gender of the two selectors . |
| 10 | From what you know or have heard about each one , can you say whether you are generally satisfied or not satisfied with the service that each one provides ? |
| 11 | The Servian centuriate organization — whether or not inspired by the Solonian model of the four classes — made Rome a timocratic city . |
| 12 | The committee was divided over whether or not to proceed with the march but it agreed to send a delegation to Derry to consult the local people ; this meeting began on the evening of Friday 4 October and went on until 1 a.m. on Saturday . |
| 13 | Britain , which saw the possibility of having to act in out-of-area conflicts and thus still needed an effective fighter aircraft , was left with the decision as to whether or not to proceed with the project unilaterally . |
| 14 | Finally , it should be noted that disclosure of the fact that the broker is acting as principal may not on its own suffice if there exist any other material matters which could affect the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed with the transaction . |
| 15 | Those in favour of its retention state first that both parties are aware of the rules at the outset and second that , while a landlord has an absolute discretion whether or not to proceed with the grant of a lease to an original tenant , its discretion is diminished in the case of an assignee where its refusal to grant a licence to assign may be contested by the tenant , with subsequent expensive court proceedings . |
| 16 | You can never entirely eliminate human error and oversight , but this gimmick of marking replies to searches , etc , minimises the possibility of your forgetting to pass on to your client vital information that might give time to consider whether or not to proceed with the purchase , such as the fact that redevelopment of the area within the next ten years is contemplated . |
| 17 | Within the two groups , NSAID users and non-users , there were no significant differences between synthesis of LTB 4 in patients colonised or not colonised with the organism . |
| 18 | Public consultation about policies can therefore be something of a sham where major options and potential developments are either not shared with the public by the corporation or not conceptualized by the public . |
| 19 | The question as to whether a specific hypothesis is confirmed or not confirmed by the data is in principle different from the issue of whether the research findings can be generalized to a wider population . |
| 20 | The Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 outlines where an occupier owes a duty to a trespasser in respect of any risk of that person suffering injury on the premises , by reason of any damage due to the state of the premises or to things done or not done on the premises . |
| 21 | In the reactions with NCp7 , the NCp7 was either preincubated or not preincubated with the oligonucleotide for 7 min at 37°C prior to addition of IN . |
| 22 | Or not seen in the way she seemed to see . |
| 23 | The inherent jurisdiction of the High Court with respect to children , whether or not exercised through the procedure of wardship , is in theory without limit : see In re X. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Jurisdiction ) [ 1975 ] Fam. 47 , 51 . |
| 24 | He has stopped there and is deciding whether or not to come over the ridge . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Garrison 's row with Pam Shriver whom she accused of ‘ racist ’ comments during their match on Saturday remains unresolved , with the American still undecided whether or not to resign from the WTA board of directors . |
| 26 | It is not practicable , here , to refer in detail to every change from the 1987 regulations to the 1992 regulations , whether or not occasioned by the requirements of the directive . |
| 27 | ‘ They 'd find it for you fast enough , ’ he went on , either not noticing or not caring about the embarrassment of his host . |
| 28 | Well , I do n't suppose this contract 's costing us twenty-one million , but it 's costing us several million , and I would hate to think that er , any of that is being wasted , or not spent in the best possible way , and I would therefore recommend , chair , that we refer the matter of the facilities management contract to the budget review sub-committee for consideration of the way it 's not being implemented . |
| 29 | Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted . |
| 30 | Frequently , indeed , local languages are not examined or not counted in the final mark to determine selection . |