Example sentences of "[conj] not the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not there is an agreement must depend on the facts of the particular case , and whether or not the decision of Vaisey J. was correct I consider that the facts of the present case , including as they do the letters of 12 June and 15 September 1986 , are not consistent with an agreement on the lines suggested . |
| 2 | Sometimes we will wish to use the add instruction without modification by the index register , so we need an extra bit set aside in all such instructions , to specify whether or not the modification of the operand field by means of the index register is to take place . |
| 3 | Whether or not the Chairman of the KGB ( Victor Chebrikov ) , the Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Eduard Shevardnadze ) and the senior Party Secretary for defence production ( until July 1985 Grigori Romanov ) , have the formal status of permanent members , it is clear that they are in regular attendance , as very likely are the Chairman of the MVD ( Vitaliy Fedorchuk ) and the Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission ( Leonid Smirnov ) . |
| 4 | By now , several more MPs were embroiled in the row over whether or not the Princess of Wales was dangerously underweight , and the death toll in the Cardiff fire had risen to four . |
| 5 | This process requires judgements to be made based on the output of the risk analysis , i.e. it decides whether or not the level of risk is tolerable . |
| 6 | The value of A 2 will tell us whether or not the size of the polymer coil , which is dissolved in a particular solvent , will be perturbed or expanded over that of the unperturbed state , but the extent of this expansion is best estimated by calculating the expansion factor α . |
| 7 | The non-availability of this defence at common law is one of the reasons why local authorities , having decided to take action in the High Court , in order to secure an injunction requiring the cessation of the odour , often prefer to bring an action in respect of a public nuisance rather than rely on s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 where it is uncertain whether or not the defence of best practicable means is available . |
| 8 | Therefore , adherence or otherwise to an existing code of practice would be relevant in establishing whether or not the defence of best practicable means can be established . |
| 9 | Further investigations were carried out to determine whether or not the proportion of straightforward deliveries varied with the location of the items requested , to examine the proportion of deliveries from each location which were placed on reserve for readers , and to record the relative numbers of non-straightforward deliveries from each location which were attributable either to ‘ initial failure ’ or to the need to transfer items from another reader . |
| 10 | When the two sides met again at the hill station of Dalat in April 1946 it was obvious that the immediate disagreement was on the nature of the Indochina Federation and whether or not the Government of Vietnam , which the French had already recognized , was anything more than the Republic of Tonkin . |
| 11 | Whether or not the testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960s caused a significant decrease in stratospheric ozone may remain controversial , but it is generally agreed by researchers that a future large-scale nuclear exchange with detonations totalling 5000–10,000 million tonnes would lead to substantial depletion of stratospheric ozone . |
| 12 | The purpose of the Commission , obviously , is to determine whether or not the conduct of a society 's business meets the intentions of the Act . |
| 13 | To recommend to Council whether the findings and decision should be published and whether or not the name of the respondent should be divulged . |
| 14 | Whether or not the law of negligence was correctly applied a hundred years ago in Walker v. Great Northern Railway Co. of Ireland , 28 L.R.Ir. 69 , it has since then been evolving . |
| 15 | If your employer 's trade or business is sold , your job rights will depend upon whether or not the Transfer of Undertakings ( Protection of Employment ) Regulations of 1981 are applicable . |
| 16 | Where the offeror is required to obtain independent advice , it should do so before announcing an offer or any revised offer , and the advice should be as to whether or not the making of the offer is in the interests of shareholders . |
| 17 | The statement ended : ‘ The decision on whether or not the mining of uranium is commenced in Ireland is one which will have profound and serious implications for the entire country . |
| 18 | On July 17 it was decreed that foreigners of Albanian nationality and origin should " upon their request be granted Albanian nationality , maintaining or not the nationality of their own state " . |
| 19 | Whether or not the teaching of study skills already features on your syllabus , we feel you can not fail to be impressed by A Study Skills Handbook and its relevance to the university student . |
| 20 | Whether or not the subject of a mosaic was chosen by the client , the mosaicist had to rely on a number of aids and methodical practices when organising his work . |
| 21 | He commented rather wryly : ’ Whether or not the delay of almost 6 months was procrastination must remain a matter of opinion . ’ |
| 22 | In these circumstances it is not clear whether or not the effectiveness of the intervention is quite so dependent on operating experience . |
| 23 | By doing this you simplify your final consideration of whether or not the identity of the property with that described in the abstracted documents is satisfactory . |
| 24 | Whether or not the prevalence of such obstacles had anything to do with the next developments , we can not be sure . |
| 25 | The villagers and the British agreed in principle that ‘ theft ’ was wrong , but differing conceptions of property rights resulted in differing opinions about whether or not the taking of plantation produce was really theft . |
| 26 | ‘ ( 1 ) Whether or not the Director of the Serious Fraud Office , in employing her powers under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 in relation to a person under investigation who has been charged with an offence , is obliged by any principle of law , before asking any question or seeking any information in relation to that offence , to inform that person that he is not obliged to answer such questions , or provide such information , and , if so , by what principle of law . |
| 27 | Whether or not the analogy of the firm as a cooperative family is a realistic one for the majority of labour , this idea forms a crucial part in the ideology that Japanese industrial relations are different because of a longstanding preference for conformity to group consensus . |
| 28 | The technology providers have to assess the existing processes and manufacturing routes currently used and evaluate whether or not the introduction of new technology can add value . |
| 29 | Another factor is whether or not the death of a plant or animal necessarily coincided with the point at which it ceased to exchange carbon with the environment . |
| 30 | Chicherin 's discussion of the militia question ended with a rhetorical question : " When the elements of insurrection exist , who knows whether or not the age of Pugachev can recur ? " |