Example sentences of "[coord] not a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to say whether or not a transfer of a house by the husband to the wife in , for instance , a " clean break " is " less in money or money 's worth than the value in money or money 's worth of the consideration provided " ( s339(3) ( c ) ) so there is always a risk that a conveyance or transfer following the court order or agreement may be attacked by a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy and the wife can not be absolutely safe until the five year period has expired . |
| 2 | ‘ A banker without money is like a doctor without pills ’ , commented American banker George Wood some 25 years ago , but a recent question for some banks recently was whether or not a judge in Chancery would dispense a ruling in their favour . |
| 3 | Used to test theories and interpretations relating to technology and subsistence , experiments can also test the very basic interpretations that are carried out during the course of an excavation : whether or not a hole in the ground functioned as a pit or a posthole , what a particular pit was used for , and so on . |
| 4 | An action purporting to have been commenced against a person who is dead at its commencement is treated as if it had been commenced against his estate , whether or not a grant of representation had been issued at its commencement ( Ord 5 , r 8(3) ) . |
| 5 | ‘ an incorporated company ( whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Act ) which the Court of Session has jurisdiction to wind up ; … |
| 6 | However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint . |
| 7 | Each member country agrees that any tariff concession or trade advantage granted to one country , whether or not a member of GATT , shall be granted to all member countries . |
| 8 | Whether there is a special attraction or not a visit to the Bluebell is a memorable occasion . |
| 9 | In two respects , it is open to the courts to insist that the constable 's decision must be a reasonable one ; there must first be reasonable grounds on which the constable is entitled to rely in deciding in the first place whether or not a breach of the peace is likely to occur . |
| 10 | What factors may the policeman take into account in deciding whether or not a breach of the peace is likely ? |
| 11 | Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders . |
| 12 | The notes to this Law make it clear the course of action to be taken : ‘ It is a question for the referee whether or not a series of the same offences by different players of a team amounts to repeated infringement . |
| 13 | Whether or not a reform of this kind will lead , as Sir Keith Joseph maintained , to a general raising of standards of achievement , it has been interpreted as a further encroachment on the part of central government into what is taught and learned in schools . |
| 14 | The European study asked a slightly different question : whether or not a policy of immediate angioplasty was preferable to a non-invasive strategy ? " 367 patients with acute MI were treated with rt-PA thrombolytic therapy ( Table 3 ) . |
| 15 | Having looked at assessment and verification and the people involved it is appropriate to consider whether or not a process of approval ( sometimes called ‘ validation ’ ) should be developed and applied to organisations wishing to offer particular types of provision . |
| 16 | The Council may provide that the provisions of any Codes of Practice promulgated by it shall be available to and shall be taken into account by the investigating and disciplinary bodies and , if appropriate , the appeals committee in determining whether or not an individual on the Register has failed to comply with the Rules of Conduct or is otherwise liable to disciplinary action pursuant to the Charter . |
| 17 | If the defendant succeeds on either of these issues , there would , strictly , be an issue as to whether or not an order for rectification of the register , as against the building society , ought to be made . |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp were still vacillating over whether or not an announcement of the COSI Common Open Systems Interface initiative would be forthcoming on March 17 at UniForum in San Francisco . |
| 19 | Hewlett-Packard and IBM Corp were still vacillating over whether or not an announcement of the COSI Common Open Systems Interface initiative would be forthcoming on March 17th at UniForum in San Francisco ( UX No 424 , 425 ) . |
| 20 | By 1892 there were 340 members and not a foreigner among them ( Americans did n't count ) . |
| 21 | Pahl and Winkler , however , construct an ideal type of corporatist system , and not a description of contemporary Britain . |
| 22 | During pre-trial hearings at the Old Bailey , Mr Greenway 's counsel argued that he should be tried by his fellow MPs and not a court of law . |
| 23 | ‘ And not a porter in sight . |
| 24 | Delivery of air cargo to a named consignee or agent merely requires his identification , and not a surrender of the air waybill . |
| 25 | For the latter , the term God is the main religious symbol for the Ground of Being while , for the former , God is the name we give to the mysterious power that pervades the universe and not a symbol in the Tillichian sense . |
| 26 | He declared that ‘ our only wish is that Afghanistan should be a neutral and independent state developing in its own right and friendly to the USSR , and not a base for hostile activity threatening the security of neighbours ’ . |
| 27 | If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction . |
| 28 | Norman McBeath is , as his name suggests a purebred Scot and not a man of Oxfordshire . |
| 29 | Or was it because it was Finn who kissed her and not a man like the men in whose arms she had imagined herself when she used to imagine things like that , in the past ? |
| 30 | It does appear however , the application made to us , is exclusively local authority support and not a part of an overall support that includes the commission for racial equality . |