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 | By 1892 there were 340 members and not a foreigner among them ( Americans did n't count ) . |
| 17 | Pahl and Winkler , however , construct an ideal type of corporatist system , and not a description of contemporary Britain . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ And not a porter in sight . |
| 20 | Delivery of air cargo to a named consignee or agent merely requires his identification , and not a surrender of the air waybill . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Norman McBeath is , as his name suggests a purebred Scot and not a man of Oxfordshire . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's the combination and chemistry of two people , and not a question of one person being able to shag solidly for three hours , ’ said a cohabiting 25-year-old sales executive . |
| 28 | A quality , indeed , in the custom of language , does not admit of individuality : it is supposed to be one thing common to many ; which , being explained , means that it is the name of a resemblance among our sensations , and not a name of the individual sensations which resemble . |
| 29 | She could see dance programmes filling up , and not a name on hers . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the hierarchical structuring of the book is typeset so as to emphasize to the reader that p2 is at the same level as p1 and not a continuation of p6 . |