Example sentences of "or [not/n't] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She felt a twinge of guilt , knowing that she had sometimes wondered whether or not Hilary 's ill-health was an excuse invented by Tamar , because her visits were so infrequent .
2 Whether or not Bottoms ' analysis is correct , the Durkheimian concern with shared social values and sentiments as an explanatory factor remains highly relevant to sociology , and to the explanation of punishment in particular .
3 This applies whether or not accountants ' work is investment business in itself under the FSA .
4 Whether or not blacks ' career prospects are blighted by covert racialist policies in the occupational sphere is not the question under consideration .
5 The plan that was now beginning to hatch in her mind depended , however , upon whether or not Fred 's parrot was really as good a talker as Fred made out .
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