Example sentences of "not it be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By whether or not it 's good business ? ’ |
| 2 | But in the end , whether or not it 's successful will be depend upon the drivers . |
| 3 | I think it 's very difficult to assess at the moment whether or not it 's impossible , I would n't say it 's impossible . |
| 4 | No , it 's not it 's that shit that |
| 5 | Well , it 's not It 's right I suppose . |
| 6 | Oh no it 's not it 's better it 's a zip down the front . |
| 7 | No it 's not it 's horrible though . |
| 8 | that 's marvel no , no it 's not , it 's slandering , no it 's not it 's liable , it 's liable cos you in trouble . |
| 9 | That 's a really wicked thing to say , he went , no it 's not it 's bad , it 's not wicked . |
| 10 | I know that giving a man on a ventilator morphine in high doses , enough to cause general anaesthesia , is risking his life , and it distracts me to think about whether or not it 's ethical . |
| 11 | No it 's not , it 's not it 's main erm way of communicating . |
| 12 | Whether that 's true or not it 's difficult to speak out against what the authority 's doing . |
| 13 | I have heard , though I ca n't say whether or not it 's true , that Winston Churchill is an admirer of his . ’ |
| 14 | Yet I must still think it my duty , without reconsidering whether or not it be worthwhile , to continue this plain record of what ( I know ) need not have been plain but for the accident that I am a niggler without impulse , not an imaginative artist . |
| 15 | By contrast , within EC law , it is the effect or purpose of an agreement that determines whether or not it is subject to the law . |
| 16 | Whether or not it is correct , it quite clearly differs from the parents ' explicit account of their perception of how the decision has been reached and the implications it will have for George . |
| 17 | To predict whether a reaction will occur spontaneously or not it is necessary to introduce another thermodynamic state function called entropy . |
| 18 | The importance of this part of the debate is that it illuminates one crucially important difference between , on this occasion , Devlin and Hart : that is , the disagreement over whether or not it is possible for there to be areas of behaviour which , whilst they might be considered to be ‘ immoral ’ , could also be considered to be ‘ private ’ . |
| 19 | In addition , the relatively small number of alternative dwellings available to families who have to live in specific rural locations may mean that they have to take and retain whatever dwelling is available , whether or not it is appropriate to their needs . |
| 20 | It has never answered the question whether or not it is appropriate in Ryedale . |
| 21 | It is therefore necessary for the tests to include information regarding the size and nature of the standardisation sample so that the teacher or therapist may judge whether or not it is reasonable to use the distribution of sample scores as a basis for evaluating the performance of particular individuals . |
| 22 | It is important to establish , therefore , whether or not it is reasonable to suppose that the children of lone mothers represent a significant proportion of the unoccupied group recorded in the census . |
| 23 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |
| 24 | Whether this was wise or not it is impossible to say . |
| 25 | Whether or not it is practical or desirable to introduce gender neutrality into the law of rape depends very much upon the type of reform contemplated for the offence as a whole . |
| 26 | Insurers usually require a Statutory Declaration as to the solvency of the transferor husband at the time of the conveyance so the practitioner must consider whether or not it is practical to ask for this at the time of the conveyance ( see further Chapter 10 ) . |
| 27 | In public debate marriage can take on a political significance as its supporters and opponents do battle over whether or not it is good for men , good for women and good for society . |
| 28 | Whether or not it is good fortune to fall in love with the person you marry , our culture dictates that this is the basis of proper marriage . |
| 29 | Not it is nice though in n it ? |
| 30 | The closure of thirty-one pits by British Coal has been delayed pending a decision by a judge as to whether or not it is legal . |