Example sentences of "or [not/n't] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , there was a lot of people had them and gave them out to neighbours or not total strangers , but people that were n't really related to them . |
| 2 | Whether or not specific arrangements were discussed by the two unionist groupings , the election was more of a success for the conservatives than would be implied by the victory of one of the two Protestant Unionists . |
| 3 | The systems of compensatory allowances and investment aids , and particular components of them , are major elements in determining whether or not agricultural changes damaging to the natural environment of the uplands have occurred but a range of other , sometimes unquantifiable factors ( e. g. land ownership patterns , hunting/shooting , traditions of husbandry and land management ) are also more or less relevant . |
| 4 | Every actor knows that whether or not collective benefits will be secured is not going to be influenced by his personal contribution . |
| 5 | Given the information about birth control , whether or not young women go in search of contraception crucially depends on their motivation to do so . |
| 6 | Who decides whether or not certain strategies or tactics will advance these goals is the major practical question for Marxists . |
| 7 | In 1972 , Lord Pearce chaired a Commission on Rhodesian Opinion appointed to ascertain directly from all sections of the population of Rhodesia whether or not certain proposals for the government of that country were acceptable . |
| 8 | This was drawn up on account of the difficulty which the negotiators at The Hague had in agreeing whether or not irregular forces in occupied territory might or might not qualify for combatant status , but its words have a wider relevance : |
| 9 | Using equipment bought from prizes won in recent competitions , pupils enacted Prime Minister 's Question Time , a debate on whether or not private vehicles should be banned from city centres , and the Speaker 's Procession . |
| 10 | The liquidators had interviewed many people to find out whether or not civil claims could be brought on behalf of investors against two of the Barlow Clowes companies , in particular Barlow Clowes International Ltd based in Gibraltar and Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers Ltd . |
| 11 | This investigation should make it possible to judge whether or not recent changes in the household position of elderly persons has meant a break with arrangements traditional in our country for many centuries . |
| 12 | An examination of whether or not financial institutions and markets are over-regulated is made , and the core rules of regulation are set out . |
| 13 | Furthermore , it has yet to be decided whether or not Japanese cars produced in Britain should be part of an overall fixed limit . |
| 14 | To quote Mortgage Finance Monthly , the monthly newsletter of the Council of Mortgage Lenders ( tel : 071–437 0655 ) : ‘ Advertisers that sell other services , typically an endowment policy or general insurance , will have to make clear to prospective borrowers that a mortgage is available whether or not other services are also taken from the lender . ’ |
| 15 | This information will be used as background information and could be used to help decide whether or not other methods of assessment , such as an interview , are required . |
| 16 | They could be used to decide whether or not other methods of assessment , such as an interview , are required . |
| 17 | This order is given on the condition that ( without prejudice to the generality of Condition 7.1 ) you will indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) in respect of personal injury to , or the death of , any such employees , agents , sub-contractors or other representative while on our premises whether or not such persons are ( at the time when such personal injury or deaths are caused ) acting in the course of their employment . |
| 18 | The question was whether or not such payments fell within the Regulations . |
| 19 | Whether or not such factors develop religious awareness depends on the degree to which people can see a relationship between them and religion and can tease out the implications . |
| 20 | There are complex constraints in the grammar of English which determine whether or not such associations can be made . |
| 21 | Whether or not such strategies exist , numerous European electronics companies have tried to enter the US market , but few have made much impression and even fewer much profit . |
| 22 | Whether or not such changes are equitable will also be explored . |
| 23 | Whether or not such machines will eventually appear in the UK is open to conjecture , but clearly , if taken to extremes , such methods of communication will become counter-productive . |
| 24 | ‘ All costs charges and expenses incurred hereunder by the bank or by the receiver in perfecting or otherwise in connection with this security or in respect of the property hereby charged including ( without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing ) all costs of all proceedings for the enforcement of the security hereby constituted or for obtaining payment of the moneys hereby secured or arising out of or in connection with the acts authorised by clause 7 hereof ( whether or not such costs charges and expenses and moneys or part thereof would be allowable on a party and party or solicitor and own client taxation by this court ) shall be recoverable from the companies as a debt … and shall be charged on the premises comprised herein … |
| 25 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |
| 26 | I was going to say that everyo ebs absolutely everyone is against war but not many people actually joined the United Nations after the war for a very small subscription or not many groups of people have many members in it , and of course because there were so few members in it , they a they went one particular way which a lot of people that had joined did n't agree with and so they came out of it . |
| 27 | Whether they realize it or not many consumers are motivated by superstition . |
| 28 | In other words , we can make two pointers reference the same variable , or we can test whether or not two pointers point to the same variable . |
| 29 | In addition , Atkinson and Egeth ( 1973 ) found that responses were faster for the left visual field on a matching task in which subjects had to indicate whether or not two lines showed the same orientation . |
| 30 | Thirdly , medical advisers tend to be pragmatic and able to address the key consideration in developing health service research , which is whether or not organisational factors pose immutable barriers to implementing the research findings . |