Example sentences of "[not/n't] they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Motability can provide the names of professional organisations who can assess the needs of the disabled person and advise them whether or not they are capable of driving and what sort of car and adaptations they might need . |
| 2 | He had brought out his lists , four sheets , and had got them half fixed to the door when Allan knocked him aside and tore them down and then spent an hour , with James 's help , going down the names and telling the young men to their faces whether or not they were listed . |
| 3 | It is the essential but usually overlooked fact that in any psychophysical experiment when , for example , subjects are asked whether or not they perceive a stimulus , their responses , verbal or otherwise , can not be relied on as accurate accounts of their conscious experiences . |
| 4 | The more firmly he tells them and the country that , as Prime Minister , he and not they will rule , the more likely it is that he will eventually reach Downing Street . |
| 5 | ‘ People tend to ask how much they lost and whether or not they were insured . |
| 6 | Whether or not they were promoted to the level of policy disagreement , everyone knows precisely what differences of opinion exist between Number 10 and Number 11 . |
| 7 | It warns that the spread of vast computer data banks means it will soon be possible to identify individuals walking along a street , whether or not they have committed a crime : ‘ The new PNC2 police national computer will be capable of storing digitised photographs to which detectives will have instant access . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Our research shows that Amex members generally lead active social lives , regardless of whether or not they spend their weekends risking life and limb and that there is a need for this sort of cover . |
| 9 | It is up to the discretion of the neighbourhood policemen whether or not they respond to incidents reported over the personal radio , although major occurrences such as bomb alerts and fights , tend to attract them , as well as incidents that are nearby . |
| 10 | If York or London needed Bell or Ramsey they had a moral duty to move whether or not they wanted it . |
| 11 | The union works for musicians on two levels : supporting the individual member , and providing a protective umbrella for all musicians , whether or not they are MU members . |
| 12 | In the 1980s Conservatives have been more likely to evaluate the mediating institutions according to whether or not they are in the public sector . |
| 13 | Attitudes to local investors from immigrant communities , such as Lebanese and Syrians in west Africa and Indians in east Africa , whether or not they were citizens , have frequently been equally wary . |
| 14 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 15 | Immigration Officers could see that Zahira was pregnant and , whether or not they thought the baby 's birth imminent , they could hear her screaming in pain . |
| 16 | So , whether or not they were armed , or he believed they were armed , he was right to kill them . ’ |
| 17 | Whether or not they support Saddam Hussein 's call for a holy war , there is a feeling that Islam should be solid for Iraq . |
| 18 | ‘ Not they . |
| 19 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
| 20 | Sometimes these losses do not amount to anything important but more often than not they include the loss of some article of sentimental value which creates a strong emotional response . |
| 21 | I do n't know exactly where this came from , or even whether or not they really were fat . |
| 22 | Whether or not they can sing , all these players have a tremendous understanding of how to phrase . |
| 23 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
| 24 | ONLY a few days after the fourth Conservative victory in a row , it is slightly depressing to read that health authorities have allocated millions and millions of extra pounds to a campaign to persuade family practitioners to hand out free condoms to their patients , whether or not they are at high risk of contracting the new American disease . |
| 25 | In other words , statutory interventions , whether or not they were justified on legal grounds , needed to be located in a moral and human framework of compassion , care , and empathy . |
| 26 | These reforms will ensure that every citizen is guaranteed a decent minimum income , whether or not they are in employment . |
| 27 | Can not they too be committed to the view that philosophy must deal with matters of fact , and that to claim something as a matter of fact one must be able to state what observations would in principle establish its truth or falsity ? |
| 28 | Their ability to communicate , to think , to show emotion and make judgements , whether or not they are of a different quality to the rest of creation , makes them more interesting . |
| 29 | Whether the parents in the sample saw themselves as consumers or not they used their right to choose ; 31 per cent sent their children to schools other than the nearest and 58 per cent would , if they were not happy , consider moving their child to another school . |
| 30 | There is no mention of the other two people involved or whether or not they were convicted , an Tyler 's Heath is also an enigma , as there is no record of any such place in this part of Reading . |