Example sentences of "[conj] [coord] not it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be whether or not it is addressing the defined needs of a group of people . |
| 2 | When you feel anger welling up within you , ask yourself whether or not it is justified . |
| 3 | Such perception is always practical , whether or not it is followed by theoretical reasoning . |
| 4 | Within the Ophioplinthacinae the characters used to distinguish the genera are the shape and position of the radial shields , the shape of the disk whether or not it is indented and the form and number of both the apical and oral papillae , the arrangement of the adoral and oral shields and the degree of development of the dorsal arm plates . |
| 5 | It is an entirely different question whether the Marxist concept of the state as the necessary product of the division of society into classes ( which is also sufficient to produce it ) is itself adequate , irrespective of whether or not it is incorporated into an evolutionist scheme . |
| 6 | It is not made clear whether or not it is intended to be exhaustive . |
| 7 | The House of Lords was , no doubt , influenced by the fact that the effects of a decision can be exactly the same whether or not it is made in exercise of a statutory power . |
| 8 | The algal spores are airborne and blanketweed will colonise any suitable pool , irrespective of whether or not it is planted . |
| 9 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 10 | Qualities such as the physical condition of the member of the opposite sex , the resources it holds and the extent to which it bears characters that have been subject to sexual selection can all affect whether or not it is chosen ( see Halliday , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Every company , whether or not it is required to file annual accounts , must deliver to the Registrar successive returns in the prescribed form made up to its ‘ return date , ’ i.e . |
| 12 | None the less , all countries have some form , whether or not it is spelled out and consistent . |
| 13 | Availability is less meaningful as a measure of performance since it is not possible to be sure the plant would be available to produce full load unless it is actually in operation , which proves whether or not it is working satisfactorily . |
| 14 | In the first place , it seems to me that the switching of price labels on the article is in itself an assumption of one of the rights of the owner , whether or not it is accompanied by some other act such as removing the article from the shelf and placing it in a basket or trolley . |
| 15 | whether or not it is considered by the system to be interactive . |
| 16 | This arises from the essence of this type of system which is that patients can go anywhere for treatment , and their home authority must pay for such treatment , whether or not it is considered necessary for that particular patient , whether or not that type of treatment figures in the local priorities , and whether or not there are ‘ more deserving ’ cases within the authority . |
| 17 | Gene action is controlled at the level of transcription , and whether a gene is on or off is whether or not it is transcribed . |
| 18 | The direction specifically requires ( in para 4 ) that each report should state on the face of it the name of the party on whose behalf the expert has given the report , the date on which it is given ( of course that can be avoided by the use of an indexed bundle ) , and whether or not it is agreed by the other parties . |
| 19 | The social value attached to a salient feature — in particular , if it is part of a stereotype — may be important in determining whether or not it is accommodated to . |
| 20 | Weapon is given a wide definition under section 2 of the Canadian Criminal Code and includes ‘ anything that is designed to be used as a weapon or anything that a person uses or intends to use as a weapon , whether or not it is designed to be used as a weapon . ’ |
| 21 | So Steve and myself are er have done a done a bid that we should know today whether or not it 's going to the main group , and if it goes to the main group , there 's a great chance it 'll be accepted . |
| 22 | Whether or not it was realized , then , how exposed the French position was in Vietnam , the universal scope of US foreign policy had just been restated in its most monumental form . |
| 23 | Concern was expressed whether or not it was intended that an undertaking not signed by a principal would be binding . |
| 24 | As my hon. Friend has said , the hearing focused particularly on the buffet receipt and whether or not it was written by Mr. Brand . |
| 25 | Where the nuisance was in existence at the time the abatement notice was served , and continued or was likely to recur at the time proceedings for a nuisance order began then whether or not it was continuing or was likely to recur at the date of the hearing , the court must also order the defendant to pay the local authority the cost of the proceedings to obtain the nuisance order . |