Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] [not/n't] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or shut the gate cos if not they 'll come out you 'll find . |
| 2 | And we 'd dredge 'em up and they and they used to pick 'em up on a bucket , go in there , pick 'em on a bucket and of course instead of them going over , the tumbler , into the harbour , we used to have to put a chain round and 'em off , cos if not they 'd have gone over them , tumbler and damaged the chute . |
| 3 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 4 | The central question , then , is not whether or not we should tolerate the rules and conventions , the systems of thought , the preconceptions that regulate enquiry and instruction — for if our enterprise is to have any significance at all we have to — but which rules , conventions , and preconceptions are likely to offer us the most relevant and reliable set of bearings for our work , and how we are to use them so that we can allow for their modification , or even their complete replacement , when new insights and experiences need to be accommodated . |
| 5 | Carson Buchanan , Alf Jacobson and I held a meeting to discuss the situation ; the question was whether or not we should pull in our horns and try to placate the commercial stations and the politicians whom they had influenced . |
| 6 | Now if we go back to two years ago on the question of whether or not we should accept erm almost do n't think you 'll get any reply the professional advice of an officer , two years ago or so we had the professional advice of an officer , we were looking at yearly report of the er inspector and |
| 7 | ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further . |
| 8 | And of course another very clear example of the overlap between domestic concerns and international concerns is Maastricht and the great debate that 's gone on in Britain about whether or not we should have agreed to the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 9 | I it sounds very well in principle , but in practice I have n't , doubt very much whether or not we will avoid having a , a dint in , in the service that we need . |
| 10 | Once these are to hand your Committee can decide whether or not we can afford the additional cost of up-grading the quality of the signs . |
| 11 | Erm one of the issues is going to be is whether or not we can afford to improve the level of the commitments apart from adding things as we go through . |
| 12 | ‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met . |
| 13 | It was disquieting , though , the way he seemed to have to make these excuses to himself , as if his conscience which he had , so he thought at the age of sixteen , successfully buried , had suddenly reawakened to plague him , not about the fundamentals of belief and morality but about such comparative trivialities as whether or not one should attend the church bazaar . |
| 14 | But whether or not one can establish the existence of general limits to the authority of governments , the normal justification thesis invites a piecemeal approach to the question of the authority of governments , which yields the conclusion that the extent of governmental authority varies from individual to individual , and is more limited than the authority governments claim for themselves in the case of most people . |
| 15 | They may provide for the position of the institutional equity investors in respect of warranties on a flotation , in particular , whether or not they would give warranties in the offer for sale agreement to the merchant bank leading the flotation . |
| 16 | Thus , for example , when asked whether or not they would describe their own redundancy as genuinely voluntary , the oldest group ( those over 65 when interviewed ) were much more likely than the rest to say ‘ yes ’ ( 83 per cent compared with 46 per cent of those aged 55–59 and 65 per cent of those aged 60–64 ) . |
| 17 | Whether or not they must have a common purpose to constitute a procession is perhaps a moot point , g but it will be remembered that unless the procession is to be held which is ‘ intended ’ to fulfil one of the purposes mentioned in section 11(1) , no notice is required . |
| 18 | Whether or not they can sing , all these players have a tremendous understanding of how to phrase . |
| 19 | When information technology users are in doubt about what to buy , who to buy it from , and whether or not they can afford it , they are apt to buy nothing at all . |
| 20 | suggest that the transport element tends to dominate the classification , and in terms of opportunities available to the residents in any given location , their quality of life can be very much influenced by whether or not they can afford private transport . |
| 21 | We must not impose minimum wages on businesses , whether or not they can afford them . |
| 22 | So hopefully , by we will be able to reconsider whether or not they can cut out bonfires on the certainly on the larger allotments |
| 23 | Nurses can help these patients by first observing tactfully whether or not they can read and write . |
| 24 | They are given a copy of their own group 's timetable , whether or not they can read , and they are timetabled in a variety of rooms , with different tutors on two different sites . |
| 25 | Companies will also be able to ascertain from purchasers of shares before they become members ( such as purchasers of shares by instalments in a privatisation issue ) whether or not they will want to receive summary financial statements . |
| 26 | but the fact that , in an open court of law , someone has been shown to have failed to meet their credit obligations without sound reason must have a bearing on whether or not it is sensible to lend to them again — both from their own personal point of view ( whether or not they will find the payments an unduly heavy burden ) and from the pint of view of consumers generally , whose credit costs must rise if the level of bad debt rises . |
| 27 | The King approved of this decision , and indeed Lord Stamfordham wrote a memorandum which revealed that the King had seen Balfour on 8 December and told him that , ‘ If Mr Baldwin wishes to resign , the King will refuse , on the grounds that he is still the head of the largest Party in the House of Commons and for every reason , constitutional and otherwise , it would be right and proper for the Government to meet Parliament and leave it to the representatives of the people to decide whether or not they will support the Government . ’ |
| 28 | Where the hearing is by way of complaint upon the complaint of the party aggrieved , contrary to section 42 , the justices have the option whether or not they will accept jurisdiction . |
| 29 | And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ? |
| 30 | The Bradleys talked about whether or not they could afford to keep the services of Annie McCafferty , and they decided to do so , at least for the time being . |