Example sentences of "[coord] [not/n't] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , where an odour arises from a works on which many people rely for employment the decision whether to complain or not is influenced by the realisation that should a local authority press their employer to take costly steps to abate the odour , it could result in closure of the works with consequent loss of employment .
2 Whether he becomes King or not is looking more and more like an academic question .
3 The decision tree to go through to decide whether the Information memorandum is an investment advertisement or not is set out in detail in Appendix 3 to this section and should be followed in all cases .
4 So this kind of erm interest in children and in whether a couple are able to have children or not is has obviously been lying at the back of his mind has n't he ?
5 Both are in accord in suggesting that the way to decide whether a disposition is a trust or not is to look at the words it employs .
6 What they believe , what they want , what they like , what they dislike and whether they work efficiently or not are determined by the societal context as well as by the physical environment .
7 Or not been let run up against them ) , and then the " ungrammaticality " of *John was seen leave is explained by the absence of to .
8 On Tyneside , Tories in Wallsend say leaflets have gone astray or not been delivered .
9 Notice of the meeting must also be given to the official receiver and the chairman of the meeting must inform the official receiver of the resolutions passed at the meeting , viz to accept the resignation of the trustee , that a new trustee be appointed and that the resigning trustee be or not be given his release ( r 6.127(3) ) .
10 Loans would be called in or not be renewed when repaid .
11 They have no right , that is , that the collective power of the state be used for them or not be used against them just in virtue of what a legislature or another court has decided in the past .
12 This may mean that the transfer of some types of information may stop part way through or not be started at all .
13 First , the company may refuse or not be deterred .
14 I mean I know an awful lot of people outside Harlow who who come here but Harlow people could be said to be apathetic or not being marketed rightly .
15 If you do , your employer will be able to argue that you have simply resigned and not been dismissed .
16 However , the cuts in higher education funding have affected the social sciences quite severely , as sociologists have retired early and not been replaced , and as research grants have become more difficult to get , whether from ESRC or from charitable trusts such as Leverhulme , Rowntree , or Nuffield .
17 Jacqui 's flat was on the top floor and the bulb in the light on her landing had long since gone and not been replaced .
18 No-one actually bellows ‘ charge ! ’ , but seldom has a side attacked en masse with such dash , vigour and style and not been rewarded with maximum points .
19 Well anybody that 's anything like an engineer , as long as it 's clean and tidy and not been chucked around
20 By partaking in the demonstration and tacitly accepting its results , the purchaser has bought the product and not been sold it .
21 We have that many er applications I mean I 've just gone through A division and I 've got er a pile of cards literally an inch thick with people a made an initial inquiry or b they 've been furnished with questionnaires and not been returned , so I 'm sending those er right through the divisions
22 She was certainly a bewitching woman , but then he 'd known others every bit as bewitching , and not been panicked by them .
23 No-one can have shown Americans round cities such as London , Brighton or Bristol and not been subjected to gasps of horror when they see the depredation wrought on them by ill-sited high buildings and demolished streets .
24 Any employee who can establish a claim in tort is therefore guaranteed to have the judgment met and not be defeated by an insolvent employer .
25 We should take it easy and not be led by the nose by the Commission or by the Council of Foreign Ministers .
26 Now doctors say parents must be on the look out for the symptoms and not be misled by flu .
27 Now doctors say parents must be on the look out for the symptoms and not be misled by flu .
28 He showed how music could flow through a scene and not be broken up into short numbers which encouraged the audience to applaud each time .
29 Pressure to ‘ cope ’ , and not be seen to let the side down .
30 Blunderingly , I moved to my left among the boulders , being careful to keep behind them and not be seen .
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