Example sentences of "or [vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent arguments about whether the level of state pensions has or has not risen over time relative to average adult per capita income , about whether pensions should or should not be more generous today , and about how criteria for change in the level of pension payments should be set , are all important , but they are essentially distinct from the issue of whether the receipt of state benefits necessarily creates a dependency in the recipient which would not otherwise exist . |
| 2 | A company may close the register for any time or times not exceeding in total 30 days in any year . |
| 3 | ‘ Rock should not , or does n't intend to , appeal to the intelligentsia , because your balls have nothing to do with your brains . |
| 4 | Yes Chairman i it relates to the the body of the policies in the structure plan and if Aida 's plan generally conforms then we must er issue a statement of general conformity er however if there is a , a problem that we 've had for example about the wording of the reference to the erm East Worthing access road , then although that it 's quite proper for this committee to be concerned about that wording and ultimately possibly even to object to the plan on the basis of the wording , it does n't affect the extent to which the plan conforms or does n't conform with the structure plan overall . |
| 5 | If , for any reason , South African Richard Snell decides to go back to his studies or does n't ask for a renewed contract with Somerset , they could also be eyeing Aqib . |
| 6 | The problem , for instance , of Pound 's admiration for Brancusi , and of how that fits or does not fit with his other proclivities and principles , can not for much longer be left where Alexander leaves it . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no idea what matters or does not matter at this stage . ’ |
| 8 | Trollope portrays her as someone who knows she is cynical and too worldly , but knows she can not , or does not want to , do anything about it . |
| 9 | Where a court is considering whether a provision does or does not cover X the rule will not admit the parliamentary history of the provision to demonstrate that at no stage in the parliamentary proceedings was there any suggestion that the provision covered X. It remains to be seen how long judges in the United Kingdom will be able to require negative evidence from parliamentary material to establish that an admissible statement is an expression of parliamentary intention , but exclude such evidence as an aid to construction . |
| 10 | — or does not think of you at all . |
| 11 | Such an assumption requires the invocation of additional processes to explain precisely how what a child does or does not do in one setting might be related to the child 's performance in a different setting . |
| 12 | If the plaintiff does not appear on the return day , or does not attend by an admissible affidavit , the proceedings may be struck out or , if the defendant appears , the court may proceed in the plaintiff 's absence . |
| 13 | And until there is evidence to prove any of these claims it is best to try to make your own judgement of whether a method works or does not work with your learners . |
| 14 | Families of different kinds , for example those in which the mother does or does not work outside the home , are compared in terms of the ways in which they respond to the unpredictable , but inevitable , occurrence of these episodes of childhood illness . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the degree to which custom , as directly observed , conforms or does not conform to a predetermined stereotype needs to be looked at very carefully . |
| 16 | ( c ) You may find that Halliday 's model of thematic analysis does not apply to your language at all or does not apply to some of its sentence patterns . |
| 17 | the stating of the price without making it clear , if it is the case , that it applies only to cash customers or that it does not apply to part-exchange deals or applies only in certain circumstances or does not apply in certain other circumstances ; |
| 18 | ‘ For the purposes of this section , no consent is obtained where the complainant submits or does not resist by reason of ( a ) the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( b ) threats or fear of the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( c ) fraud ; ( d ) the exercise of authority . ’ |
| 19 | The difficulty arises when it is uncertain whether or not the competent adult ( as I call her for brevity ) does or does not consent to the proposed treatment . |
| 20 | There is , I think , no material distinction between interpreting the law for the purposes of applying it , having due regard to article 10 , and interpreting the law for the purposes of deciding , when the point has not been finally decided by the courts , whether the law does or does not provide to a local government authority the right to sue for libel . |
| 21 | which may well mean that the higher courts will be reluctant to spell out for magistrates and the police exactly what conduct does or does not fall within the ambit of the section . |
| 22 | ‘ I really do n't much care , ’ she snapped , ‘ about what appeals or does not appeal to that obnoxious mire you call a mind . |
| 23 | The components of a chemical compound can be identified and their concentrations measured , but unless it has already been proved that the particular component identified is odorous at the concentration encountered , such measurements will have little evidential value in proving the odour complained of either does or does not amount to a nuisance at law . |