Example sentences of "[coord] [not/n't] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I quote from this report on secondary education because I find the debate about whether or not to withdraw pupils with special needs is one which occupies the minds of primary teachers as well . |
| 2 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 3 | One of the most difficult decisions he was faced with in recent years was whether or not to sell the foods business , particularly as it involved disposing of Cadbury 's Cocoa , the product with which his great-grandfather launched the company . |
| 4 | I regularly confront a decision , for example , whether or not to sell certain shares , in varying circumstances . |
| 5 | The decision whether or not to sell a product will depend on which ones make a positive contribution . |
| 6 | ‘ With his ultimate decision on whether or not to sell entirely dependent on how successfully you cope in his absence . ’ |
| 7 | Whether she accepts the one or not to sell and she er mm , oh that 's quite nice . |
| 8 | Usually Aunt Louise would seem to be asleep , or not to realize I was there . |
| 9 | Bit by bit , the treasurer 's range of choice has widened beyond the basic questions of whether or not to borrow or to raise equity capital . |
| 10 | For certain types of elective operation , there is likely to be much more scope for choice in whether or not to let contracts . |
| 11 | It is often quite appropriate to act on particular impulses but it is against nature to let these have their head against the opposition of the higher principles , or not to let these higher impulses remain upon the lookout for trouble . |
| 12 | Nevertheless the Trotskyists themselves split , on the issue of whether or not to co-operate with the ICP , and , just as the VNQDD had been destroyed as a competitor with the Communist Party by French repression after Yen-Bay , so the French colonial government , shortly after war had begun in 1939 , rounded up virtually the entire leadership of the Trotskyist International Communist League , as it was then called : a coup from which the movement never recovered . |
| 13 | Hattie opened her writing-case , took out a sheet of paper and her pen , then sat gazing wistfully out of the window over Parker 's piece while she wondered whether or not to co-operate with Edwin 's stratagem that this must appear a chance visit . |
| 14 | The Attorney General 's spokesman said a decision on whether or not to appeal the sentence would be made ‘ urgently ’ . |
| 15 | The Attorney General 's spokesman said a decision on whether or not to appeal the sentence would be made ‘ urgently ’ . |
| 16 | Although I consider that at the relevant time Lautro 's Rules , and thus its procedure , were defective in the respects I have outlined , for the reasons I have given I conclude that Lautro were not required by law to afford to Winchester the opportunity to make representations as to why an intervention notice should not be served before deciding whether or not to serve such a notice . |
| 17 | A directive is addressed to member states within the EC but it is left to each individual government to decide whether or not to implement the directive . |
| 18 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |
| 19 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |
| 20 | To summarise this approach , consider first the microeconomic analysis of a single profit-maximising firm deciding whether or not to undertake an investment ( for example , to buy a new machine ) . |
| 21 | To say or not to say ? |
| 22 | We make daily decisions about whether or not to say , whether or not to interrupt the assumptions being made about our presumed heterosexuality . |
| 23 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 24 | Undoubtedly many artists decided whether or not to submit to the exhibition upon the work , reputation and perhaps gender of the two selectors . |
| 25 | Normally , of course , the choice of topic comes before the research design and therefore also precedes the decision about whether or not to include a survey . |
| 26 | Where a more serious breach of contract occurs , or you are sacked , you will need to consider whether or not to claim that you have been wrongfully dismissed . |
| 27 | Taking the second case first , it is clear that under section 8(2) the driver , in order that he may decide whether or not to claim that the breath specimen be replaced , should be fully informed of the nature of the option open to him and what will be involved if he exercises it . |
| 28 | Using interviews with parents , and attendance figures from schools , the study documents how parents make difficult decisions which confront them in these circumstances , in particular whether or not to consult a doctor , and whether or not to keep the child off school . |
| 29 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 30 | Other people will decide whether or not to allow that goal to be satisfied . |