Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to induce or not should be discussed , and if possible the woman 's views respected . |
| 2 | Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion . |
| 3 | Shall we say then that he has drifted spontaneously through the crisis without ever making a rational decision as to whether to go or not ? |
| 4 | Whether they want to go or not , they take their turn and the employer had to pay a percentage into the pool what those men earned , so when those men had n't work at all they drew their money from the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 5 | He took her arm and led her indoors whether she wanted to go or not and Jenna said nothing more . |
| 6 | The hard hand captured her arm again and he turned her to the vehicle whether she wanted to go or not . |
| 7 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 8 | To go or not to go , that is the equation , hey ? ’ |
| 9 | Whether to go or not . |
| 10 | Oh that 's good did they charged to go or not ? |
| 11 | According to the Commission 's National Survey of Countryside Recreation 1990 four out of 10 people in England and Wales are worried about trespassing on private land , getting lost and not knowing where to go or how to behave when visiting the country . |
| 12 | Like two other pits in Nottinghamshire , this driveage was cut skin to skin or immediately next to old workings . |
| 13 | Yes , you must have many people who do n't claim at all on this insurance , they have no need to claim or just decide not to . |
| 14 | State provision of toll goods is justified on efficiency grounds if exclusion is relatively costly to enforce or too little of the good is consumed because people are excluded from using a good which is non-rivalrous in consumption . |
| 15 | This follows from the principle that individuals are free to contract or not to contract with whomever they please . |
| 16 | Both parties enjoyed freedom to contract or not to contract and both parties exercised that freedom by contracting on the terms set forth in the written agreement and on no other terms . |
| 17 | Several studies have suggested that delaying cord clamping protects against the respiratory distress syndrome , although others have failed to confirm or even refuted this . |
| 18 | Take a pair of binoculars with you so that when you spot surface activity in a distant area you can use them to confirm or otherwise that it is bream which are the cause . |
| 19 | Realistic evaluation of the options allows a clear decision on whether to proceed or not . |
| 20 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 21 | Often the choice was to weep or else to hit their partner over the head with an axe or say really horrible things to them . |
| 22 | He does not believe that it is necessary to like or even respect your movie co-star . |
| 23 | Most pleasure anglers , especially regular night-anglers , use a rucksack to carry their gear and a bed-chair to sit or even lie on . |
| 24 | Those who could afford to lose or perhaps could not … |
| 25 | They were forbidden to preach or even to meet together for prayer . |
| 26 | The King , who had not forgotten the sermons of Andrewes , told Parliament that ‘ Princes are not bound to give account of their actions but to God alone ’ and that ‘ Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling , sitting and dissolution ; as I find the fruits of them to be good or evil they are to continue or not to be . ’ |
| 27 | Before the completion of the case for the Crown , the decision whether to continue or not must be that of the prosecution . |
| 28 | The problem is , I do n't know whether I want to continue or not . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , it does seem reasonable to suggest that teachers need to be aware that when tackling many writing tasks pupils will achieve a greater degree of success , both as writers and as learners , if they can work in stages , and if within these stages they have sympathetic and informed support from both teachers and peers — not , I would insist , seeking to impose a preconceived notion of how to plan or how to write , but helping pupils to discover what works best for them . |
| 30 | This might explain Shell 's reluctance to commercialise or even patent the reaction . |