Example sentences of "not they were " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had brought out his lists , four sheets , and had got them half fixed to the door when Allan knocked him aside and tore them down and then spent an hour , with James 's help , going down the names and telling the young men to their faces whether or not they were listed . |
| 2 | ‘ People tend to ask how much they lost and whether or not they were insured . |
| 3 | Whether or not they were promoted to the level of policy disagreement , everyone knows precisely what differences of opinion exist between Number 10 and Number 11 . |
| 4 | Attitudes to local investors from immigrant communities , such as Lebanese and Syrians in west Africa and Indians in east Africa , whether or not they were citizens , have frequently been equally wary . |
| 5 | So , whether or not they were armed , or he believed they were armed , he was right to kill them . ’ |
| 6 | In other words , statutory interventions , whether or not they were justified on legal grounds , needed to be located in a moral and human framework of compassion , care , and empathy . |
| 7 | There is no mention of the other two people involved or whether or not they were convicted , an Tyler 's Heath is also an enigma , as there is no record of any such place in this part of Reading . |
| 8 | As described earlier , in Ipswich a multi-disciplinary psychogeriatric team maintained involvement with all patients whether or not they were admitted to an institution . |
| 9 | The distress suffered by individuals and their families was obviously a matter of concern for everybody , whether or not they were directly affected . |
| 10 | A third group were idealists and enlisted with the Artists ' Rifles and other forces , whether or not they were physically suited for fighting . |
| 11 | If the IVA proposal is accepted , the arrangement binds all creditors who had notice of and could vote at the meeting , whether or not they were present or represented . |
| 12 | A third group were idealists and enlisted with the Artists ' Rifles and other forces , whether or not they were physically suited for fighting . |
| 13 | Whether or not they were former members of Big Flame , the International Marxist Group , or any of the other sects which now dissolved themselves into the Labour Party , the Right-Ons ' most effective weapon was an endless capacity to attend even the most obscure meetings . |
| 14 | To demonstrate his criteria for class identity he chooses the case of the French peasantry during the eighteenth Brumaire , and asks whether or not they were a class . |
| 15 | As likely as not they were cottagers partially dependent on casual labouring , while not infrequently assessment on wages gives practical expression to the class of servants mentioned by the act of 1533 . |
| 16 | We resolved to give claimants more time , if they seemed to need it , before deciding whether or not they were ‘ living together ’ . |
| 17 | In estimating the number of phonemes in spoken versions of words such as " autumn " and " session " both groups of poor spellers made more errors than a group of good spellers , regardless of whether or not they were good readers . |
| 18 | Performing a two day census of all new attendances across all regions and in various accident and emergency departments that use nurse practitioners ( whether or not they were functioning fully or at all on those days ) provided an accurate estimate of the volume and nature of clinical activity undertaken by nurse practitioners relative to that undertaken by doctors . |
| 19 | Practitioners were asked to include all asthma attacks from patients on their lists whether or not they were seen by themselves , a partner , a deputy , or in hospital . |
| 20 | The names and dates of birth of all parents of case and control children ( regardless of whether or not they were interviewed ) were cross checked against three databases of employees held by the nuclear industry , the completeness and accuracy of which are known to be high . |
| 21 | So startup software companies , like GO and Slate , have been stuck in the proverbial paddleless canoe while hardware vendors like Sanyo , IBM and NEC decided whether or not they were serious about the pen computer market . |
| 22 | When viewers have had time to develop their own theories about the scene , they are strongly motivated when it comes to listening to the soundtrack to check whether or not they were right . |
| 23 | Having assessed the responses to that paper , we concluded that the best way forward was to strengthen the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act to make it an offence to remove finds from scheduled sites whether or not they were discovered by means of a metal detector . |
| 24 | The difference is hard to explain as there was no difference between the two groups in terms of whether or not they were employed at the time they enquired about the courses . |
| 25 | Companies were asked whether or not they were already selling to the Japanese market . |
| 26 | and er as often as not they were ladies who had been separated or divorced and er they had all , a lot of sort of marital problems and it became almost a , a we welfare of job |
| 27 | My right hon. Friend 's constituents were often paying £2,000 on their houses , whether or not they could afford it , and whether or not they were widows or pensioners . |
| 28 | Saddam Hussein delivered a speech on March 26 at the ceremony to swear in the new Council of Ministers in which he acknowledged that the forthcoming period would be a difficult one for the new ministers ; he said that they would be given between four and six months to demonstrate whether or not they were capable of doing their job properly . |
| 29 | The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders . |
| 30 | In one critical sense none of the new policy-making affected the CNAA : its purpose remained to validate degrees and other awards in institutions other than universities — whether or not they were designated as polytechnics . |