Example sentences of "[coord] not [verb] is " in BNC.

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1 Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university .
2 The decision as to whether or not to proceed is always made by the originator , thus allowing for his or her growth .
3 Mr Amir Kaisary , consultant urologist at London 's Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust , which is becoming a centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate disease , says : ‘ To screen nationally or not to screen is very much open to debate .
4 In adults , the decision whether or not to defecate is under voluntary control .
5 However , the freedom to provide or not to provide is regarded as an essential element in that sector , and therefore does not attract the same critical comment .
6 The decision on whether or not to intervene is determined by a cost benefit calculus which focuses on efficiency rather than some vague notion of fairness .
7 But the decision about whether or not to fly is left to you , the pilot .
8 To eat or not to eat is our 11-month-old son 's dilemma .
9 ‘ Rather sadly it is a comment on modern society that keeping public loos clean and not vandalised is an uphill battle , ’ says Dennis Tunnicliffe .
10 That children should be seen and not heard is a notion with which Carol Blick wholeheartedly disagrees .
11 Very very angry cos to tell try and tell the truth and not believes is it 's is wrong .
12 To change is to die , he wrote , but not to change is also to die .
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