Example sentences of "[coord] not [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You know , there was a lot of people had them and gave them out to neighbours or not total strangers , but people that were n't really related to them .
2 Thus , whether or not total surplus under monopoly ( AREG ) is greater or less than ( ACPc ) under perfect competition depends whether the gain ( PcKEG ) is greater than the loss ( RCK ) .
3 Whether or not specific arrangements were discussed by the two unionist groupings , the election was more of a success for the conservatives than would be implied by the victory of one of the two Protestant Unionists .
4 The systems of compensatory allowances and investment aids , and particular components of them , are major elements in determining whether or not agricultural changes damaging to the natural environment of the uplands have occurred but a range of other , sometimes unquantifiable factors ( e. g. land ownership patterns , hunting/shooting , traditions of husbandry and land management ) are also more or less relevant .
5 Every actor knows that whether or not collective benefits will be secured is not going to be influenced by his personal contribution .
6 Given the information about birth control , whether or not young women go in search of contraception crucially depends on their motivation to do so .
7 One can argue whether or not one-party patronage , as in Britain , is even worse .
8 Whether or not European TV viewers will , unlike the Japanese , actually welcome these relatively large and expensive high-definition television sets into their living rooms remains to be seen .
9 In the latter case , whether or not explicit communication takes place , each firm has to decide on the choice of action which is in its own best interest in the light of the fact that the others are behaving in the same way : we have a non-co-operative game .
10 With regard to indirect discrimination , the EOC conducted a postal survey of all the applicants to the Society in one year to establish whether or not each candidate could have complied with the mobility requirement at the time that they applied for the job .
11 Option 2.8.2 — View DC Assessors displays all assessors for a DC and whether or not each user has assessed it .
12 Option 2.8.2 — View DC Assessors displays all assessors for a DC and whether or not each user has assessed it .
13 Ideally PROs should check every name on the complete list and take a decision on whether or not each person will really be interested in the release .
14 The teacher or therapist is required to indicate whether or not each item characterises the target child .
15 Who decides whether or not certain strategies or tactics will advance these goals is the major practical question for Marxists .
16 We talked with our students about the freedoms of college life , and suggested that they might judge whether or not certain behaviour was ‘ age appropriate ’ by looking at the nursery nurses ( incorrectly and naïvely assuming the latter would unfailingly provide the models we sought ! ) .
17 In 1972 , Lord Pearce chaired a Commission on Rhodesian Opinion appointed to ascertain directly from all sections of the population of Rhodesia whether or not certain proposals for the government of that country were acceptable .
18 They recommend measures that make economic sense regardless of whether or not global warming is occurring , such as limiting deforestation and increasing energy efficiency .
19 It also recommended that new entrants to the industry should be encouraged to attend short induction courses providing practically oriented instruction and information on opportunities in industry ; and that craft education should be founded on two interrelated phases , normally completed within two or three years depending on whether or not full-time study is included , leading to a national craft qualification .
20 This was drawn up on account of the difficulty which the negotiators at The Hague had in agreeing whether or not irregular forces in occupied territory might or might not qualify for combatant status , but its words have a wider relevance :
21 Using equipment bought from prizes won in recent competitions , pupils enacted Prime Minister 's Question Time , a debate on whether or not private vehicles should be banned from city centres , and the Speaker 's Procession .
22 The British Government rejected the Sleipner gas deal and whether or not alternative import arrangements will be made remains to be seen .
23 The liquidators had interviewed many people to find out whether or not civil claims could be brought on behalf of investors against two of the Barlow Clowes companies , in particular Barlow Clowes International Ltd based in Gibraltar and Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers Ltd .
24 Moreover , good housekeeping and husbandry practices in respect of storing , transporting and handling materials which are or may become odorous must not be overlooked in any type of trade or industry , whether or not additional odour abatement methods are required .
25 This investigation should make it possible to judge whether or not recent changes in the household position of elderly persons has meant a break with arrangements traditional in our country for many centuries .
26 An examination of whether or not financial institutions and markets are over-regulated is made , and the core rules of regulation are set out .
27 ASB chairman David Tweedie says in the review that the chapter will raise the question of ‘ whether or not financial reporting should move gradually towards a system of valuing assets on a more regular and consistent basis or should revert to a system of pure historical cost ’ .
28 Furthermore , it has yet to be decided whether or not Japanese cars produced in Britain should be part of an overall fixed limit .
29 The judge hearing the Barnes petition to send about eighty of its paintings on tour has put all other legal issues facing the Barnes aside while he decides whether or not that tour will take place .
30 However , recall of the preceding clause ( clause 2 ) varied depending on whether or not that clause formed part of the same sentence as the most recent clause .
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