Example sentences of "[verb] only [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entails , as was pointed out above , that disobedience to a law is justified only if it is justified by an existing legal doctrine to that effect . |
| 2 | Electoral reform can , it seems , be realistically expected only when it is initiated by a minority Conservative or Labour government as the price of survival exacted by a party or combination of parties holding the balance of power . |
| 3 | It seems then that a Romalpa clause will , if properly worded , work in the case of unmixed goods and the proceeds of sale of unmixed goods , but that in the case of mixed goods ( and their proceeds of sale ) will work only if it is registered as a charge created by the buying company . |
| 4 | Mr Pavlov said that the anti-crisis programme will work only if it is backed by all 15 republics . |
| 5 | When dialect is a matter of different words being used , naturally it will be understood only if it is known previously . |
| 6 | Internally , money is spent only where it is needed . |
| 7 | This thought can be entertained only if it is accepted that the universe is eternal and timeless , and the theory of a once only chance association of circumstances causing life , be abandoned . |
| 8 | This can be achieved only if it is recognised that research is essential in surgical practice and should be encouraged but , equally , that the person concerned must learn to operate . |