Example sentences of "[is] [adj] unless [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized then that no music is vulgar unless the performance makes it so . |
| 2 | Penetration of the vagina or anus by the penis is risky unless the man uses a condom . |
| 3 | The service is free unless the centre explains otherwise . |
| 4 | But such behaviour is not obviously threatening ( although it is almost certainly disorderly ) , and it may be doubted whether a conviction of the section 4 offence is proper unless the conduct complained of is such that it is likely to lead to further violence . |
| 5 | Both in case of a straightforward sale as well as in case of delegating the management of state assets , the choice of purchaser or manager must be by tender , which is public unless the board of directors of the agency restricts the tenders of those specifically invited to submit offers . |
| 6 | The substitution of a restricted licence for a full licence on an application for renewal is a refusal of the application within the meaning of s.15(2) , and is incompetent unless the applicant has been heard by the licensing board on the matter , or , having been cited to attend the hoar meeting , fails to attend : Baillie v. Wilson , 1917 S.C . |
| 7 | No compensation for delay in delivery is payable unless a reservation has been sent within 21 days to the carrier . |
| 8 | ( c ) The charge If the conveyance or transfer does not fall within the provisions of s83 , one is thrown back on the previous stamp duty position : ( i ) conveyance or transfer on sale This incurs a charge to ad valorem stamp duty at 1 per cent unless the conveyance can be certified at £60,000 or less ( see below ) ( Finance Act 1984 , s109 and Finance Act 1993 ) ; or ( ii ) conveyance or transfer " of any other kind " In such a case fixed stamp duty of 50p is payable unless the instrument can be certified as being one within The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) . |
| 9 | A promise is gratuitous unless the promisee is paying a price for it by giving something in retum . |
| 10 | The argument for this as-if strategy is straightforward enough : civilization is impossible unless the decisions of some well-defined person or group are accepted by everyone as setting public standards that will be enforced if necessary through the police power . |
| 11 | By s.21(1) of the 1968 Theft Act : [ a ] person is guilty of blackmail if , with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another , he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces ; and for this purpose a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief — ( a ) that he had reasonable grounds for making the demand ; and ( b ) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 12 | This effect is temporary unless the feeling which is linked with the tears can be experienced : therapists would say re-experienced , since the deep pain triggering the tears is seldom about experiences happening in our day-to-day lives . |
| 13 | The number of classes is five unless the user opts to change this value . |
| 14 | The likeliest thing to go wrong is the politics , and even the politics is manageable unless the war drags on too long . |
| 15 | Although the electrodynamometer is free of hysteresis , it is insensitive unless the coils have a large number of turns which makes both the resistance and inductance high , the latter severely restricting the frequency range of operation . |
| 16 | However , integration is difficult unless the national culture supports integration ( e.g. Japan ) or the groups have previously worked to improve their effectiveness as groups . |
| 17 | The most perfectly designed and constructed intervention programme is valueless unless the parents accept it . |
| 18 | Despite the term ‘ suggestions ’ , their observance is mandatory unless a particular manner of service suggested is ‘ forbidden ’ by a positive prohibition in the law of the state of destination . |