Example sentences of "be achieved [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be achieved only if there is motive . |
| 2 | Therefore , improvements in health can be achieved only if existing resources are re-allocated into policies more productive of health . |
| 3 | Derecognition , a word that is new to me and perhaps also to the English language , can be achieved only if the amount of benefit and risk retained by the seller ( not always the originator as seems to have been assumed ) is insignificant or immaterial ( on a case by case basis ) . |
| 4 | This will be achieved only if all staff contribute to the formulation of the whole-school policy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Is the Prime Minister aware that doctors working in the health service have said today that his promise to cut waiting lists to two years can be achieved only if desperately ill patients sacrifice their beds to less serious cases who have waited longer ? |
| 7 | He stressed that this did not constitute a formal ceasefire , however , saying that a ceasefire would be achieved only if Iraq agreed to surrender all allied and Kuwaiti prisoners ; to provide maps of all minefields ; and to accept all relevant UN resolutions on the Gulf . |
| 8 | Although the statements by Bush and Bolger appeared to open the way for improved relations , the US government indicated that formal " ally status " and the restoration of a full security relationship could be achieved only if New Zealand rescinded its legislative ban on nuclear-powered vessels . |
| 9 | But many of the advantages of using brochures can be achieved only if two types are produced , a general brochure conveying basic information and general argument and specialist brochures targeted at particular groups , e.g. parents , parent-governors , governors , local employers and of course potential students . |
| 10 | In this situation , a tax-free payment of up to £30,000 could be achieved only if paid ex gratia and in circumstances not amounting to the receipt of relevant benefits under an unapproved retirement benefits scheme ( see Inland Revenue Statement of Practice 13/91 ) . |