Example sentences of "be [adj] only if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , a question involving calculation was deemed to be practical only if it involved a real-life situation . |
| 2 | On those assumptions the state can be neutral only if it creates conditions of equal opportunities for people to choose any conception of the good , with an equal prospect of realizing it . |
| 3 | Snake venom is usually clear yellow and is dangerous only if it gets into the bloodstream . |
| 4 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
| 5 | Hence , to the extent that consent is justified non-instrumentally as a constitutive element in a relationship between a citizen and his society , it is valid only if it exists between a citizen and a reasonably just society . |