Example sentences of "only if [pron] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , landlords were restrained by the knowledge that they would attract good tenants only if they had a reputation for fairness . |
| 2 | Magazines are allowed to show a man 's naughty bits only if they resemble a map of the Mull of Kintyre , Scots-born Pauline explained . |
| 3 | We can deal with mass unemployment on this scale only if we have a Government who are determined to do so , and we can deal with it better if , internationally , Governments are determined to do so . |
| 4 | Whenever anyone , Y , is in a position to say , ‘ X is φ ’ on account of what he sees , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it is true to say that X appears to him to be φ , even if it goes against our linguistic practice of saying , ‘ X appears to Y to be φ ’ only if we have a reason not to say , ‘ X is φ ’ . |
| 5 | The growth of ethology can continue only if we find a way of talking about human experience that opens the whole range of the activities of men and women to inspection . |
| 6 | The problem was that clubs would let you play only if you had a club handicap , but you could n't get a handicap without playing . |
| 7 | They had in fact stationed themselves in front of the doors which were the kind which open only if you press a button either from outside or inside . |
| 8 | Also , there are instructors with the Minister of Industry of Bangkok who teach machine knitting , but they teach only if you have a group of ten or more . |
| 9 | A symbolic arrow can function only if it has a target , explicit or implicit . |
| 10 | An extra risk item now requires to be specified only if it exceeds a value of £2,000 or 10% of the sum insured on contents which ever is the less . |
| 11 | Vaginal penetration ( screwing , fucking or bonking ) , but only if he has a condom on his penis . |
| 12 | Anal penetration ( going up the arse ) but only if he has a condom on his penis . |
| 13 | On the grounds that James IV 's will had nominated her for the regency only if she remained a widow , the Scottish Estates sent for the Duke of Albany , descendant of that Stewart who had plagued James III . |