Example sentences of "[coord] only if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The test under option five would therefore be that the court should intervene only if there is unreasonableness in Lord Greene M.R. 's narrow sense of that term , or only if there is manifest irrationality in the sense that preceded the development of the hard look doctrine in the United States . |
| 2 | One speaks with linguistic propriety and sincerity when saying ‘ it will rain this afternoon ’ if and only if one believes it will ; the truth of the matter has nothing to do with it . |
| 3 | They avoid trouble at all times and only if they are cornered or pestered will they bite at their attackers . |
| 4 | Group members can also be asked if they could give a small life history of themselves , although never without prior warning , and only if they are sufficiently confident to do so . |
| 5 | The symbol " = " yields another relation on Z , two integers being related this time if and only if they are equal . |
| 6 | Two normal forms programs are semantically equivalent if and only if they are syntactically equivalent in a simple way . |
| 7 | The b , x-normal form programs P and Q have IF b P and IF b Q semantically equivalent in the sense of unc if and only if they are equivalent . |
| 8 | It can not be otherwise : self governing will happen only with the doctors ' approval and only if they are convinced that patients will benefit . ’ |
| 9 | For instance , there is the strict requirement of English that postnominal adjectives should be marked off by a pause in speech and by commas in writing , if and only if they are non-restrictive ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 10 | Those accountants were to seek to approve the statement or agree on an adjusted version , and only if they could not agree would the matter then be referred to an expert . |
| 11 | The problem here seems to be this : am I saying that a child is responsible if and only if we declare her to be so , given that she knows what she is doing ? |
| 12 | But it is the starting point of this doctrine , and only if we are prepared , to start where the Bible starts are we likely to know in experience anything of the higher reaches of the Spirit 's work . |
| 13 | But voters whose preferences have been distributed between these two parties will have been doing no more than indicate acceptable alternatives , of which the basic pattern must have been , " Let that candidate of Party B have my vote IF and only IF my higher preference for this candidate of Party A has not been effective " . |
| 14 | 1 Entertain only if you have a good reason for doing so and only if you have something of value to impart to the guest . |
| 15 | . Erm if and only if you find there 's been some real benefits you . |
| 16 | Yes , yes , I mean , I think it was , I do n't think that removing all actually did anything , but Shh , and only if you 're , if you 're adding to this , please . |
| 17 | You find this young man guilty if and only if you are sure . |
| 18 | hopefully it 's gon na be some form of positive response I 'm glad you should say that because if you cast your mind back to when we first talked I did say that if you were happy , and only if you 're happy , |
| 19 | There is only one way : in terms of symbolic representations of the predicates , as in ‘ X is a chair and only if it is a portable seat for one person ’ . |
| 20 | This way of putting the question reveals a sound judgement of the school curriculum : it has to be related to a child 's needs , and justified if and only if it satisfies those needs . |
| 21 | In doing so it attempts to limit the effects of the imbalance to the most superficial levels — in other words , the physical level — and only if it fails to do so will emotional imbalances , or if the stresses go deeper , mental imbalances , be manifest . |
| 22 | If and only if it does , that route is followed , which means counting how many of the 26 bits are set up to and including the required one , to establish which member of the pointer array to follow to the next level in the tree . |
| 23 | If you need urgent information you are invited to use the following telephone number but , please , only use it between 19.00 and 21.00 on Mondays to Thursdays and only if it is absolutely necessary … |
| 24 | Together the analogues of 1.4.10 and 1.3.7 show that , in Q[x] , an element is prime if and only if it is irreducible . |
| 25 | The Chinese consider the clenched fist as a weak and vulnerable weapon , to be used rarely and only if it is aimed at a soft part of the body . |
| 26 | Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief . |
| 27 | And let us say that the meaning of a statement is valuational if and only if there is a certain attitude to which it is related just as a cognitive statement is related to a certain belief . |
| 28 | Equally witches are real if and only if there are criteria for identifying witches . |
| 29 | For instance , it would let International Relations theories refer to ‘ the international system ’ if and only if there is enough of a set of rules ( explicit , tacit , or even perhaps latent ) which international actors share and follow . |
| 30 | That statement of Rabbit 's will be true ( as our first truism about truth tells us ) if and only if there really is honey still for tea . |