Example sentences of "is rarely if " in BNC.

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1 But , significantly , this is rarely if ever what those writers advocated .
2 This moment is very private and is rarely if ever seen by outsiders , not even glimpsed through a window .
3 The line ferret follows up the work begun by the loose or muzzled ferret , and is rarely if ever encumbered with a muzzle itself .
4 He makes it his business to know what is happening on the street — although he is rarely if ever seen there himself these days — and feeds these spontaneous trends into the crucible of high fashion , to make it fizz and bubble .
5 This is particularly so in the UK where the social class implications of accent , furnishings and behaviour are so complex that it is rarely if ever possible to produce a domestic situation which is really widely acceptable , in the fullest sense of the word .
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