Example sentences of "[noun] unless it can [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The purchaser must be the person suffering loss unless it can be shown that the purchaser was acting as agent for the injured customer .
2 Paragraph 3.14 of the management document , ’ Contracts for Health Service Operational Principles ’ , states : ’ The DHA will not challenge the GP 's choice of provider unless it can be shown that the proposed referral is wholly unjustified on clinical grounds , or where an alternative referral would be equally efficacious for the patient , taking into account the patient 's wishes . ’
3 To depart substantially from them invites question unless it can be demonstrated that such departure conforms to accepted practice by rational analysis .
4 On the desirability or otherwise of a comprehensive list of what should be done at each level , the best way to proceed is for there to be a presumption , effectively , that matters are best dealt with at national level unless it can be shown that that is better done at Community level .
5 The very stability which so commended itself to farmers — any transient compound is less useful in agriculture unless it can be applied directly to the pest — was the factor which so alarmed ecologists .
6 In the unhappy event of litigation , a signed consent form may be disregarded by the courts unless it can be shown that the patient was ‘ given sufficient information , in a way they can understand , about the proposed treatment . ’
7 The exercise of these powers can not be successfully challenged in the courts unless it can be shown that the Home Secretary has acted unreasonably or perversely .
8 It prevents proceedings being transferred for this reason unless it can be shown that no other method , including transfer to another magistrates ' court , is appropriate and that delay would seriously prejudice the child 's interests .
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