Example sentences of "unless [pron] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 2 | Must n't speak unless I 'm spoken to . |
| 3 | She is prone to pointing out to journalists that she has ugly hands ( her assessment ) , says she grew up thinking she was plain and now is so embarrassed by her appearance on screen that she never sees her films unless she 's forced to . |
| 4 | Unless you are addicted to Brussels sprouts and fortified cereals , you will find taking this amount of folic acid unachievable solely through eating the right food . |
| 5 | Unless you are attracted to the look of copper saucepans , a better bet may be to purchase stainless steel saucepans with a copper base . |
| 6 | It runs off a normal car battery and has ample power to drive the punt at a greater rate of knots than you are likely to need , unless you are going to troll for pike ; and then you would be better using a boat rather than a punt . |
| 7 | There is no need to weigh yourself down with excessive amounts of toiletries unless you are going to a remote area without either chemists or supermarkets . |
| 8 | So , generally avoid using contractions in an exam essay , unless you 're asked to it in an informal way . |
| 9 | The sergeant came to a halt outside the adjutant 's hut , and an out-of-breath Charlie caught up with him just as the door was opened by a colour-sergeant who turned to Charlie and said , ‘ Stand to attention , lad , remain one pace behind me and do n't speak unless you 're spoken to . |
| 10 | ‘ And remember , do n't speak unless you 're spoken to , ’ he added sharply . |
| 11 | I feel they 're a little bit of a waste of time … the course I 'm doing , I 'm gaining knowledge which I can use ; which , I mean , you ca n't really use a history degree unless you 're going to be an archaeologist or an historian or a teacher . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to do something , ’ she answered sharply , ‘ unless we are to starve to death . ’ |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 6 ) of this section , an application for the grant or provisional grant of a new licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) shall not be entertained by a licensing board unless there are produced to the board , in accordance with the provisions of this section , certificates from the appropriate authority as to the suitability of the premises for which the licence is sought in relation to planning , building control and food hygiene . |
| 14 | ‘ Lightweight dinghies should n't be used unless they are tethered to the shore , ’ said Peter Race . |
| 15 | Trudgill writes : speakers are not capable of acquiring the correct underlying phonological distinction unless they are exposed to it from the very beginning , before they themselves have even begun to speak . |
| 16 | The discount houses will therefore not like to sell bills to the Bank of England unless they are forced to . |
| 17 | Butyl liners ( unless they are bonded to a coloured plastic , which adds a cost , with few benefits ) are black . |
| 18 | In reality they will do everything in their power to avoid this , because the primary function of their venom is to incapacitate their prey and they can not afford to waste it unless they are driven to extremes . |
| 19 | Similarly , the muscles will not grow in length unless they are attached to tendons and bones so that as the bones lengthen , they are stretched . |
| 20 | Yeah unless they 're referring to tomorrow 's ? there 's a crossed line somewhere |
| 21 | Some are completely on another plateau , you know , they 're just not in the real world ; they wander round and do n't make eye-contact unless they 're talking to you ; they just look at the ceiling all the time when they 're lecturing . |
| 22 | Evidently Jordan could not trust even its old clients , unless they were bound to the East Bank by powerful economic considerations . |
| 23 | Brownie points for guts , if true ; but public confidence is not going to be restored in the integrity of official information unless it is seen to be properly independent of the government machine that is now exerting its improper pressures behind closed doors . |
| 24 | Limitation of family size will not happen unless it can be done without trespassing on conscience and unless practicable means are available ; and unless it is perceived to be in the families ' interests to do so ( Coale 1973 ) . |
| 25 | A care order other than an interim order will continue in force until the child 's eighteenth birthday unless it is brought to an end sooner ( s91(11) ) . |
| 26 | Secondly , recent changes in the structure of the civil service with the development of the agency model through the Next Steps programme will not improve matters unless it is linked to changing roles and relationships . |
| 27 | Preference shares may carry the right to conversion into ordinary shares and will usually be redeemable to provide the institutions with an exit equating to repayment of a loan ; ( d ) determining the amount of loan finance required from the banks , taking into account the provisions of ss338 and 349 TA 1988 , which require annual interest payable by Newco to be subject to deduction of basic rate income tax at source unless it is paid to a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business in the United Kingdom and is in respect of an " advance " . |
| 28 | Mr Hurd said in Oxford : ‘ A period of soul-searching does nobody any harm unless it is prolonged to the point where it becomes weakening and ridiculous . ’ |
| 29 | As Geoffrey le Bel said in the preamble to one of his charters , ‘ whatever happens at one point of time will scarcely ever reach the next generation in a reliable and true account unless it is committed to writing . ’ |
| 30 | That is unless it 's sold to the sort of person who blasts half of his land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of on the west coast . |