Example sentences of "[subord] only if " in BNC.

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1 If this can be established as an objective truth , then this would indeed make a correctionalist approach misguided — although only if it were committed to the total elimination of deviance .
2 The report suggest that deficiencies in the radio/navigation equipment may have led the crew to descend on a spurious glidepath ; this was possible , although only if the crew did not keep " the normal continuous mutual check on the basic navigational instruments and the marker control " .
3 If only if I had that ability !
4 Only if only if you 're a totter
5 Feminists resist the idea that the masculine/feminine opposition is natural , because only if it is cultural can it be criticised and changed ; but in the meantime it would be foolish to underestimate the real effects of pervasive cultural beliefs .
6 It is suggested that the specific objectives of any given test be clearly identified before the test is started , since only if the objectives are clearly defined can the test be carried out most efficiently and with the greatest economy of time and effort .
7 France was pledged to support Piedmont , as a result of an agreement made in 1858 , though only if Austria was the aggressor .
8 In spite of these problems , the proposals do have the potential for righting the current gross geographical imbalance of services , though only if the resources made available to and by local authorities genuinely match the local costs of domiciliary and residential care .
9 Then it was possible for the expert to pick out a glazed tile , though only if it had sunk at the correct angle to the river bed .
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