Example sentences of "unless it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 2 | In the absence of consideration the agreement is not a contract unless it is written and sealed , as with a deed . |
| 3 | Assuming that the organisation that is established to give help to prisoners in the Caribbean is based in England or Wales and is unconnected with any other charity , it will find it difficult to persuade the Inland Revenue that its activities are wholly charitable unless it is registered with the Charity Commission . |
| 4 | There is also a Register of Pending Actions affecting land or any interest in land kept by the Land Charges Registrar , but a buyer ( the term includes a lessee and mortgagee ) for value who does not have express notice of such an action will not be bound by it unless it is registered as a land charge . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) The Bills of Sale Act 1878 will apply to genuine sale transactions so that a sale of goods evidenced in writing , by virtue of which the seller remains in possession , is void against execution creditors and trustees in bankruptcy unless it is registered in compliance with the Act ( Bills of Sale Act 1878 s8 ) . |
| 6 | Section 322A of the Companies Act 1985 now provides that such a transaction is voidable ( i.e. can be set aside ) by the company unless it is ratified by the company by a special resolution of its members . |
| 7 | Unless it is assumed that superior genes are permanently located in the Brahmin caste ( and there is no evidence that this is the case ) then there is probably no relationship between genetically based and socially created inequality in traditional Hindu society . |
| 8 | Unless it is assumed that the original stream had a meander belt of varying width , we must conclude that the meanders have not only been incised but also more fully developed in the more resistant rock . |
| 9 | To make it easy I like the Jones + Brother punch , as unless it is positioned correctly it wo n't work , so you avoid punching a hole accidentally in the wrong place . |
| 10 | The names of the people are arbitrary labels , but the point of the sentence can not be grasped unless it is realized that the reason for the questioning was to find out what had happened from someone who had seen it . |
| 11 | It is , in fact , impossible to find any poisonous animal that actively goes in search of victims unless it is feeding . |
| 12 | In some of the streets of St Ann 's nothing is personal unless it is whispered . |
| 13 | In the same way , we think that credit agreements could usefully include a strike-out clause , arranging credit insurance and adding its cost to the instalments automatically unless it is struck out . |
| 14 | The decision in Chamberlain was also followed and referred to in Vestey v IRC 31 TC 1 but Lord Reid did give a warning : The ingenuity of those who devise these schemes is such that it might be rash to say that property can never be comprised in a settlement unless it is charged with rights in favour of others , but I think as a general rule this must now be the test . |
| 15 | The ingenuity of those who devise those schemes is such that it might be rash to say that property could never be comprised in the settlement unless it is charged with rights in favour of others , but I think that as a general rule this must now be the test . |
| 16 | Under standing orders of the House of Commons no proposal to spend money can be tabled for discussion unless it is countersigned by a Treasury minister . |
| 17 | Therefore the taste of an unprocessed food is not fully appreciated unless it is chewed . |
| 18 | Henry Fairlie wrote : ‘ The exercise of power in Britain ( more specifically , in England ) can not be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially . ’ |
| 19 | Note that heat will travel along the fitting , so it is usually best to make both ends at the same time — otherwise soldering the second may unsolder the first , unless it is covered with a damp cloth . |
| 20 | This is often a critical gap , for unless it is bridged , the child from the economically poorer background is never likely to cope adequately with schooling . |
| 21 | One of the cloaks is actually a Chameleoleech , but it wo n't attack unless it is touched — by an adventurer searching the cloaks , or trying to put it on , for example . |
| 22 | Unless it is prodded and pulled by the government , what is to stop it rolling over into a more comfortable position ? |
| 23 | It should be remembered that , unless it is extended by SFA , the foreign business carve-out only applies to business with customers in the UK if the overseas person exemption would have applied if the non-UK branch had been a separate person ; apart from checking that the activities concerned fall within the exemption , the SIB 's restrictions on cold calling , therefore , also have to be complied with . |
| 24 | Section 78(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , makes it an offence to carry out this activity , unless it is done in a place registered under the 1906 Act , where controls can be exerted to minimise any pollution . |
| 25 | It is probably wrong to attempt to define electronic publishing unless it is done in a very general way . |
| 26 | ‘ While we support the idea of lifting in the line-out — after the ball as been thrown in — we would not agree with the quick throw-in unless it is done according to the line-out rules ’ , said Rowlands . |
| 27 | Storing the worms is not recommended unless it is done under running water . |
| 28 | A receptionist will not normally overbook unless it is done in compliance with the policy of the management of the hotel , or upon the instructions of the reception manager . |
| 29 | A common agreement between two or more persons having for its object the death of all of them , whether or not each is to take his own life , but nothing shall be treated as done by him in pursuance of the pact unless it is done while he has the settled intention of dying in pursuance of the pact . |
| 30 | 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 . |