Example sentences of "unless they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police officers who have taken statements from detainees will also be exempted from being questioned in court unless they agree to do so , making it difficult for detainees to challenge the validity of any confessions made under torture . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear fellow , we spend our time here working on things that should n't have been said , but unless they are , ’ he added thoughtfully , ‘ nobody gets anywhere . |
| 3 | Spring-flowering bulbs are difficult for any kind of gardener to resist since , unless they are asked to grow in appalling soil conditions , success if usually guaranteed . |
| 4 | When pilots from a big , flat site visit a hill site , they are at risk and often make absolute fools of themselves unless they get a very thorough briefing and listen to what local pilots and instructors have to say . |
| 5 | Most pilots do not instinctively look across and compare their height with the trees unless they have been taught to do so , and more often than not a pilot will try to judge by angles and positioning alone . |
| 6 | Most types of glider are reluctant to enter a full spin unless they are being flown with the c.g. on or very close to the aft limit , that is by light pilots . |
| 7 | Usually this is because they got ready before the rain started falling and are unable to see that they are not going to stay up unless they wait until the shower has passed . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to tell when someone is using drugs only occasionally — unless they are caught in the act , or when intoxicated like being drunk . |
| 9 | Our people will never come out unless they understand the reasons for all this stir . |
| 10 | Prisoners ( unless they are imprisoned because of failing to pay their community charge ) . |
| 11 | ‘ But they will lose their reason , ’ says Peter Verkhovensky 's lieutenant when Peter has argued that the quintet will hold together after the murder ‘ unless they 've lost their reason ’ . |
| 12 | I am thinking of unfortunate scholars in foreign universities who can not ‘ hold down their jobs ’ unless they repeatedly publish articles each of which must say , or seem to say , something new about some literary work … |
| 13 | Companies find it increasingly difficult to attract the right people in the £14,000 to £18,000 range unless they offer a car . |
| 14 | Well Loaded Much talked-about guitar rockers , generally regarded as destined for the bigger stadia of life , unless they self-destruct en route . |
| 15 | That will be bad for shareholders but something they will have to accept unless they are prepared to fight for fair value . |
| 16 | Companies will be punished unless they give their employees financial incentives to commute by bus , car-pool , or by rapid-transit rail lines not yet built . |
| 17 | Turning to the dramatic developments in East European countries , the Labour leader warned that the taste of freedom their people had been yearning for would turn sour unless they gained material advancement . |
| 18 | The workers occupying the Mulhouse forge were told that unless they left the premises immediately they would be ‘ forced to do so ’ . |
| 19 | Unless they are called as witnesses , victims are often not told when a case is coming to court . |
| 20 | TWO Kurdish refugees will be deported this afternoon to Turkey — where they say they face persecution and torture — unless they win a last-minute reprieve . |
| 21 | In recognition of the general interest in avoiding the disruptive effect of such proceedings on the public administration no one could apply for judicial review unless they had successfully applied ex parte for leave . |
| 22 | Big crime ‘ puts wee jobs ’ like suspected prostitution ‘ in the shade here , its not like they 're killing anybody , unless they 've got AIDS , and then I suppose that would be suicide ’ ( FN 30/7/87 , pp. 17–18 ) . |
| 23 | Towards the shift 's close , ordinary policemen and women are generally reluctant to become involved in work which requires them to extend their duty , unless they need the overtime money , in which case it is a spur . |
| 24 | Their pay in paper money was so bad and came so late that unless they had peasant relatives who could supply food , they were reduced to making shoes , singing psalms in church , or hiring themselves out as labourers to peasants . |
| 25 | Non-Russian papers were left to local military supervision until the end of Civil War , and largely to their own devices throughout 1922 , unless they exhibited blatant defiance of high political directives , as in the case of Georgia . |
| 26 | Once you have rehearsed , you will need to record a demo , especially as many venues wo n't consider you for a gig unless they have heard you on tape . |
| 27 | People are n't going to request your record unless they have heard of it , and finally , they wo n't have heard of your record unless it has been promoted properly through the usual channels of TV , radio , music press , national press and live shows . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't see how you can expect people to follow your lead , to trust you , to commit themselves to the business unless they believe that all of these things are dear to your heart . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't see much of them unless they want something and they do n't see much of me . |
| 30 | Their children will in many cases be born stateless ( unless they happen to be born in a country where birth confers the right of citizenship ) . |