Example sentences of "unless it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | No birth control method will work unless it is used regularly — the one time you take a chance could be the time pregnancy occurs ! |
| 2 | If all the people living in your house who have incomes are over pensionable age ( 60 years for women and 65 years for men ) , you will not be disconnected between October 1 and March 31 unless it is clear that you have sufficient money to pay . |
| 3 | While you should try to keep most of the hinge and latch painted for appearances sake ( unless it is brass or galvanised ) , you must accept that the main working parts will rust ; so be prepared to apply regular coatings of oil or WD40 to protect them . |
| 4 | For this reason , all wood used for cladding — unless it is naturally rot-resistant , like Western red cedar — should be pretreated with preservative before use . |
| 5 | To ban research on a fertilised egg unless it is to be reimplanted , and in the same Bill wish to permit abortion up to 18 weeks demonstrates the movement 's illogicality . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The opinion stated : ‘ US agents have no law-enforcement authority in another nation unless it is the product of that nation 's consent … in the current international climate , this country can ill afford an operation that would permit others to argue that the United States does not respect international law . ’ |
| 8 | At five they are then pushed into an environment where the language is new , the rules incomprehensible and where , unless it is a predominantly Asian area , they are made to realise that they belong to a special category — Asian . |
| 9 | The fungus has no heart nor ‘ Achilles ’ heal and unless it is completely destroyed to its limits , it will develop fresh strength and start again to devour the timberwork . |
| 10 | ‘ My daughters said I should come here to help clear this thing up , to find who really did this because unless it is cleared up then history will say that we were sent to our deaths by Britain , and that means the British people and the British army and they do n't deserve that because it is out of character . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Penal reformers estimate the package will add about 4,000 to an average daily prison population of 48,500 unless it is balanced by compensating changes in sentencing policy by judges and magistrates . |
| 13 | Mr Hurd won Tory cheers as he said : ‘ Unless it is clear to people in Vietnam that those who do not qualify as refugees will be returned to Vietnam , Hong Kong faces the prospect of tens of thousands more arrivals in 1990 . |
| 14 | A good delicatessen will always remove the casing from a salame before slicing it , unless it is wrapped in garlic or herbs , but only enough should be removed for the immediate customer . |
| 15 | English mustard is sometimes sold with horseradish incorporated , but I find that the flavour of the extra ingredient is lost unless it is a very well balanced mixture . |
| 16 | A child under 10 incurs no criminal liability for its acts ; a child over 9 , but under 14 , incurs no such liability , unless it is shown that it had sufficient capacity to know that its act was wrong . |
| 17 | Voluntary settlements ( in particular family settlements made after marriage ) are set aside by a bankruptcy if made within two years before ; and even if made within ten years before , unless it is shown that at the time the bankrupt was able to meet his liabilities without the settled property . |
| 18 | ‘ There is no single acceptable location , as they see it , unless it is in their own country . |
| 19 | In addition , wood will deteriorate and eventually rot unless it is given regular maintenance . |
| 20 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 21 | You can hardly expect people to make a journey of six hours round trip for an afternoon 's event unless it is very special . |
| 22 | And I believe it will survive , well into the future unless it is destroyed either as a deliberate act of governmental vandalism , or by inadvertence and well-intentioned stupidity . |
| 23 | Liquid manure can not be spread on the fields from harvest until 1 November ( unless it is onto growing vegetation or crops for the next winter ) . |
| 24 | We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member . |
| 25 | With mind all is opposite ; minds are not substantial , do not apparently obey physical laws , can not be directly observed or inspected , unless it is my own mind that is in question . |
| 26 | Unless it is quickly overhauled , there will be long lasting damage to trans-Atlantic relations , to the environment and to the competitiveness of EC industry . |
| 27 | There is a strong case for holding that no political authority can be legitimate unless it is also a de facto authority . |
| 28 | Since any comprehensive peace implies a reduction of influence by , and local dependency on , the superpowers , it can not be assumed that either superpower has a strong interest in a genuine peace , unless it is able to derive greater advantage from peace than it can from continued conflict . |
| 29 | Even so , the refugees themselves are likely to resist any settlement unless it is forced upon them by the Syrian government itself . |
| 30 | Once this process is complete , the compost is ready for the land , and any further storage will result in some loss , unless it is kept covered and turned from time to time . |