Example sentences of "[vb infin] only if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is important for the biologizing of consciousness : consciousness will evolve only if it improves the survival chances of creatures endowed with it ; and it will have survival value only if it accurately reports what is actually ‘ there ’ . |
| 2 | The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct . |
| 3 | That , he says , is what the Next Steps is all about : ‘ It will succeed only if it changes the way business is done and accounted for . ’ |
| 4 | A symbolic arrow can function only if it has a target , explicit or implicit . |
| 5 | But this will happen only if it gets its act together in the three areas of service provision , education , and research . |
| 6 | America can lead only if it knows where it is going |