Example sentences of "seldom if [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of their music was originally intended for plays or Court masques ; a great deal of it consists of undistinguished melodic declamation , 56 and even the simpler tuneful airs in which they are happiest seldom if ever match the poems of Donne and Herrick , Suckling and Carew , which they set . |
| 2 | No , mass-produced reproductions — as distinct from limited edition — prints seldom if ever rise in value . |
| 3 | Certain types of agreement will seldom if ever qualify for exemption , for example those which restrict competition so as to affect inter-state trade and contain export bans , maintain retail prices or lead to absolute territorial protection of national markets . |
| 4 | Straight chemical fertilizers are for the most part designed to provide the three major elements nitrogen , phosphate and potash , and seldom if ever contain any of the minor elements . |
| 5 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |