Example sentences of "[adj] unless it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some of the streets of St Ann 's nothing is personal unless it is whispered . |
| 2 | But reference to bandwidth is meaningless unless it is qualified by distance of the run . |
| 3 | More fundamentally , the design activity will be meaningless unless it is directed towards serving some human need . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The spring can pour into the pond , but the pond will remain stagnant unless it is drained . |
| 6 | This is not possible with a cash underwritten alternative unless it is accompanied by an open offer and clawback ( see para 5.6 above ) . |
| 7 | Gateway 's owner , Isosceles , says it will go bust unless it is allowed to stop paying interest on its massive £1.3bn debt for at least six months . |
| 8 | ‘ language or conduct is not said to be insulting unless it is intended to show contempt or disesteem , or is understood by the hearer or observer to show this attitude . ’ |
| 9 | However inadequate his predictions proved in the twentieth century , Marx 's appeal remains incomprehensible unless it is recognized that he did have an unsurpassed grasp of nineteenth-century capitalism . |
| 10 | However illogical it may seem , a void decision will become valid unless it is challenged within any time limit for challenges , by an applicant with sufficient standing , and unless a court exercises its discretion to award a remedy to the applicant . |
| 11 | In short , the privatizing of giant firms not subject to severe international competition is unlikely to be attractive unless it is accompanied by regulation . |