Example sentences of "unless it is [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 322A of the Companies Act 1985 now provides that such a transaction is voidable ( i.e. can be set aside ) by the company unless it is ratified by the company by a special resolution of its members . |
| 2 | Under standing orders of the House of Commons no proposal to spend money can be tabled for discussion unless it is countersigned by a Treasury minister . |
| 3 | It should be remembered that , unless it is extended by SFA , the foreign business carve-out only applies to business with customers in the UK if the overseas person exemption would have applied if the non-UK branch had been a separate person ; apart from checking that the activities concerned fall within the exemption , the SIB 's restrictions on cold calling , therefore , also have to be complied with . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Our view is that knowledge of BSL is a key to the curriculum and to the teacher 's function but that unless it is supported by appropriate methods the teacher 's role will be limited . |
| 6 | Since 1925 a lease can not be a legal estate unless it is made by a deed . |
| 7 | However , making prescribed drugs less easily available is unlikely to help most patients unless it is accompanied by discussion of their problems or referral to appropriate agencies . |
| 8 | No proposal involving additional spending can be discussed by ministers in Cabinet or Cabinet subcommittee unless it is accompanied by a Treasury paper on the cost consequences . |
| 9 | In short , the privatizing of giant firms not subject to severe international competition is unlikely to be attractive unless it is accompanied by regulation . |
| 10 | Such scrutiny serves no purpose unless it is accompanied by the rights of free speech , ie the right publicly to report , to discuss , to comment , to criticise , to impart and to receive ideas and information on the matters subjected to scrutiny . |
| 11 | This is not possible with a cash underwritten alternative unless it is accompanied by an open offer and clawback ( see para 5.6 above ) . |
| 12 | Water from other sources , such as streams or shallow wells , should be regarded with suspicion unless it is proved by tests to be free from organic and bacterial contamination . |
| 13 | The Gulf war has demonstrated that the mere accumulation of data does n't confer an automatic advantage unless it is complemented by quality analysis and contextual detail . |
| 14 | But reference to bandwidth is meaningless unless it is qualified by distance of the run . |
| 15 | Every decision is made of a person 's free will , and is voluntary , unless it is effected by compulsion . |
| 16 | President Özal declared on Jan. 18 that " Turkey will not engage either in a ground war or in an air war unless it is attacked by Iraq " . |
| 17 | Having acquired a dominant position in a market , a firm will presumably seek to exploit that position , unless it is constrained by the threat of potential competition . |
| 18 | The second major defect in the relative clause proposal is that it does not actually explain anything unless it is supplemented by some account of what a relative clause is . |