Example sentences of "[adj] unless you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the time estimated for Inverness to Dalwhinnie he said : ’ It 's unrealistic unless you are travelling in a dustcart . ’ |
| 2 | It clearly takes longer if you do it with another person or as a group but even then 15 to 20 minutes is adequate unless you are tackling some really contentious issues . |
| 3 | That you can not be alcoholic unless you are first a regular heavy drinker . |
| 4 | Although I 'm strongly against what can only be described as the ‘ bastardisation ’ of a property , a little out-of-keeping decor is often unavoidable unless you restrict yourself to a very limited range of choice . |
| 5 | Do not learn your lines , as this can make the talk rather stilted unless you are a competent actor . |
| 6 | But on any one day , although there will be subject assessors beavering away in places all over the country , their activity is not very visible unless you happen to teach in a department being visited ; the rest of the staff in your own college or school may be unaware that a subject assessor is there . |
| 7 | The walls are covered with posters illustrative of various radical causes — nuclear disarmament , women 's liberation , the protection of whales — and a large reproduction of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 's painting , ‘ The Lady of Shalott ’ , which might seem incongruous unless you have heard Robyn expound its iconic significance as a matrix of male stereotypes of the feminine . |
| 8 | ‘ And I shall be sick unless you hurry up . ’ |
| 9 | and they have all these like really good ideas Head Office and area office and everything like it counts for very little unless you 've got the support of the |
| 10 | That may seem a statement of the blindingly obvious unless you are a British Rail planner that is . |
| 11 | Each section was supposed to be heated by a coke fired tortoise stove and large hot water pipes but in mid-winter it was really cold unless you were lucky enough to sit near the fire . |
| 12 | It will be ideal if you can park the car in such a way that the dog can move in and out as it wants , with the door left open , although clearly this will not be possible unless you have a driveway with a gate at the end . |
| 13 | Driving to Cairn Gorm is a bit of a cheat , since you drive all the way up to the car park at 640 metres , but then a sea-level start in the Cairngorms is a bit tricky unless you do n't mind parking the car in Aberdeen and walking in . |
| 14 | Hot food is not feasible unless you have a hot tray , an electric fondue set , or a slo-cooker , which can all be placed on a buffet table and used for keeping things warm . |
| 15 | It 's true , what they say — money is n't much good unless you 've the health to enjoy it . ’ |
| 16 | At the end of a meal pineapple is universally useful unless you wish to use gelatine . |
| 17 | There 's several chapters convincing you that your kid really needs a computer at home ( but you know that or you would n't have bought the book ! ) and there 's a danger of ending up convincing yourself that your offspring could become educationally subnormal unless you get a computer immediately . |
| 18 | If you follow the instructions for later Series 11 and Series III and fill the box until oil starts to spill from the filler , then it is three inches too full unless you have the small level bung out . |
| 19 | It is safe unless you have a horse that needs it soft like Soft Day , ’ Meade said . |
| 20 | I have always said football is unpredictable unless you know what is going to happen . |
| 21 | This is self-defeating unless you believe that being constantly quashed by the talk tactics of others means that you 'll go to heaven . |
| 22 | Fuel injection systems should be left alone unless you have the specialist equipment and knowledge |
| 23 | Guard both books with your life , as they are expensive to replace and essential unless you have the kind of memory ( in your head , not in the console ) which can retain all the numbers of the patterns and techniques in the 172 pages of the pattern book . |
| 24 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 25 | You will find that the normal aircraft compass is quite useless unless you are flying straight and at a steady speed . |
| 26 | The latest versions of SideKick offer the choice of tone ( useless unless you have a touch-tone system ) or pulse ( which works fine ) but Spotlight , despite claiming to be a UK version resisted all my efforts . |
| 27 | There is no point in reading the ASI and knowing that you are too slow unless you lower the nose to correct it . |
| 28 | A process of rationalisation and joint initiatives with establishments of higher education makes identifying local schools and centres of nurse education quite difficult unless you are familiar with local mergers and health authority politics . |
| 29 | Er very difficult unless you 're into the share market er on a regular basis , but erm if you want a P E P , er er I , I 'd certainly say they 're worth having , and certainly for some of the people er in this room . |
| 30 | ‘ Time is irrelevant unless you want to catch a bus — ’ I began . |