Example sentences of "unless [pers pn] has [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think at first they were both afraid to become music specialists , but she knows so much now — good contemporary pop music , not just my music — that she wants to be involved with it and she refuses to be professionally involved unless she has expert knowledge . |
| 2 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 3 | If a large customer is late in making payment , a firm may be unable to pay its suppliers unless it has spare liquidity . |
| 4 | Today the functions of a local authority almost invariably involve the expenditure of money and it is clearly established that a local authority may not spend money unless it has statutory authority to do so . |
| 5 | The Act does not give a constable power to search a person or a vehicle or anything in or on a vehicle unless he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that he will find stolen or prohibited articles . |
| 6 | This is certainly less sexist , but the married couple 's allowance goes to the man unless he has insufficient income to benefit from it . |
| 7 | The newly-elected councillor must not expect to be elected to the more important committees unless he has special qualifications for any committee . |