Sentence examples for if not compulsory from inspiring English sources

Attendance at such sessions were "if not compulsory, not quite uncompulsory either".

That may explain the atmosphere in the White House, where, as Mr. Bush's former speechwriter David Frum put it, "attendance at Bible study was, if not compulsory, not quite uncompulsory".

A sly dig there is "Missed you at Bible study," as David Frum reported in "The Right Man" with a "twitch," since "Bible study was, if not compulsory, not quite uncompulsory, either" when he was in Bush's White House.

If voting was not compulsory the equation would be even more different, because only "highly motivated votes would end up casting a ballot".

The last column of Table 1 contains the age at which schooling is no longer compulsory (or NA if schooling is not compulsory).

I think it goes like this: even if vaccination is not compulsory, it is a sin to thwart God's will if He would strike me down, I would be stricken.

However, a number of participants felt that they and others from their community would ' ignore' or 'avoid' a screening invitation letter, particularly if it was not compulsory.

A survey of graduates found that only one-fifth of students would have taken the subject if it was not compulsory, but in hindsight over two-thirds said they had learnt things not otherwise covered in their degree and that it should remain compulsory (unpublished data, The Faculty of Science, Monash University 2009).

In 2003, the NBC drew up conclusive bioethical recommendations which gave full legitimacy to public advance statements redacted in written form, devoid of any prospect of euthanasia, compiled with the help of a physician, as specific and personalized as possible, and by which the physician should abide even if this is not compulsory [ 19].

If a subject is not compulsory, then it is a matter of choice, and if it's simply a matter of choice, then it's no longer a priority.

I saw that it was beneficial; there are so many diseases and since they came to help us (the community), you had to agree … (Mother of control)" " She said it was not compulsory, if you did not want to participate, you could refuse; I wanted to participate that was why I thumb printed.