Sentence examples for if not precise from inspiring English sources
Mr Walcott is nothing if not precise, and in his precision is the reader's pleasure.
For eleven seconds, precisely — Tharp is nothing if not precise, although she did concede that there would be a few seconds more of glory if one counted the time spent taking a bow.
Mr. Quinn, who is nothing if not precise, did.
New Yorkers are nothing if not precise in their self-medication.
Six bangs to be precise and Mr Litt is nothing if not precise.
The reference was apropos, if not precise: In 1978, the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a Bulgarian intelligence operative who jabbed him with a ricin-tipped umbrella as he waited for a bus in London.
Smokers, for example, may be too broad a category but Aboriginal smokers in remote areas may be a more acceptable category even if still not precise.
If they are not precise enough errors will occur, but they can be fixed by "debugging" them.
And if you're not precise in your defensive spacing, you're going to give up open looks".
What's more, as Randazzo points out, "if it's not precise, you might be worrying people unnecessarily".
London Irish coach Toby Booth on Steven Shingler's red card: "The way the game is being officiated around the tackle means if you are not precise you may pay a heavy price.
