Sentence examples for if not rigid from inspiring English sources
Kosygin was viewed by Western diplomats as a pragmatist "with a glacial exterior who was orthodox if not rigid".
"Every thought, every observation, every judgment, every description, whether of the modern scientist or of anyone else, is soaked in preconceived built-in value judgments, assumptions and dogmas at least as rigid, if not more rigid (because they are so often unconsciously embraced), than those of any explicitly religious system.
However, if the rules are not rigid, corruption creeps in.
Obviously if the graph is not rigid, infinite number of realizations are possible through continuous deformations.
Even if we seem to like easy categorization, we're not rigid about the categories themselves.
If the interface of soft tissue and bone is not rigid, healing may not occur [ 4, 23].
The students will cut you some slack, if you're friendly, affable, and approachable -- firm but not rigid.
They're not rigid, these two.
They're inclusive guidelines, not rigid formulas.
