Sentence examples for leaves if not from inspiring English sources

Though wet leaves are definitely an open invitation to mildew, a strong rain can wash the spores off the leaves (if not smashing their stems).

Residents remarked that it looked like winter on this sultry summer day because so many trees, including century-old oaks that were the town's beacons, had been stripped of their leaves if not felled altogether.

Those printed more than a century ago can develop discoloured and brittle leaves if not kept in suitable conditions.

To stew rhubarb, remove and discard leaves if not already done, chop the stalks into 1 inch (2.5cm) pieces and stew in enough water to cover.

Get your children involved- let them do some of the raking with a small rake, or even let them collect some of the leaves (if not wet) with their hands.

"This woman was leaving, if not in March, then in June," the official said.

Girls can often be distrustful or so manipulated by their traffickers that they leave if not placed in secure facilities.

Several senior officials involved in running the party machine say they will leave, if not immediately, then soon.

The introduction she gave me was so touching, affectionate, and effusive that I was left, if not technically speechless, flushed and stammering.

"We would expect hundreds of thousands of people from Mosul to leave, if not more," says Marwa Awad, speaking on behalf of the UN World Food Programme WFPP) in Irbil, the Kurdish capital, 50 miles east of Mosul.

He must also supply the vendor with operating conditions, which include: flows of all components to be purged from the system (often air plus water vapor), temperature and pressure entering the jets and pressure leaving if not atmospheric, temperature and pressure of steam available to drive the jets, and temperature and quantity of cooling water available for the intercondensers.