Sentence examples for unless from inspiring English sources
unless
Except on a specified condition; if not.
- I'm leaving unless I get a pay rise (AmE: raise).
The word "unless" is correct and usable in written English. It is a conjunction used to introduce an exception to what has already been stated. For example, "I will not be able to attend the meeting unless I am feeling better by tomorrow.".
The escalators are not quite the liberating devices they were on the Pompidou Centre, where they took citizens on a free ride to the sky, but take you to a smallish landing beyond which (unless you have business in the building) you cannot go.
And unless Labour is able to embrace a politics of aspiration and inclusion, a politics that defies some of the traditional labels that have dogged politics for so long, then it's not going to win".
The political rhetoric over immigration will further intensify on Monday as David Cameron promises to ban all EU nationals from claiming most benefits after six months in the UK unless they can prove they have been continuously looking for work over that period.
"We will propose a 'double majority' rule – meaning that unless England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each vote to leave the EU, as well as the UK as a whole, Britain would remain a member state".
If forced to say, I would go the Swedish route; but of course we can't do that unless we're prepared to put all troubled banks in receivership.
I don't like to spread panic unless I absolutely have to, but looking at Gove's pop-up initiatives, I think we ought be keeping our eye on the bubbles.
Nick also highlights that there cannot be a stronger economy, unless we have a fairer society.
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