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Discover LudwigThe phrase "unless it moves" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a condition is set that something will not happen or be done if a certain action occurs, specifically if something is in motion. Example: "I won't take any action unless it moves; otherwise, there's no need to intervene."
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The Sun also referred to the possibility of Labour taking "a further lurch leftwards under Jeremy Corbyn", arguing that "unless it moves towards the centre ground, Labour is doomed".
That is certain to increase pressure on Congress to pass legislation that would impose stiff economic sanctions on China unless it moves more quickly to allow its currency to rise in value.
Nothing you write will matter unless it moves the human heart, said the poet A. D. Hope.
In short, the US has virtually no leverage in the crisis – unless it moves to a more robust Plan B, hinted at by some officials here.
He pointed to recent modelling by the institute that showed Australia faces significant economic disruption unless it moves quickly to implement clear policies to meet the Paris goals.
In "Unless It Moves the Human Heart," I track the progress of a graduate writing course I taught at Stony Brook University in the spring semester of 2008.
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He warned that Israel faced diplomatic isolation unless it moved decisively to help the Palestinians establish their own state.
STILL, Argentina has already confounded pessimists who predicted that the country would collapse unless it moved quickly to reach an agreement with the I.M.F.
In an unusually stern letter, The United States trade representative, Charlene Barshefsky, warned the Nicaraguan government in October that the United States might rescind some trade benefits unless it moved to ensure that Chentex complied with labor laws.
In the letter, Mr. Icahn formally announced his intention to seek the ouster of the Web giant's board unless it moved quickly to restart talks to be acquired by Microsoft.
"I knew I wasn't going to leave that place," he said, "unless it was moving into my own apartment or moving in with a significant other".
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