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Unless in a sentence
Unless meaning
- Except on a specified condition; if not.
- If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
- Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
Using Unless
- The main meaning on this page is: Except on a specified condition; if not. | If not; used with counterfactual conditionals. | Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
- In the example corpus, unless often appears in combinations such as: unless you, unless they, unless the.
Context around Unless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unless
- In this selection, "unless" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, value, planet, outcomes, jewish, registered and someone stand out and add context to how "unless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 103 1 unless no such, about it unless we know and unless otherwise. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unless" sits close to words such as transfer, singer and hasn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unless … unless you are sharing with non-family friends, you scoundrel! (11 words)
About how my wife wouldn’t date me unless I could get my head around Joni Mitchell?” she asked. (19 words)
He said that the “unless” from last week was unless he informed Roman of all of Brock’s dirty secrets. (20 words)
There’s no way you can read that from that transcript unless, unless, you want to pick out specific bits that support … Surely, or I think I’m in the wrong job, that goes way beyond what would be expected between a barrister and a client,” he said. (48 words)
The securities described herein have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Act or unless an exemption from registration is available. (42 words)
Unless the number of individuals is quite small, or unless there is coercion or some other special device to make individuals act in their common interest, rational, self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common or group interest. (40 words)
Unless … unless you are sharing with non-family friends, you scoundrel! (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
We can’t protect the planet unless we care about the planet, and we can’t care about it unless we know about it, and we don’t know about it unless we’re exposed to it.
So, unless and until we reduce the importance of political outcomes—unless and until we make life less political—we should expect division to grow.
The road to peace will hard, it is a task that may seem impossible but unless we start, unless we try, there is no chance of getting there.
The securities described herein have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Act or unless an exemption from registration is available.
Unless the latest good news is followed by large dividends back to the investors the share price gains might be temporary, and the rug might get pulled from under you unless you are agile.
But in reality, unless Jewish institutions take concrete steps to cast out bigotry and welcome Jewish-Muslim collaboration, and unless Jewish authenticity stops being adjudicated by political disagreements, Klein will win the war, too.
Everyone should be here to support because we know and they know that all of this is wrong so unless you come out, unless I come out, then nothing’s gonna change.
There’s no way you can read that from that transcript unless, unless, you want to pick out specific bits that support … Surely, or I think I’m in the wrong job, that goes way beyond what would be expected between a barrister and a client,” he said.
Unless the number of individuals is quite small, or unless there is coercion or some other special device to make individuals act in their common interest, rational, self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common or group interest.
Unless … unless you are sharing with non-family friends, you scoundrel!
An organization may exist to do good in the community, but it can’t do good unless it makes money—unless it makes a profit.
Geez Guy, this is Basic Capitalism 101. As a tree has no value unless it can be cut down and used for something, a public space has no value unless someone can make money from it.
He said that the “unless” from last week was unless he informed Roman of all of Brock’s dirty secrets.
I’m also not much of a fan of final gameplay genre twists, not unless they make sense, or unless they seem to be in the spirit of entertaining or intriguing the player rather than just forestalling the end.
Unless prohibited by state or federal law, smoking is allowed in two places, a car or a private residence, unless being used as a child care or health care facility subject to state licensing requirements.
According to Article 103(1), "unless no such majority exists", interpreted by the president as "unless no such party exists" (although an absolute majority may be formed by one party, a coalition of parties or an alliance).
Good writing is not done unless there are serious forces at work; and it is not permanent unless it works for readers with opinions different from the author's.
However, in general, a litigant cannot obtain equitable relief unless there is "no adequate remedy at law"; that is, a court will not grant an injunction unless monetary damages are an insufficient remedy for the injury in question.
The Opposition stated that they would continue to do so unless Whitlam called an election for the House of Representatives and urged Kerr to dismiss Whitlam unless he agreed to their demand.
About how my wife wouldn’t date me unless I could get my head around Joni Mitchell?” she asked.
Phrases with unless
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with unless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- unless you 38×
- unless they 21×
- unless the 18×
- unless it 16×
- unless we 14×
- unless he 11×
- but unless 9×
- unless there 9×
- and unless 8×
- unless unless 6×