• From an evolutionary viewpoint, a function can be assigned to a DNA sequence if and only if it is possible to destroy it.

    FORBES: ENCODE Papers Get A Fisking

  • My belief is that the brand will retain its star status if and only if the ride is worth cheering about and the value is there.

    FORBES: Boo? Hiss? When The Shouting Stops, Only Experience Will Determine Whether Netflix Remains A Star Brand

  • As a result, I presented a plan that committed me to hitting a clear and unambiguous revenue target if and only if engineering would commit to making the upgrades on time.

    FORBES: How to Write a Plan or Proposal That Rocks

  • We look in the mirror and wonder what it would be like if and only if we could lose 15 pounds, had a smaller nose, longer eyelashes, a bigger (or smaller) chest, longer legs, so forth.

    FORBES: You Can't Hate Yourself Into Lasting Change

  • But the NWFund has plenty in it, and plenty more revenue coming in over time, to do this job if, and only if, we follow the BRC recommendations and put the waste in the right place ( Nuke Us).

    FORBES: Federal Court Wastes DOE

  • If and only if these figures are allowed to come to the fore in the Middle East, the tides of history may yet be moved by our better natures, and the Palestinians may finally find accommodation with Israel and the larger world.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Terrorism as career option

  • But as president of the United States, I would be willing to lead tough and principled diplomacy with the appropriate Iranian leader at a time and place of my choosing if, and only if, it can advance the interests of the United States.

    NPR: Transcript: Obama's Speech at AIPAC

  • The secret of building a business on a Tier-1 domain name is that a great domain name (short, memorable, meaningful, .com, etc.) is worth millions if and only if a real business can monetize it. ff Venture Capital has numerous companies which have acquired or launched with blue-chip domain names, e.g.

    FORBES: Build Your Startup On A Vacant Domain Name

  • For an hour and a half they spoke about how to solve what Icelandic President Grimsson called, "the most fundamental question of the 21st century": energy and whether there will ever be enough alternative sources of power to satisfy global demand if, and only if, the world manages to shake its addiction to oil and other fossil fuels.

    CNN: Doha - round table highlights

  • According to Halperin, the United States is justified in its intervention if, and only if, these principles have been met.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Case Against the Halperin Nomination -- First Edition

  • The public sector pays if, and only if, the intervention is successful.

    BBC: Charitable bonds explained

  • It is a journey which the voters will re-join him on if, and only if, they believe he has learnt from his mistakes.

    BBC: Nick Clegg's gamble over tuition fee apology

  • This will indeed accomplish our goal over time if, and only if, across the entire private sector institutions and individuals alike reset goals and values.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Macedonian government, headed by Slavs in coalition with Albanians, has told the West that it can hold the lid on ethnic tensions if, and only if, western aid keeps rolling in.

    ECONOMIST: Ending conflict in Kosovo | The

  • If, and only if, the amount of money Medicare spends per person goes up faster than the consumer price index, the panel will make recommendations to Congress on how to get Medicare to spend less.

    CNN: Take another look at health care act

  • If and only if those conditions are fulfilled, regional assemblies would be worth having.

    ECONOMIST: A federal Britain

  • Countries that have them and in a nuclear-knowing world, such weapons cannot simply be wished away or disinvented, even though their numbers can be greatly reduced over time need to be confident that they will go off if needed, and only if needed.

    ECONOMIST: No more tests

  • The stakes are too high to continue to hypothesis that if only teachers taught better and if only schools were more positive and less punitive, then education would be great or no student would be left behind.

    FORBES: There Are No Silver-Bullets in Education Reform

  • Peter, I believe we share a pretty big page since I do in fact believe the middle class will survive only if greed is tempered with accountability and only if we fund the programs necessary to build men and women who have a strong sense of their value because their education, training and experience has made them valuable.

    FORBES: "The Economy" Not Acceptable Answer to Your Request for a Raise

  • Companies can use a short form--which simply identifies the plant and the chemical found there--only if they release less than 500 pounds of just one chemical and only if that chemical is not considered one of the most hazardous substances.

    FORBES: Toxic Neighbors?

  • "If these cruel and tragic events can only awaken that city and state -- if they can only awaken this entire nation to a realization of the folly of racial injustice and hatred and violence -- then it is not too late for all concerned to unite in steps toward peaceful progress before more lives are lost, " he said.

    CNN: Obama honors girls killed in 1963 church bombing

  • And if only -- if only -- we should have done this outside.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • And the administration agreed to give waivers to those governors and others only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent and they could keep the waivers only if they did increase employment.

    FORBES: Clinton, Romney and the Hidden Fight Over Welfare Reform

  • Even so, change will occur only slowly, maybe over decades and then only if borrowers and lenders come to believe that low inflation which makes fixed-rate debt less risky is permanent.

    ECONOMIST: European monetary union

  • Obama announced new "presidential policy guidelines" last week on the standards his administration has been using when deciding to launch lethal strikes, including a guideline to strike a target only if it presents an "imminent threat" to U.S. national security and only if the target cannot be captured.

    NPR: Drone Strike Comes Despite Transparency Pledge

  • In October, the full NCAA board will decide whether to formally adopt the proposed new anti-violence rules, and even if they do, they will only succeed if advocates nationwide are vocal and persistent about demanding that Emmert take a similarly strong stand against all sexual violence, not only scandals that rise to a level of virtual child sex trafficking.

    FORBES: Penn State Sanctions Too Little, But Good Start

  • What if the high-tech stuff makes for a great car--only if and when it works?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • If a bridge or airport or some other infrastructure is going to be built, and only if it makes sense to build it in the first place, it is far better to do it when unemployment is 10% than when it is 1%.

    FORBES: Obama's 'Didn't Build That' Jab Exposes Cancer At Heart Of Crisis

  • Before: You could only tag someone if you were friends with them, and you could only tag a Page if you had liked it.

    FORBES: Facebook Finally Helps Users Avoid Being Tagged in Embarrassing Photos, But Also Expands Who Can Tag

  • We started this project to give freedom and independence to the blind -- and if only a few could afford the vehicle, what good would it be?

    CNN: Why we made a car for blind drivers

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定