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on condition that
Idioms and Phrases
Provided that, with the restriction that, as in She said she'd help with the costumes on condition that she would get ten free tickets to the play . The use of the noun condition in the sense of “stipulation” dates from the late 1300s, and the precise phrase from the early 1500s.Example Sentences
She is said to have been so amused to see local farm workers chasing it, she rewarded them land – on condition that the chase be re-enacted every year.
The main way is to gift assets to the next generation, on condition that you live for seven years after the transfer.
"The underground life is ruthless. Many do not make it out alive," said the 52-year-old, who spoke to the BBC on condition that his real name was not used as he feared reprisals.
“They really completely destroyed everything. There is broken glass everywhere. It’s been defamed, vandalized,” said the agent who is selling the property and spoke on condition that she would not be named.
“He told me, ‘I displaced people from Zanuta to ad-Dhahiriya … I am from the family of the farm of mad people,’” said Ahmed, who spoke on condition that only his first name be used, over retaliation fears.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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