on (the) condition that
idiom
: only if
She spoke on the condition that she not be identified.
He taught me the trick on condition that I never tell anyone else how to do it.
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Sometimes it was granted on the condition that the patient agree to permanent sterilization after the procedure.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Lorena agreed to speak on the condition that her last name not be used and her child not be identified.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
She was persuaded to return, but only on condition that none of the existing staff be fired, that support for ESMA survivors continue, and, perhaps most critically, that none of the exhibits in the museum be modified or removed.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
The multiplatinum hip-hop group put a single copy of the album up for auction in 2015, on the condition that it not be put to commercial use.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Lorena agreed to speak on the condition that her last name not be used and her child not be identified.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
She was persuaded to return, but only on condition that none of the existing staff be fired, that support for ESMA survivors continue, and, perhaps most critically, that none of the exhibits in the museum be modified or removed.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
The multiplatinum hip-hop group put a single copy of the album up for auction in 2015, on the condition that it not be put to commercial use.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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