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If you don't A; the condition B will remain the same.
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食 べ て み な い こと に は おいしい か どうか 分 か ら な い ！ 
I won't know if it's delicious unless I try it.
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前 の ページ を 読 ま な い こと に は 、 この ページ が 理 解 できない 。 
Until you read that page, you won't understand this page.
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失 敗 は 怖 い で す が 、 やらない こと に は 成 功 も できない 。 
Failure is terrifying, but if you don't try, you will never succeed.
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今 回 の プ ロ ジ ェ ク ト は 皆 で 協 力 しない こと に は うまく 行 か な い よ 。 
If we don't all work together on the project this time, it won't go well.

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Construction
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AVerb: ない form
 
Aな-adjective で ない
 
ANoun で ない
 
Aい-adjective -い く ない
 
 
ことには~BVerb: ない form
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Grammar usage notes

Unless something is done or occurs, event following will not happen. Negatives are used in clause following. Often expresses the speaker's passive feelings
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まことまじま
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mireille
Level: 1
I-adjective (-い) + くないことには
Noun + で + ないことには
Na-adjective + で + ないことには
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マイコー
Level: 292
Thanks!
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mireille
Level: 1
The constructions I posted previously aren't correct.
According to Unicom it's

ない form verb + ことには
Noun + でないことはない
I-adjective (-い) + くないことには
Na-adjective + でないことはない

But the example sentences they provided are:

あなたの気持ち、分からないことはないんだけど…。
眼鏡なしで読めないことはないのですが、ちょっと読みづらいんです。
納豆は食べないこともないんですが、あまり好きじゃないんです。
この本、面白くないことはないんですが、今ひとつですね。

The grammar point is also called ないことはない ・ ないこともない, so the construction doesn't really seem to match with the rest.
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マイコー
Level: 292
Yea, that's a different construction. That one means 'as long as [A] isn't done], and the one you posted means 'to some small extent/amount [A]' http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=152
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Lang_learner
Level: 1
Is this grammar used in common speech? Thanks is advance! :D
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12 years ago
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できるだけ
Level: 28
No, I don't hear this one much.
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Lang_learner
Level: 1
@できるだけ, thanks!
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PUfelix85
Level: 263

The way I understand this grammar structure 「A ないことには B ない」 is used to say that you don't know the outcome [B] yet, but [A] needs to happen to find out. In comparison, 「A することなく (B)」where the outcome [B] is known (and optional), so you are saying that [A] has to happen to achieve that result.

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