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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 、 やらない こと に は 成 功 も できない 。 
Failure is terrifying, but nothing ventured is nothing gained (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 きょうりょく しない こと に は 上手 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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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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まことまじま
Level: 417
(1 year ago)
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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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
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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
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Thanks!
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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
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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
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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
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Is this grammar used in common speech? Thanks is advance! :D
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できるだけ
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No, I don't hear this one much.
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Lang_learner
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@できるだけ, thanks!
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