Example sentences of "if [v-ing] be " in BNC.

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31 If winning is n't important , why do they do keep score ? — Damon Runyon .
32 John Virgo 's winning at the moment , if winning 's the right word .
33 And if playing is too easy , it might take all the fun out of it .
34 If thinking is internalized argumentative dialogue , then there is a cognitive implication : theorists should be cautious lest they consider a single cognitive process , such as anchoring , without giving equal weight to an opposing counter-process .
35 If speechreading is being considered for someone who is very elderly , it should be recognized that it is only one of many factors .
36 I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham ( Mr. Conway ) , if congratulating is the correct expression .
37 In most cases when a game is acquired illegally , they would n't even think about buying the game if copying was impossible .
38 Directions can be misleading in that the product is shown squirted onto surfaces a practice that leads to over-use , rinsing difficulties and a residue of fine white powder if rinsing is not complete .
39 Each raster is thus refreshed every second if interlacing is used , and this reduces the data transmission requirements to 26 214 400 bits per second ( c. 26 MHz ) and 104857 600 bits per second ( c. 105 MHz ) respectively .
40 Losing weight is more difficult as we get older , and it is infuriatingly easy for the weight to shoot back up again if dieting is relaxed .
41 Since most dreams are not remembered , this function must either have nothing whatever to do with dreaming , or , if dreaming is essential to the process , the forgetting must be a necessary part of it .
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