Example sentences of "[verb] if it [is] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time .
2 So if you want to see if it 's actually worked , alright ?
3 Often these compromise theories state , in effect , that punishment is only justified if it is both deserved and likely to have deterrent effects ( eg von Hirsch , 1976 : chs 5 and 6 ) .
4 These costs of consent to political authority suggest that , on instrumental grounds , consent can only be held binding if it is so qualified that its effect is almost entirely confined to reinforcing independently existing obligations to obey .
5 The ham is always easier to cut when it is well chilled and may be even easier to handle if it is lightly frozen .
6 Anyway I mean hopefully this this will be sort of you know if it 's well publicized it it will be well attended because of the past .
7 I wonder if it is badly wounded .
8 A patent , once granted , can be revoked if it is subsequently shown to fail to meet the requirements for patentability ; for example , that it was not novel on the priority date or does not have an inventive step , or if it was not granted to the person entitled to it .
9 For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ?
10 A trade usage will be imported if it is widely known and followed , and is sufficiently certain , binding and reasonable .
11 A large timber barn in Essex , standing isolated near a road , will undoubtedly suffer if it is suddenly surrounded by the trimmings of a suburban garden — tarmac drive , garage , lawns , flowerbeds , hedges and off-the-peg fences .
12 Yet in Britain , ‘ race ’ can not be under stood if it is falsely divorced from other political processes or grasped if it is reduced to the effect of these other relations .
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