Example sentences of "[noun] if it be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my mind you can make up anything you want in your notebooks , but you ca n't call it fraud if it was n't published . |
| 2 | The Bettiscombe skull , preserved in the house at that time , was said to be that of a negro slave , so devoted to John Frederick that it emitted the most ghastly screams if it were ever parted from him . |
| 3 | We do n't want to accrue er interest even if it 's being expenses by B-Sky-B if it 's not going to actually be paid for many years , but to the extent that it 's er likely to turn into cash in the relatively near future , then I think we would erm think it 's now time to start addressing that issue and the result would be that we should probably erm accrue some reasonable and not very substantial amount of back-interest er in the current financial year . |
| 4 | It does n't have to have the polish of a broadcast programme if it is not going to be broadcast . |
| 5 | Even if the new President had entered his official residence , he would have no standing in his own community , and what , after all , is the point of a Maronite President if it is not to integrate the Maronites within the traditional confessional system which — readjusted in the Muslims ' favour — the Tayif agreement perpetuates ? |
| 6 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
| 7 | Not difficult to understand then why a stove can be a backpacker 's best friend — or worst enemy if it 's not suited to the use you intend . |
| 8 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 9 | Television , for the NVALA , is a uniquely powerful medium , and one therefore that can have devastating effects on the social fabric if it is not checked . |
| 10 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 11 | A payment of interest , however , would be charged to corporation tax in the recipient 's hands and would attract a liability to pay ACT if it is then distributed to the recipient 's own shareholders . |
| 12 | Strictly , as far as unregistered conveyancing is concerned , there is no need for the mortgagee to be a party to the conveyance if it is not releasing the husband from liability . |
| 13 | I just wondered what those contexts and you will be bound to be asked it in council if it 's not asked now . |
| 14 | Before proceeding , it is perhaps appropriate to examine what is meant by deregulation and to try to access the likely effect of the philosophy if it is fully extended to international air transport . |
| 15 | Management say Caldaire would need at least £3.7m if it is not to end up out of pocket . |
| 16 | Caldaire said it would needed at least £3.7m if it was not to end up out of pocket . |
| 17 | They point out that the model predicts that a stimulus will lose associability if it is consistently followed by a reinforcer of a given size but that if the size of the reinforcer varies from trial to trial then associability will be maintained . |
| 18 | The visual impact of materials never fails to illicit a response if it is well chosen . |
| 19 | No it 's quite a nice smell if it 's like taken out now . |
| 20 | It was emphasised in Fookes v Slaytor [ 1978 ] 1 WLR 1293 that the court has no power to make a finding of contributory negligence if it is not pleaded . |
| 21 | ‘ Industry responds to legislation but argues that costs are important , so why should it spend money if it is not breaking the law ? ’ |
| 22 | But it might as well save its money if it is merely going to flow out of the country into the pockets and profits of foreign firms . |
| 23 | The House of Lords held that the effect of the clause was not merely to bar proceedings but to extinguish the carrier 's liability if it was not complied with . |
| 24 | He said the country is on the brink of a tourism explosion which could end in disaster for the local community if it is n't managed properly . |
| 25 | In reality , it is a social and economic problem which is not fixed to a particular geographical space but which can transfer itself from place to place if it is not tackled at its source . |
| 26 | Did the car do its job if it was totally destroyed ? |
| 27 | He said Bonn was favourably disposed to such a conference if it were well prepared . |
| 28 | It would be a wicked waste if it is n't worn for its proper purpose . ’ |
| 29 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 30 | Made in larger quantities pesto can be preserved in jars if it is tightly packed ( no air pockets should remain ) and covered with a layer of olive oil . |