Example sentences of "[verb] if it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Like other members of its family , the weed contains a powerful toxin , caelerphenyn , but scientists do not yet know if it poses a danger to human health .
2 Extensive stretches of the walls of his nave have been traced on each side of the existing nave , although we do not yet know if it had an aisle along each flank .
3 Now what happens if it gets a bit more complicated , and all it , another way another way of checking this , erm , what would happen
4 The main aim of the present book is to discuss the theory of psychoanalysis as such ; not to sociologize about it , but to see if it has a contribution to make to sociology itself .
5 If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into .
6 No political action may be undertaken if it makes a difference to the likelihood that a person will endorse one conception of the good or another , or to his chances of realizing his conception of the good , unless other actions are undertaken which cancel out such effects .
7 Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line .
8 That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen .
9 This last exception leads to an absurdity whereby a contract ( say , to install new kitchen units for a cash price of £2,000 payable immediately on completion of the work ) which would otherwise be cancellable , will be excepted if it contains a term that £35 of the price is not payable until , say , six months after completion .
10 The prosecution has now been been given seven days to decide if it wants a re-trail .
11 She had been foolish enough to ask if it had a name .
12 The Commission took the view that the responsibility of a legal service was the provision of legal advice and assistance to individuals , that community action tends to involve only one section of the community , and that the independence of a centre is compromised if it becomes a base for campaigns .
13 It claims : ‘ The South Glamorgan Health Authority will be unable to function with the proper degree of independence required if it has a spy in the camp in the personage of the minister 's secretary . ’
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