Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
2 Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
3 ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
4 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
5 Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
6 WHY do people continue to propagate the ridiculous idea that a couple 's problems will fade into nothingness if they simply make babies ?
7 ‘ The government 's proposals on patronage and sponsorship [ the so-called Ley del Mecenazgo or Patronage Law ] may provide an important boost for the Museum if it actually becomes law ’ .
8 I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall .
9 However , independent advisers will only be exempt from the minimum capital requirement if they simply pass clients ' orders and payments on to dealers , do not deal in shares directly on their client 's behalf , and are subject to a proper ethical code .
10 Such is our conclusion if we passively let things take their course .
11 We think it against nature if someone so lacks prudence that they involve themselves in great foreseen evil for the sake of satisfying some fairly trifling present impulse .
12 I asked one pupil if he ever said Grace .
13 However , according to Egnell Ameda , white noise wo n't soothe a baby if she really needs attention — because her nappy needs changing , say , or if she 's hungry .
14 For example if you regularly use standards issued by such bodies as ANSI ( American National Standards Institute ) , API ( American Petroleum Institute ) , IEC ( International Electrochemical Commission ) , IEEE ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ) they will undertake to keep you informed of amendments or new editions as they are published .
15 Or you can mix it in the bottle with the oil so it 's always handy in your pocket if you ever have occasion to use it .
16 You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) .
17 Remember to tick the box if you still want tickets to visit the Ideal Home Exhibition and the BBC Good Food Show , even if the demonstrations have already sold out .
18 It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put .
19 Was the uninterrupted growth and full employment of the '50s and '60s partly due to a belief ( which can be traced back to World War II ) that demand management would prevent mass unemployment if it ever showed signs of recurring ?
20 There was much criticism of the time taken up in the Commons by these devolution measures , and also of the careless drafting of two bills which were likely to produce a legal and constitutional nightmare if they ever took effect .
21 Likewise , the financiers could be responsible to the company if they actively induce executives of the company to breach their contracts of employment , by encouraging them , for example , to release confidential information .
22 It would be no surprise if he too had clocks set for different time zones .
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