Example sentences of "[adj] if [art] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 2 | It would have been different if the trapdoor had been the actual door of the furnace ; or if the coffin had been dragged by visible human operatives ; or if it had gone smoothly , as by the hand of God or the power of irresistible mechanical principles . |
| 3 | The shot glances off the tree and hits A's gardener , B. Can B sue A ? ( ii ) Would your answer be different if the shot had been fired by A 's son , C ? |
| 4 | It would be anomalous if the right to rescind was lost at an earlier date when the misrepresentation does not become a term of the contract . |
| 5 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |
| 6 | This significant increase in industrial concentration through merger activity would not have been possible if the government had been operating a tough anti-merger policy . |
| 7 | A much smoother implementation of this system would have been possible if the team had been involved much earlier and/or more forward planning for computerisation had been possible . |
| 8 | The negligence aspect of it , if somebody is negligent and does n't , for example , keep the engine oil topped up and they drive their vehicle until the engine seizes , in fairness it 's not the insurance company 's responsibility to put that right if the customer has been negligent , and I do n't think any reasonable person would ask us to do that in that situation . |
| 9 | There seems to be a degree of formal connection between them , a way in which the first tense conditions all the others , and it would be very strange if the exchange had been : |
| 10 | The evidence shows that this may well be a case in which failures by the ambulance service to provide an ambulance more quickly to a person who was in extremis was a cause of the death which might have been avoidable if the ambulance had been available earlier . |
| 11 | When dreams are recalled during the day , it would therefore be the most salient points that would be recalled , and the colour detail , which would have been available if the dreamer had been questioned about it on awakening , will have been forgotten . |
| 12 | It might have been callous if the situation had been different , but it seemed to suit him , too . |
| 13 | At this stage , most if not all expert systems can not be used by naive users ; a reasonable general knowledge of the area of expertise covered by the system ( its knowledge domain ) is essential if the output produced is to be taken seriously , just as the scope , limitations and difficulties presented by a new piece of legislation can only be predicted with any certainty by a lawyer and , even then , not always correctly . |
| 14 | There are a number of commercial systems currently available on the market which recognise handprint , some of which are quite successful for careful writing within specified boxes ( quoted recognition rates of up to 95% ) , and very successful if the system has been trained in a writer-dependent mode . |
| 15 | In addition , and as a result of the work undertaken by its resident tutors in Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire , the Board had developed systematic provision of all types of classes and courses on a scale beyond that imaginable if the District had been the sole provider . |
| 16 | This comment is correct if the bleaching has been done with oxalic acid . |
| 17 | The plan contained no provisions for the long-term clean-up that would have been necessary if the tanker had been carrying heavier crude . |
| 18 | Five months later the Minister of Information was asked in Parliament , during the debate on the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , why this new Bill was necessary if the Government had been able to close down Ulimwengu was it somehow to legalize what had been done already ? |
| 19 | It may be that other disaffected Anglian elements also gave assistance and it would be surprising if no help had been forthcoming from the men of Powys , who can not have been unaffected by Aethelfrith 's victory at Chester and the recent warfare between the northern Angles and the king of Gwynedd . |
| 20 | I would not be at all surprised if the story had been put out by Goreng or his superiors . |
| 21 | It will NOT be true if an attempt has been made to read from an empty area of a sparse random access file . |
| 22 | Of course this can never be true if the occupation has been entered upon for what one can get out of it — one must never expect virtue to bring a reward . |