Example sentences of "[adv] if [noun] are to [be] " in BNC.

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1 So if things are to be done quickly , an approach able to look without let or hindrance at problems , even the most deep-seated , is needed : to define them in the clearest terms : to suggest alternative ways to solutions : finally , to seek resources for those solutions .
2 Thus if goods are to be paid for within two months of delivery and are delivered on 5 October , they must be paid for by close of business — or midnight ? — on 5 December , the day of delivery being excluded from the two-month period ( Webb v Fairmainer ( 1838 ) 3 M & W 473 ) .
3 Thus if trustees are to be changed during a tax year in order to export the trusts overseas , only gains made after the end of the tax year ( 5 April ) in which the export took place would be gains made by a foreign trustee ; gains made on or before 5 April would be taxable upon the trustees in the normal way as gains made by UK trustees .
4 New employees will need to start work as soon as the move has taken place and training plans must be initiated straight away if staff are to be effective quickly .
5 These attitudes are fundamental to a Christian view of life , and the opportunity to develop such cognitive skills is to be viewed positively if pupils are to be helped to make their own informed and reasoned act of adult faith .
6 As modern weathering masks many of these textures , petrographic studies are best carried out on subsurface samples wherever possible , particularly if samples are to be chemically analysed later .
7 Yet if children are to be taught a love of literature and language , they surely need to be inspired by those whose love of literature and language is apparent and infectious .
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