Example sentences of "[vb pp] if it [is] [vb pp] to " in BNC.

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1 Yet in Britain , ‘ race ’ can not be under stood if it is falsely divorced from other political processes or grasped if it is reduced to the effect of these other relations .
2 A communication is protected if it is made to further a common interest — a circular published to shareholders in a company , or to fellow members of a trade union , or an inter-office memorandum .
3 A communication is protected if it is made to a person who has a duty to receive and act upon it : thus complaints to " higher authority " are privileged , whenever the authority complained to is in a position to investigate or discipline or supervise .
4 A g-g transition may be forbidden if considered as a purely electronic process , but it may become allowed if it is coupled to a vibrational process of u symmetry — if , for instance , a u vibrational mode is excited in the upper state .
5 An idea of the magnitude of this quantity can be obtained if it is compared to the total population of New Jersey ( 7 344 000 ) or Ecuador ( 7 814 000 ) , or if it is realized that 7 602 138 seconds make 90 days and 10 hours .
6 On the other hand , advice may be ignored if it is considered to be impractical , given the financial and family constraints under which an individual operates .
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