Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court seemed to be afraid that if it allowed the jury to take account of one characteristic , such as sexual impotence , then it would be illogical to direct them not to take account of another characteristic , such as irascibility or bad temper . |
| 2 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 3 | Is it not the case , as was pointed out at the time of the French Revolution by the Abbé Sieyes , that if the second chamber agrees with the first it is superfluous and if it disagrees it is mischievous ? |
| 4 | That is , to simplify the independent conditional ( 5 ) a bit , a causal circumstance is such that if it happens , then just its effect does . |
| 5 | But , to simplify ( 6 ) , an effect is such that if it happens , then all that is true is that one or another of a set of causal circumstances has existed . |
| 6 | Thus , in part , a causal circumstance is such that if it occurred , then even if there also occurred any change logically consistent with it and its effect , the effect occurred — or , it was the first and the effect was the last of a sequence of things such that the given connection obtained between each thing and its successor . |
| 7 | Now the especially if it is colourless or if it has n't got a smell , you think ooh I 'm not putting that down . |
| 8 | USL is worried that if it does n't act now , such a practice may become more widespread . |
| 9 | Colin Chapman , however , had his doubts and was convinced that if it had barriers around it , similar to those at Monaco , Clark would never have died . |