Example sentences of "to be [verb] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asparagus beetles , for example , can dramatically reduce crop yields and , although often controlled naturally by ground beetles , need to be sprayed if they get out of hand . |
| 2 | Individuals have a right not to be touched if they do not wish to be touched , since the body is private . |
| 3 | I have observed that brichardi left with their parents stop growing at about 1¼″ — in the confines of an aquarium they are likely to be killed if they grow any larger . |
| 4 | If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil . |
| 5 | Similarly , light tries to travel in a straight line , but the curvature of space-time near the sun causes the light from distant stars to be bent if it passes near the sun . |
| 6 | Sitting in Manchester , the judge said after listening to two hours of legal argument from counsel for Blandford , his wife and the Official Solicitor , that he now had no power to rectify his error made on May 17 when he ordered the Marquess to be jailed if he failed to pay the money in two weeks . |
| 7 | He 'd have to leave the window slightly open and hope to be disturbed if anything happened . |
| 8 | Deliberate learning situations have to be constructed if we want to pin causes down and further our grasp on the world . |
| 9 | It will not make it very easy for them to be called if they seek to interrupt now . |
| 10 | An article is more likely to be accepted if it says something new but this might annoy some of his party leaders . |
| 11 | In other words , you could ride into the ring with a home-made hard hat that would have to be accepted if it had a ‘ harness secured to the shell at more than two points ’ , but they can pull you up for wearing black jodhs ! |
| 12 | Later on each of the souls pouring out of Narnia on Doomsday looks at Aslan as it comes through the Door-way of Death — to be saved if it loves , destroyed if it hates . |
| 13 | Bits of Meccano lay around waiting to be pilfered if I 'd had the courage . |
| 14 | But even those with mild and moderate disease were more likely to be employed if they did not reveal their cystic fibrosis , suggesting that doing so places the job seeker at a disadvantage . |
| 15 | An order form is enclosed to be completed if you wish to subscribe to this service indicating the regularity with which you would wish to receive it . |
| 16 | There are two basic assumptions that have to be made if we wish to infer from this that X causes Y . |
| 17 | He avoided any of the hard decisions that would have to be made if he wanted to stabilise the industry at about its current size , as promised by the hon. Member for Holborn and St.Pancras . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen if they have applicability to the much more complex discriminant analysis problems routinely undertaken by classical taxonomists . |
| 19 | Gaining territory by right of conquest was an entirely acceptable way to expand an empire , but it remained to be seen if anyone had worked out any better methods than those of the Spanish for ruling the new subjects acquired in that way . |
| 20 | It remained to be seen if he recognised her . |
| 21 | As he watched her eating he knew what would have to be done if she tried to expose him publicly . |
| 22 | Most shops are prepared for your to do this with expensive boots , but do n't expect them to be exchanged if they 've been marked in any way or worn outside ! |
| 23 | In male prisons , while homosexual relationships exist they are less likely to be tolerated if they involve truly loving feelings . |
| 24 | In the UK , the Public Order Act , with its Incitement to Racial Hatred clause , is likely to be invoked if anyone dealing in the games is arrested . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm old enough to be forgiven if I tell you that the news did n't sadden me . |
| 26 | A ley can really only be said to be confirmed if it has been walked for most of its length . |
| 27 | He had a deep , consciously formulated desire not to be sexual at all , but did not expect to be believed if he said so . |
| 28 | Someone else is more likely to be eaten if I keep near to other people . |
| 29 | Is a defendant who fails even to consider that a woman might not be consenting still to be acquitted if he takes her consent for granted ? |
| 30 | Soon , though , we hit a Catch-22 : I could get funding for more equipment if there was a ‘ group ’ organised , but no village women wanted to be organised if they did n't have machines . |