Example sentences of "but if it [vb -s] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growling like a mother cat may make a cat owner feel ridiculous , but if it helps to restrain a cat from tearing at a valuable chair , it is well worth a try . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , that makes sense , but if it means takin' the engine out and havin' engineers crawlin' all over the place so we ca n't get on with the job of takin' on stores and equipment — ’ |
| 3 | But if it means preserving a third tier of bureaucracy , the ‘ arm 's length principle ’ could become very expensive indeed . |
| 4 | Britain can not be thrown out of the EC , but if it fails to pass the bill it would be left behind as the others speed towards greater political and economic unity . |
| 5 | But if it 's got no key signature you would n't need to bother to put anything in at all . |