Example sentences of "if [noun sg] [be] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plainly , any questions about sex or gender are necessarily non-philosophical , if philosophy is taken to be conceptual analysis in this narrow sense . |
| 2 | If empiricism is claiming to be the study of the observable and explicable , then it is no more than behaviourism returned , vampire-like , to seek new life in the fear-ridden haunted village of modern academia . |
| 3 | Shareholders are right to wonder whether , if business is going to be that good , it should be they rather than their managers who make the killing . |
| 4 | If price is thought to be a significant factor in the product 's success , then the manufacturer should only deal with distributors who are willing to agree a mark-up and selling price with the manufacturer . |
| 5 | If penicillin was going to be tried in man , how on earth was enough going to be made ? |
| 6 | If television is going to be with you , you will need to arrange stronger lights on the key focal points — you would do well to get a set of four ‘ redheads ’ ( 800 watt TV lights ) . |
| 7 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
| 8 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 9 | Cosla complained it had no extra resources to meet the requirement , and suggested the registers would be unworkable , raising complicated questions of liability if land was found to be contaminated . |
| 10 | But this one , standing before me in her underwear , was immediately possessable , if possession means the same thing as physical penetration , or if possession is something you measure by its financial cost , and if possession is acknowledged to be temporary , a leasehold , an object you lose or abandon . |