Example sentences of "if [noun sg] is [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have received no formal representations from the CBI , but I am aware of its view that pay settlements need to be more realistic if competitiveness is not to be damaged . |
| 2 | If help is nowhere to be found , and you ca n't outrun whoever is chasing you , then substitute cunning for speed . |
| 3 | If compulsion is not to be the order of the day where the business itself is transferred , can it be accepted when the transfer is of the company which owns the business ? |
| 4 | The alternative conclusion is that if democracy is not to be immobilized it must be founded on a substantial degree of social and economic equality — that is , on the existence of a real and concrete common interest in society . |
| 5 | But the gap between amateur and expert must be bridged if society is not to be split between two cultures . |
| 6 | If life is not to be pointless , there must be an ultimate reason for it . |
| 7 | Secondly , the notion of usability allows us to recognise that if information is actually to be used by users , then it must also be usable by those users , without undue expenditure of time , effort or resource , or it simply will just not get used . |
| 8 | That third frame is unnecessary if radio is not to be carried . |
| 9 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ If history is not to be repeated , they should take the lead now and not merely be content to wait and see what might happen . ’ |
| 11 | If duress is not to be allowed as a complete defence to murder , the reduction in culpability should surely be reflected by reducing the conviction to manslaughter . |
| 12 | The repeated frustration of his attempts to introduce changes led to an impassioned plea in the Sunday Express for more freedom of action at club level : ‘ I appeal to the authorities to release the brake which they seem to delight in jamming on new ideas … as if wisdom is only to be found in the council chamber … |