Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susannah Creese 's Asparagus Triptych , which won the young artists ' award , was the best thing in the show , even if it seemed hardly to be a watercolour . |
| 2 | Do n't worry if it turns out to be a false alarm — it 's always better to be safe than sorry . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'm too hungry to think about it , so let's eat it first , and then if it turns out to be wrong to eat it , I promise to be very sorry . ’ |
| 4 | The software that handles index building and additions can operate on the keys separately , while the size of the gap between key and data allows the data record to be transferred into main storage if it turns out to be the required record after examination of the key by the control unit . |
| 5 | ‘ Not even if it turns out to be an intruder ? ’ asked Pascoe . |
| 6 | If it turns out to be ‘ right ’ ( the trade term for ‘ genuine ’ ) , it will be worth sending to Geneva for sale . |
| 7 | If it turns out to be incapable of being remedied , the result may well be different . |
| 8 | So if it turns out to be a Glaucous , he has imported something without permission . |
| 9 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 10 | And what happens if it turned out to be the Lord Bruce — eh ? |
| 11 | I should have taken the set back and demanded that the shop or manufacturer replace it , but in those days the attitude was that it was a privilege to buy something , and it was just your bad luck if it turned out to be faulty . |
| 12 | But actually one can argue that we should be worried if it turned out to be very easy for chemists to obtain life spontaneously in the test-tube . |
| 13 | So er I mean if it turned out to be twelve weeks work . |