Example sentences of "if it [be] [verb] [that] a " in BNC.

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1 If it is argued that a man has a moral duty to obey the law and that to break the law of the land is a violation of one 's duty to one 's country , then one has only to point to instances of government policy where it would clearly be immoral to obey the law of the land .
2 Even if it is accepted that a substantial proportion of any given unemployment rate is Keynesian in origin , Euro-pessimists fear that any expansion of demand to reduce such unemployment will hit up against supply-side constraints .
3 If it is noticed that a form has not been acted upon after the specified number of working days the New OED Computer Group should be informed .
4 This outcome can be predicted if it is allowed that a change of context causes changes in α to be determined solely or largely by events on the immediately preceding trial ( i.e. if contextual change produced an increase in the value of γ in equation 3.2 above ) .
5 Even if it is agreed that a study of the aspirations , the jobs , the education and social background of certain individuals will elucidate the character of the relation between the ruling class and the state , the results are still far from decisive .
6 If if it is considered that a new settlement is required to meet the housing provision in Greater York , then the first question that has to be asked is , is the criteria approach alone acceptable .
7 If it is found that a particular form of therapy is effective for a group of individuals with a particular pattern of language difficulties , or for those who share a common aetiology ( that is , they have the same diagnosis ) , it may be that others with similar difficulties may be helped by the same form of therapy .
8 If it is known that a group of books is little used then the borrowing record of items from that group is a nil predictor of future use … unfortunately the satisfying ritual of checking date labels gives the illusion that all is well and seems to be scientifically ennobled .
9 The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status .
10 If it is claimed that a poetics of textual production and reflexivity replaces mimetic strategies of any kind , then the early nouveau roman can also be made to conform to this new postmodern aesthetic .
11 We would not be surprised if it was concluded that a more thorough-going reform is required than that assumed in Threshold 21 .
12 If it was known that a Girl simply had a relation with the disease , she would find herself singled out for extra help to the point of favouritism .
13 If it was known that a bad record led to the dismissal of a headman , then his enemies reported false cases .
14 A private citizen could be fined between one and ten times the average monthly wage if it was found that a car was emitting excessive levels .
15 If it was thought that a consensus could not be reached , then the Nordic solution was very simple : the matter was not raised .
16 It would be a sad day if it was thought that a change of mind on the part of a local authority in any question relating to children was an admission of past error .
17 Then occasionally when we had houses broken into and so on , if it was thought that a tramp could have been responsible , it used to be a great help if we gave out nine tickets for tramps and only eight of the nine were admitted to the casual ward , then we should clamp down of course on the one who failed to turn up .
18 If it was considered that a parent was fabricating symptoms and manipulating recorded data a decision could be made to discuss this with the parent and family doctor .
19 If both these exclusions were accepted , the throne was Philip 's , if it were allowed that a woman could transmit a right but not exercise it , the throne was Edward 's .
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