Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 2 | My good sister , how happy should I be if I might be admitted to a conversation with you at your grate . |
| 3 | If I could be bothered to . |
| 4 | It only worked if she could be brought to the surrendering pitch of exhausted or ecstatic release . |
| 5 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 6 | This was reinforced by the tendency of national governments not to handle unpopular decisions if they could be transferred to the High Authority for action . |
| 7 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 8 | Words are used to inflect if they can be assigned to a number of grammatical classes , and the members of all these classes are distinguished from each other by their morphology ( internal shape ) and by their syntax ( the rules of their use ) . |
| 9 | The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans . |
| 10 | Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses . |
| 11 | If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair . |
| 12 | The argument is that funds should not be diverted to the government sector if they can be put to a more productive use in the private sector . |
| 13 | And before calling Amendment Number Five I should remind the Committee that if it should be agreed to , I will be unable to call Amendment Number Six . |
| 14 | The knowledge model , if it can be mapped to the physical world , must itself comprise discrete quantities , varying in a quantised ( step-wise ) manner . |
| 15 | Discrimination in education , as in other spheres covered by the Act such as employment ( see Chapter 9 ) is also permissible if it can be shown to be ‘ justifiable ’ . |
| 16 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 17 | If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator . |
| 18 | Increase in enamel thickness , but the enamel is even thicker than in afropithecins , as measured for the Pasalar sample , with relative enamel thickness of 19.71 ( ref. 47 ) , although it has yet to be measured for any of the African Kenyapithecus ; this character may be diagnostic of node 1A if it can be shown to be ancestral for both pongines and hominines ; |
| 19 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 20 | In contrast , if the supplier undertakes to use reasonable care to manufacture the machine in accordance with the agreed specification , it could be argued that the supplier is only liable for any departure from the specification if it can be shown to be due to negligence . |
| 21 | The revelation came , if it can be accorded to any single event , when he was back in England , reviewing his collections with one of the best ornithologists in the country . |
| 22 | Doing them altogether , I find difficult to do , apart from the weather point of view , if it could be fitted to two maybe , you know you co you go to somewhere in Church Stretton okay , it 's distant enough when you have one place to go , when you do the Wellington section , you 've got four , and I find it very difficult to work and chase round to children 's homes , to give it any . |
| 23 | If it could be transferred to the road instead , even modest traffic would keep the road so warm that ice could never form . |
| 24 | The Comber-Dundonald line on the other hand has much greater tourism potential , particularly if it could be linked to the Ice Bowl and Leisure Complex development at Dundonald . |
| 25 | If this flow could be transported to North Wales , it would stand half as high as Snowdon ; if it could be transported to Surrey , it would be half as high again as the highest hill , and , such is the attraction of all high objects from mountains to the cost of living , it would be an important landmark , regularly thronged in summer with picnickers and ramblers , and would feature on scores of postcards . |
| 26 | Montgomery wanted a reconnaissance of this stretch of bunkers and anti-tank ditches to see if it was being put into a state of defence and if it could be outflanked to the south . |
| 27 | We need to see if he can be admitted to hospital . |
| 28 | He was remanded in custody for enquiries to be made if he could be sent to a probation hostel . |