Example sentences of "if [art] [noun pl] be to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself .
2 Irrespective of the means provided to bring automatic roof vents and sprinkler systems into operations , automatic fire detection able to sense the presence of a smouldering fire may be important to reduce damage to some forms of goods if the premises are to be at any time unoccupied .
3 If the cities are to be saved as centres of a civilized urban life , and not plunged into gutted and fearful waste-lands … delinquency will have to be tackled as a problem with high priority — perhaps as the urban problem .
4 And if the controls were to be positioned as on the 650 , the volumes , not the tones , should really be at the top .
5 The examination not only confirmed the findings of the comparison stage of the FAOR study , but also highlighted the difficulties and expense that would be involved if the proposals were to be implemented at the level suggested ; at the same time it helped to dispel certain misconceptions about the needs of the users overall .
6 If the records are to be stored in full track buckets , no formatting is required as the track address is available at all times .
7 However , if the records are to be stored in individual address positions , the addresses and record storage positions have to be created before the file is loaded .
8 Moreover , according to Dr John Voorhees of the University of Michigan Medical Centre , who has carried out clinical trials on the drug , Retin-A needs to be used on an open-ended , on-going basis if the improvements are to be maintained .
9 So there are two unexplored continents — about a third of the land mass of this planet if the maps are to be believed — inhabited by people about whom we know nothing .
10 The eggs are clustered in the centre , each protected by a green coat with a receptive spike on the top called a stigma , on which the pollen must be placed if the eggs are to be fertilised .
11 If the scanners were to be believed , two people were talking about the same matters in similar terms night after night .
12 so the must sum to zero if the constraints are to be feasible and we will assume this to be true hereafter .
13 If the goods are to be used in manufacturing , will the process result in the production of a new product ?
14 There is little traffic on them during the dark hours at present , but if the lines are to be used by freight trains — some of them a mile long trundling through the night and causing heavy vibration and noise , there will be a dramatic effect on the environment and quality of life of those who live in proximity to them .
15 All of these problems could be overcome if the Archives were to be microfilmed and indexed using a Computer Aided Retrieval ( CAR ) system .
16 This helps stress the need to get the whole approach right if the landings are to be reasonably accurate .
17 On the other hand , if the conditions are to be fulfilled at the expiry of the term , the tenant will have the opportunity to remedy any breach of covenant between the service of the notice and its expiry ( Simons v Associated Furnishers Ltd [ 1931 ] 1 Ch 379 ) .
18 Light coating of mineral oil ( or glycerol if the faces are to be etched or stained later ) can be used to enhance detail and contrast ( Fig. 4.2a ) .
19 If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect .
20 If the plans were to be implemented as they stand it would mean a significant deterioration in Maternity services .
21 … it would be a degradation of that process if the courts were to be merely a reflecting mirror of what some other interpretation agency might say .
22 And Yorkshire girls top the female tippling table with women in Scotland — if the figures are to be believed — hardly touching a drop .
23 The dilemma which arose from the modern sculptor , was summed up by Marion Spielmann in British Sculptors and Sculptors of Today ( 1901 ) ‘ The present aim is to give life without actual realism — a suggestion of reality shrouded in poetry and grace … our artists understand that if the figures are to be more like the human form the statues must be unconscious of their absence of drapery as though they were symbols — which indeed they are ’ .
24 If the players are to be given some incentive , they really have to get the North going as it was .
25 ( This sort of test — known as a double-blind test — is a must if the observations are to be verified objectively .
26 One possible advantage of Walter 's check is that when broken hammer shanks are repaired , the correct lengths of the shanks have to be maintained if the hammers are to be properly checked .
27 More or less universal was the practice of allowing cash or kind allowances to married men with children , to bring their basic earnings up to a bare living ; in return they could be hired out in gangs , work on the roads , or if the critics are to be believed , do nothing .
28 If the responses are to be analysed without a great deal of trouble it is probable that the likely answers have been thought of beforehand and that certain likely response categories are already incorporated in the schedule itself .
29 I simply do not know , at least not if the properties are to be non-trivial , and more than an acceptance of certain machines into the category of human beings by fiat or polite convention .
30 None of these sections was apparently bottomed if the drawings are to be believed , so we do not know what underlay the burnt layer .
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