Example sentences of "if it [is] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Further , if it is also possible to locate an absolute zero point , scores can be compared by taking their ratios to assert , for example , that one score is twice as high as another .
2 If we can accept the change , there will be an administration fee of £10 per person ( £25 per person if it is also necessary to re-issue travel documents ) , plus any additional charges due .
3 Therefore , since the cost reduction has the same effect as the price reduction but has other effects in addition , it is more worthwhile to strive after , if it is equally easy to obtain . "
4 If it is particularly important to record the language of two or more people in a group ( for example , a teacher and a pupil in a classroom ) , then it is better to use two radio microphones transmitting on different frequencies and with the two signals fed through a sound mixer before being recorded .
5 It is difficult to analyse precisely the attractions , if it is not grotesque to call them such , of the Vietnam war .
6 All three people died for different reasons , if it is not absurd to associate the word reason with the hateful and cowardly acts which killed them .
7 If it is not feasible to move the fish , then change 50% of the pondwater , once again replacing it with dechlorinated water at the right temperature .
8 Even if it is not feasible to provide a slanting surface for all writing activities , the possibilities of doing so whenever possible should be explored ; an inexpensive custom-made board can sometimes provide the answer .
9 Even if it is not easy to make changes , it is important to begin widening horizons as soon as possible .
10 The conclusion reached by the Americans is that , if it is not necessary to kill , then it is necessary not to kill .
11 Depending on the software , further overflow records may take no additional time — if it is not necessary to follow all chains — or the average time per overflow record may be nR/2 , where there are n overflow records per track and every overflow chain has to be followed during a record search .
12 In Inner London a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate may sit alone if it is not practicable to constitute a full bench ( MCA 1980 , s66(2) ) .
13 If it is not possible to attend a back to nursing course there are various distance learning packages available which can be studied successfully at home .
14 If it is not possible to do this , various additions can be made to kill the growth , but , unless dosing is maintained over the growing period ( usually May , June , and July in the U.K. ) , the algae can return .
15 If it is not possible to define the idea of numerical identity in terms of the criteria of re-identification , surely the idea of a plurality of particulars similarly can not be defined in terms of the criteria under which such particulars are differentiated from each other .
16 In extreme circumstances if it is not possible to take leave before leaving due to work demands then it may be possible for the employee to be paid .
17 If it is not possible to find a relationship of this sort , some other method of assigning addresses to keys has to be found .
18 There may be important conditions to be observed ( eg to ensure that the road has been adopted by the local authority ) , and if it is not possible to comply with these , the mortgage may not go through .
19 If it is not possible to provide this , a firm , adjustable stand can be used on a table .
20 If it is not possible to remove the hazard , adequate warnings or instructions will be relevant here .
21 If it is not possible to supply the work , its reproduction may be allowed on payment of a fee , in order that the composer should receive the appropriate royalty .
22 But if it is not possible to identify any factor such as this , then the economist 's verdict is probably correct : the enterprise is socially inefficient .
23 If it is not possible to identify the producer or importer of a product , the Act provides for liability on the part of another supplier ( s. 2(3) ) .
24 If it is not possible to obtain informed consent , the opinion of a second , independent psychiatrist must be obtained , backed by consultation with non-medical members of the clinical team .
25 It might be possible to get rid of some of these problems without getting rid of the pleasure , even if it is not possible to get rid of the addictions .
26 The money should be transferred to the N U M and if it is not longer needed by those families , we would suggest that they give it back to help the formation of the independent labour movement in Russia .
27 The money should be transferred to the N U M , and if it is not longer needed by those families , we would suggest that they give it back to help the formation of the independent labour movement in Russia .
28 If it is not permissible to take into account what was said by the Financial Secretary , I remain of the same view .
29 If it is vocationally disadvantageous to study history at school , it must be vocationally suicidal to study the subject at university .
30 The NSPCC must consult the local authority in whose area the child ordinarily resides before making an application if it is reasonably practicable to do so ( s31(6) ) .
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