Example sentences of "if there [be] no [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Mr Miles said : ‘ Nobody would be wanting to keep machinery going if there is no hope for Tim 's survival . ’
2 The good impression created by the writing of a first-class release will soon be dissipated if there is no contact for further information , no space for print marks or subbing and no indication that the release has ended and that there are no more continuation sheets .
3 If there is no competition for funding then all investments with a positive NPV can be accepted .
4 If there is no competition for funding then all investments with a positive NpV can be accepted .
5 If there is no need for new financing and restructuring , the departing shareholders could simply sell their shares to management .
6 If there is no machinery for trying to limit the length of sentence , Rangers will need to trust in the fairness of the committee members .
7 That type may then be broken up or ‘ distributed ’ , if the publisher has decided to limit the first edition to a stated number , or if there is no demand for additional copies .
8 For example , we may find that a job applicant for a position in sales was an international athlete in her teens ; on its own this piece of data is interesting but provides almost no insight into future performance in sales , especially if there is no demand for athletics in the job .
9 The sort of choice available is explained on pages 125–131 , but a new refrigerator or fridge-freezer , the addition of a microwave oven , or purchase of a portable dishwasher if there is no room for a plumbed-in version , might make all the difference to your own work load .
10 If you find yourself changing your mind in the course of an answer , either cross out what you have written and start afresh , or , if there is no time for that , say frankly that you have changed your mind .
11 A few words can be said by a relative or friend , or , if there is no wish for a religious ceremony , a non-religious one can be planned .
12 If equipment or projects must be subsidised from individual pockets , if there are no resources for creche facilities or disabled access it 's difficult to envisage genuinely equal opportunities .
13 The PLAYER stands with huge , terrible eyes , clutches at the wound as the blade withdraws : he makes small weeping sounds and falls to his knees , and then right down : While he is dying , GUIL , nervous , high , almost hysterical , wheels on the TRAGEDIANS ) If we have a destiny , then so had he — and if this is ours , then that was his — and if there are no explanation for us , then let there be none for him ( The TRAGEDIANS watch the PLAYER die : they watch with some interest .
14 The master said : If there are no lovers for the beauties of Khvarism , yet Khvarism must have its lovers , seeing there are countless beauties in that land .
15 It fears that if there are no outlets for UK gas because gas-fired power stations are not being built , exploration and production companies will move their interests elsewhere .
16 If there 's no work for 'em they can go home for the day .
17 There 's no point in sending them off on endless — no doubt excellent — courses if there 's no incentive for them to use up large slices of their spare time in teaching the game .
18 UOS pressure around common cavity episodes was analysed if there were no swallows for 13 seconds before and three seconds after the onset of each common cavity episode ( Fig 3 ) .
19 If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal .
20 It would be fifty four thousand eight hundred if there was no reduction for environmental considerations .
21 The company is seeking urgent talks with the Government on the proposal to drop petroleum tax relief for drilling costs , citing the example of its small Angus field where profits would fall from £1.90 to 10p per barrel of oil produced if there was no allowance for drilling the cost of the exploration wells .
22 But if there was no advantage for him he would n't come . ’
23 Medieval women were not without authority in the familial and economic spheres even if there was no place for them in public politics .
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