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

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1 But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important .
2 Yeah but you just put this if it says joystick er
3 Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke .
4 I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened .
5 You can protest about this if it becomes a burden , but the time expended in doing so is probably inefficiently spent .
6 ‘ And there 's no reason for Elinor to see any of this if it tires her .
7 It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules .
8 It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted .
9 The coaching session can help create this if it revolves around the person 's job and role .
10 The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it .
11 First of all we must rid ourselves of the belief that punishment is wrong if it causes pain or inconvenience and does not have the full interest of the criminal at heart .
12 The demonstration should not go wrong if it has been adequately rehearsed beforehand .
13 It is the dies incertus an , certus quando of the glossators : it is not clear that the day will actually ever come , even though it is clear if it does when it will be .
14 It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make .
15 ‘ It may get rusty with wet if it stays there all night .
16 Er and they ought to have a little shelter over it to stop your saddle getting wet if it rains .
17 That this would be an inappropriate objection is evident from the fact that the Punch cartoon I mentioned earlier would have been almost as funny if it had figured a human fisherman rather than a kingfisher .
18 And animal minds , a fortiori , do not engage in this sort of computation ( which is why the Punch cartoon would have been less funny if it had shown a human fisherman ) .
19 She 'd be polite and charming if it killed her !
20 The spray is not merely unpleasant , but is also extremely painful if it reaches its target directly .
21 Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date .
22 Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time .
23 ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary .
24 Treaty did not of itself prevent a member state from imposing an ownership residence requirement as a condition for exemption from the compulsory acquisition of land , could not be followed in the present case for three reasons : ( a ) in the Fearon case , the owners ' residence requirement was not coupled with any nationality requirement and the court indicated in paragraph 10 of the judgment , at pp. 3685–3686 , that its decision would have been different if it had been ; ( b ) in the Fearon case , the residence requirement was limited to legal owners of the land and did not extend to peripheral persons , such as those who had lent the owners money in order to buy the land ; and ( c ) from the point of view of its geographical scope , the residence requirement at issue in the Fearon case was framed in local rather than national terms .
25 Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ?
26 ‘ It would have been more interesting if it had been more explicit , ’ she said .
27 Er four hundred , four hundred , to , four hundreds if it 'd won , for a place he would have get less , but he was still in it it was
28 The benefits to the firm of debt forgiveness are now taxable if it happens privately , but remain tax-free if it happens under chapter 11 .
29 The fashionable question ‘ How does the head office add value ? ’ would be clearer if it asked , ‘ When and why does a firmlet gain from being part of a company ? ’
30 In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas .
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