Example sentences of "[adj] if [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore they are likely to be more reliable if used correctly ! |
| 2 | Perils 5 and 6 are especially dangerous if performed too near the member of staff on duty . |
| 3 | Opposing the application , Anna Blower , for the boy , said he would be very upset if placed so far from home in a strange environment . |
| 4 | Its replacement by ‘ a sharp blow on the back of the neck or a blow from a mallet to the forehead ’ is relatively humane if administered skilfully . |
| 5 | These are all fairly high in protein , so once they have been accepted , growth will be pretty rapid if fed twice daily until your fish is about six inches ( 15cms ) . |
| 6 | ‘ These arguments ( against fast foods ) use lack of balance to dramatize a point that would be seen instantly to be ludicrous if presented reasonably . |
| 7 | Though game theory has been criticised , we believe it can be helpful if used critically to explore the possible structure of conflicts , rather than to search for neat but probably illusory ‘ answers ’ . |
| 8 | Would be better if spread over four days because she can not |
| 9 | The possibility of an audience much wider than Whitbread is there : the flavour created by ordinary people achieving the extraordinary is bound to appeal to many if marketed successfully . |
| 10 | They also pointed out that headhunters were ‘ only good if managed tightly ’ . |
| 11 | Thinned silver Hammerite is quite effective if applied carefully , but the real answer is regalvanising . |
| 12 | Mebendazole is effective if given daily for five days . |
| 13 | Finally , remember that point-by-point comparisons can become tedious if extended too far ; a formal analysis always needs to be subordinated to some more general point you want to make . |
| 14 | They can be tedious if repeated too often — and if each character does have her own recognisable pattern of language , then the reader will know who is speaking without being told . |
| 15 | Unlike melanomas , they are slow growing and non-invasive and are readily curable if treated early . |
| 16 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 17 | Though Banfield 's research is partially accurate if read merely as description , it does not explain fully the lack of concerted action by those excluded from privilege , and it is at least misleading , if not inaccurate , in its neglect of the pre-modern political organisation of these areas , which is based on personal patronage networks centred on landholders . |
| 18 | These terms , especially polysemous and polysemy , although innocuous if used circumspectly , are not entirely ideal for our purposes , because they carry with them a view of lexical meaning in which there is a tendency to regard the lexeme as the primary semantic unit , and the different lexical units as ‘ merely variants ’ . |
| 19 | Important : This relaxation exercise is most beneficial if practised once or twice a day on an empty stomach , or at least an hour after eating . |
| 20 | But this would get very boring if used too often . |
| 21 | It is suggested that the first of these reasons would no longer be valid if litigated again ( see Multiservice Bookbinding Ltd v Marden [ 1979 ] Ch 84 , where Browne-Wilkinson J upheld a mortgage under which the interest payments were linked to the value of the Swiss franc , cited with apparent approval by Lord Denning MR in Staffordshire Area Health Authority v South Staffordshire Waterworks Co [ 1978 ] 3 All ER 769 ) . |