Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Department of Agriculture might function more effectively for agriculture if it did not take on , unnecessarily and confusingly , a role in food marketing . |
| 2 | But poetry can appear " light " , for instance if it lacks the explicitly solemn moralizations of a Langland . |
| 3 | It 's more likely to throw everyone off course if it happens in a little room with a small audience . |
| 4 | Most workers , it was claimed , thought that it would be much worse for Germany if it lost the war , that a more draconian Versailles , the dismembering of Germany , and massive unemployment would be the consequence . |
| 5 | Achieving a standstill is vital for Heron if it is to make headway in rescheduling its debt . |
| 6 | Also by competing it risks cannibalising its own best profit sources : IBM selling an AS/400 mini is a triumph if the buyer would otherwise have chosen a DEC VAX , but a financial disaster for IBM if it replaces an IBM mainframe . |
| 7 | The extract reads as gobbledygook if it is read as a speech by one individual . |
| 8 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 9 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 10 | Of course if it 's that modern , bright , electro-acoustic sound you 're after ( Extreme , Bon Jovi etc. ) , then this guitar is it . |
| 11 | And of course if it 's a husband and wife , the two of you together should be thinking of this sort of information because you can do something about it in your will . |
| 12 | Even with this kind of evidence , even with that kind of evidence , almost uniquely good evidence in my experience , the Council leadership , which is in , has been in possession of it for the best part of a month has made no move to suspend any Chief Officer on charges of gross misconduct , which of course if it had been any of our members accused of something like that , they 'd have been down the road instantly , nor has it reinstated any worker wrongly sacked . |
| 13 | You 'd gain if you avoided putting that down as a score draw , especially of course if it did n't turn out to be a score draw . |
| 14 | The important points which emerge from this case are that the employer will be able to rely on this part of the duty of fidelity if it can be shown that the employee works for a trade competitor in his spare time and : ( a ) knows of business secrets which may be of use to the competitor and/or ( b ) occupies a position which makes it expedient to recognise the existence of his duty to work for the employer alone . |
| 15 | Islington could have saved its council and charge payers a great deal of money if it had just asked the advice of a local geography teacher and been told that it is better to go to France to learn French . |
| 16 | The crisis made TI realise that it needed a radical change of direction if it was to survive in the future . |
| 17 | Why else should the notion of Frankenstein 's monster have affronted the imagination of generations if it was not their intuition of God that was affronted ? |
| 18 | And what was the point of ambition if it was limited ? |
| 19 | The Council may also from time to time promulgate Codes of Practice if it is of the opinion that such codes will further the objects of the Council . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not necessary to consider what would have been the effect of the payment of £20 if it had been made in full satisfaction of the demand against Hunter . |
| 21 | The other argument is , of course , would anyone ever have heard of David if it was n't for Tony ? |
| 22 | The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands … |
| 23 | The House of Lords disagreed and it is now the law that it may be enough for the transaction to contain an element of bounty if it is of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment . |
| 24 | Moreover , an investor would only obtain a deduction in respect of premiums if it is a financial institution holding its interest as trading stock . |
| 25 | It could also get £140,000 in grants and investment from the council and the local equivalent of GLEB if it moved north . |
| 26 | For example , and I 'm not saying this is , this is so , but it 's not unusual in that kind of dream if it 's recurring in the present , to find that really it 's about the present and not about the past . |
| 27 | It means inflicting an injury which would be severely punished by a court of law if it was inflicted during an argument . |
| 28 | If it is a nice and finely balanced question whether the statute of wills is more consistent with traditional principles of law if it is interpreted to forbid murderers to inherit , then wrestling with that question is hardly a sensible way of deciding what most people would now favour . |
| 29 | A screwed access plug or ‘ eye ’ in the bottom of the U made it possible to empty the trap of debris if it got blocked . |
| 30 | So it would seem that even a defence may be an abuse of process if it is not based on private rights . |