Example sentences of "[coord] be [vb pp] if " in BNC.

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1 He wondered if art could continue to exist or be justified if it left behind its primitive purposes with the result that aesthetic objects became direct objects of attention .
2 Imagine for example the stunning impact of ‘ pass the sugar ’ in proper chemistry , or being asked if you want ethanoic acid with your french fries .
3 However , I am assured by those who know that public persons — premiers in particular — do not become reconciled to criticism , and despite affecting not to be , they remain immensely conscious of what is being said and are troubled if what is said is not to their liking .
4 You wish to think all the world respectable , and are hurt if I speak ill of any body .
5 For example , a child might be told to say ‘ She sells sea shells on the seashore ’ and be reinforced if her response matches the model utterance .
6 Parents who requested places on a Kindertransport were warned that orthodox foster homes were not on offer and were asked if they objected to Christian hospitality .
7 The urine samples were tested for bacteriuria by a nitrite test ( BM-Tests , Boehringer Mannheim ) and were excluded if the result was positive .
8 Those who rebled within the first five days were then treated by further sclerotherapy and were randomised if and when they were free of bleeding for this period of time .
9 Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme .
10 Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme .
11 A refusal is only effective within its true scope and is vitiated if it is based upon false assumptions .
12 Culture is based on a balance of psychological forces and is threatened if this balance is impaired by losing one of its supports .
13 First , it is difficult to account for the very different forms of state intervention and political representation if one follows the instrumentalist position , and it is also difficult to explain how it is that the whole capitalist system coheres and is reproduced if the capitalists do not control and dominate the bureaucratic and political levers of the state , as modern instrumentalists now accept .
14 I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) .
15 The hawk can not be slain itself , but is killed if Aldebrand is killed .
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