Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] if a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 2 | But the benefit is realised only if a spending tax replaces other existing taxes and the tax burden as a whole is either unchanged or reduced . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the bipartite system remained in place and would be fundamentally modified only if a powerful political will to do so could be mobilized . |
| 4 | Likewise , if past convention has made a particular layout familiar ( such as time increasing downwards or from left to right ) , a change should be considered only if a clear advantage is to be gained . |
| 5 | The full benefits of price stability and statutory independence for the European central bank , and indeed for the Bank of England — that must be a necessary institutional corollary — will be enjoyed only if a future Government and Parliament agree in good time to adopt a single European currency . |
| 6 | The government subsequently announced to the press that ‘ a research visit to Sri Lanka would be considered favourably if a formal request were made ’ by AI . |
| 7 | The government subsequently announced that ‘ a research visit to Sri Lanka would be considered favourably if a formal request were made ’ . |
| 8 | In one text Paul appears to be of the same view ; but in another Papinian takes the opposite line , on the basis that the testator had in mind not that payment should be made only if a condition of surviving to a certain age was met , but that payment should be deferred to that point in time . |
| 9 | Policy E Ten requires that the boundary be moved only if a need for expansion can be established . |
| 10 | By itself this is not microteaching but the same principles can be applied even if a full programme is not being followed . |
| 11 | The council says the 1987 lease states a pharmacy could only be built there if a doctor 's surgery was on the site as well . |
| 12 | Such estimates can be made readily if a basin simulation model is used . |
| 13 | ( ii ) Expose the body wall by grasping the skin of the abdomen immediately above and below the midline with fingers and thumb and pulling simultaneously towards the head and feet ( this procedure can be made easier if a small midline knick is first made in the skin with a pair of scissors ) . |
| 14 | The job of installing a new inspection chamber may be made easier if a pre-cast concrete inspection chamber or one of the modern glass reinforced plastic inspection chambers is used . |
| 15 | Fessey ( 1988 ) maintains that assertiveness techniques should be used only if a need requires expression or a right is about to be denied . |
| 16 | Whilst the cost saving in building from a kit is not enormous there is a certain satisfaction to be derived especially if a custom built solution is required . |
| 17 | A momentum will be found only if a state of tension is created for the participants to provide a dynamic to the action . |
| 18 | Spacing , tabs , margins , typefaces , type sizes and print options need only be set once if a template file is used , saving valuable time and ensuring conformity . |
| 19 | The location coordinates of suitable points on the image can be found accurately if a zoom function is available , and if a cross-wire cursor can be positioned over the point . |
| 20 | The most obvious effect of plate tectonics is that continents can be split and their components driven apart if a divergent plate margin becomes established beneath them , and can be caused to collide with each other along the lines of subduction zones , where mountain belts such as the Himalayas may thereby be generated . |
| 21 | In Landeur v Comins & Co ( a firm ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 7 August , the Court of Appeal observed that in cases of contumacious conduct , such as deliberate suppression of a document , striking out can be justified even if a fair trial of the action is still possible . |
| 22 | er it 's always been er guaranteed i.e. if a customer was not satisfied , then one hundred percent we will rectify whatever it is they 're not satisfied with . |