Example sentences of "[pron] be only [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm only staying if you guarantee that you 're going to pay me . ’ |
| 2 | I was only asking if you wanted any assistance . ’ |
| 3 | LTP can be tentatively subdivided into several mechanistically distinct components : LTP1 , with a duration of less than 3–6h which is blocked by kinase inhibitors but not by protein synthesis inhibitors ; LTP2 , a component which is blocked by translational inhibitors but which appears to be independent of gene expression ; and LTP3 , with a time constant of several days , which is only obtained if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction and which may require gene expression ( see text ) . |
| 4 | These , and the results of other similar experiments , were taken as evidence that pragmatic and semantic constraints can over-ride syntactic analysis , information from which is only used if there are no other cues to interpretation . |
| 5 | Even if the worst happens and you lose your job , your lover , your hair , your hope of a long life , you 're only defeated if you let yourself be . |
| 6 | But Mr Fallon claimed most war disability pensions were tax free : ‘ They are only taxed if pensioners ’ income exceeds £4,000 a year . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They 're only invited if they do n't behave like gurus . ’ |
| 8 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 9 | It is only created if a QAO log entry is actioned by a process model for that module . |
| 10 | Like all prisoners of circumstance , you will probably reflect a good deal on the whole subject of ‘ time ’ and of its strange habits of hanging , dragging , or running out too quickly , but if you decide to use and dominate it , instead of allowing it to dominate you , you will inevitably come to the conclusion that it is only wasted if it is thrown away , never when it is offered freely , as a gift of love . |
| 11 | However , it is only used if the record is in overflow . |
| 12 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |