Example sentences of "[adv] if [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 2 | In particular , the floating charge is practicable only if created by a body corporate , there is a separate system for the registration of company charges , there are distinct statutory procedures for the enforcement of the floating charge , certain provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 affecting company charges are unique to corporate insolvency , and the floating charge can be used tactically in order to veto the making of an administration order . |
| 3 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 4 | When the party is in government and the party leader is prime minister , the election shall take place only if requested by a majority of the party conference on a card vote . |
| 5 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |
| 6 | In this a weak input which can not sustain LTF in its own right may be encouraged to do so if combined with a strong stimulus arriving from a second pathway . |
| 7 | Example 4 still remains a problem , but it may be that books could be suggested as more likely than boots from semantic co-occurrence information , or from frequency of use from a corpus ( books is five times more likely to occur than boots ) , especially if weighted from a count of occurrence in the script recognised so far . |
| 8 | Equally , the projected image may itself incorporate movement , especially if shot from a fast-moving source ( a helicopter , aeroplane or whatever ) , in which case even the nearer parts of the background will be fairly distant . |
| 9 | Sociology , especially if coupled with a historical perspective , can help reveal the positive social interests which lie behind the effort invested by society in the discipline and the inclusion of the discipline in courses in institutions of higher education . |
| 10 | " One " and " we " as ways of referring to yourself should be avoided because they now seem ARCHAIC ( old-fashioned ) , and in most cases pompous in an unpublished essay , especially if embedded in a more colloquial register . |
| 11 | Some hotels will accept dogs , but alternatively , if you have a large travelling cage , your pet may be happy to bed down here in the car , especially if provided with a favourite blanket . |
| 12 | In particular , the pretty , milky little Jersey seems to be successful in the tropics , especially if boosted with a small proportion of zebu blood ; these zebu-Jerseys are described in the sections for the appropriate countries of origin such as India , Jamaica and Brazil . |
| 13 | Like us , your PC will last longer if kept in a healthy environment . |
| 14 | Flowers produced by waterlilies will not open properly if subjected to a continuous spray of water . |
| 15 | Flowers last longest if kept in a cool place and given a high phosphate feed once a month . |
| 16 | Right if think of a number any number you like |
| 17 | Many fruits change colour as they reach maturity and this can be a useful indicator , although not in every case : apples will often colour up early if occupied by a burrowing pest , some pear varieties only change colour once in store and marrows are past their best when they turn yellow . |
| 18 | But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices . |
| 19 | Soldering must be carried out with great care , noting that most ties will melt instantly if touched by a soldering iron or molten solder . |
| 20 | Refrigerators will work more efficiently if sited on a level floor . |
| 21 | This is because , as the financial review section of the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 states , highly liquid securities , even if listed on a recognised stock exchange , are excluded from cash equivalents since , technically , the maturity of these securities when acquired was greater than three months . |
| 22 | Any offer of help , even if presented as a humanitarian gesture , would have been controversial in the US and Israel , which still sees the PLO as a terrorist organisation . |
| 23 | They do so automatically even if raised on a bottle , by humans . |
| 24 | The animals need more energy to propel themselves if the water around them is turbulent rather than laminar and Blake predicts that dolphins are able to reach crossover speeds even if surrounded by a turbulent layer of water . |
| 25 | Likewise , they can stand extreme cold and will not suffer even if trapped beneath a layer of ice for a day or two . |
| 26 | This is exciting , fast work , particularly if done under a strong sun when the paint dries very quickly . |
| 27 | When using very light yarns and particularly if working on a Passap/Pfaff. it is a good idea to knit eight or ten centimetres of waste yarn first , as this gives a little extra stability to the beginning of your skirt . |
| 28 | There is certainly some indication that the public perceives homosexual rape , particularly if perpetrated against a child , as an especially heinous offence . |
| 29 | Spreads ( i.e. differences between buying and selling prices ) have sometimes been enormous , particularly if quoted by a Harvard market-maker when they would sometimes overreach the 10% level . |