Example sentences of "[verb] if it be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Roof-bolt technology is the key to the leap in productivity that BC will need if it is to beat off the challenge from gas and imported coal and prevent the industry being reduced to a handful of pits .
2 To try erm make a material that withstand if it was hitting it .
3 An Amoeba lives in the left-hand commode , but will only attack if it is disturbed .
4 Burger smiled : ‘ But there will be very few who do not know if it is left to you , dear .
5 ‘ And they do n't know if it 's affected her brain … her memory … ’
6 Into me but it 's , I do n't know if it 's doing me good
7 I do n't know if it 's linked to Chris 's work either . ’
8 If any professional person has shown an interest in your work do n't let it go , but try to cultivate their interest , however tenuous it may seem — you will soon know if it 's going to be any use for the future .
9 Cos I was gon na use colours but I do n't know if it 's going to or not now .
10 Well , it 's same for anybody starting any business , ai n't it , you do n't know if it 's gon na work as well .
11 ‘ If the plane carries a distress signal I do n't know if it 's working .
12 Her awareness of the hard body at her back was unbearably acute , and a shivering sigh shook her , but she did n't know if it was governed by despair or surrender .
13 I do n't know if it was pressed or not , hello
14 it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it
15 Yes well at the end of the the the er service or anniversary , whatever , I do n't know if it was called a service or not .
16 ‘ If a child ca n't see how it 's performing , ’ demanded Mr Stannard , ‘ how 's it to know if it 's doing well or not ?
17 We 've never admitted involvement , neither has he , I want to know if it 's going to stay that way .
18 look 's like that an all , I want to know if it 's going in weekly or monthly
19 it was an hour late , which it was late enough for us to not to know if it was coming , so we had to go and get another P A , otherwise we 'd have gone to get , there was no other option .
20 Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review .
21 Figure 9c shows the space which the same algorithm would explore if it were given the backwards version of the task .
22 And it was supposed to scream if it was taken out of the house ’ .
23 Omitting external glutamate ( Fig. 1 a ) or sodium ( Fig. 1 b ) abolished this pH o change , as would be expected if it were produced by glutamate uptake .
24 Because mathematical skills are perceived as being easy to define and to recognise , and because such skills are perceived to be relevant , schools may be attacked if it is believed that they are not teaching such skills effectively .
25 Thus the following , said on Thursday , can only be referring to next Thursday ( or perhaps some more remote Thursday ) , otherwise the speaker should have said today : ( 58 ) I 'll see you on Thursday The same holds if it is said on Wednesday , due to pre-emptive tomorrow .
26 In addition , the new section captures the essence of the old law , that the conduct is caught if it is intended or likely to provoke others to cause unlawful violence .
27 Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion .
28 Photographic and/or medical evidence could be considered if it is thought that the injuries would be difficult to prove .
29 Comment : Though the inspectorate gives advice , it is unclear what this is , whether it is taken and what happens if it is ignored .
30 If people are going to prepare to spend the rest of their lives together , they should be discussing much more important things than concepts , like forever , they should be discussing , what happens if it 's splits up ?
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