Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] [adv] if " in BNC.

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1 Well to be honest well if he he
2 The third chest has a slightly decayed , but permanent , Magic Lock on it , such that an attempt at mechanical lock-picking is only 50% likely to be successful even if the lock-picker makes his Dex test to pick the lock .
3 The chosen design of an individual gear is seen to be successful only if it not only meshes with the next gear in the train but also contributes to the selection of the desired gearbox ratios .
4 This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) .
5 It is common in rent review for reasons to be available only if the parties pay the expert higher fees .
6 ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process .
7 It was said to be effective only if found without actually seeking it , and some people who came upon it used to say a prayer such as :
8 Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court .
9 That is , a question involving calculation was deemed to be practical only if it involved a real-life situation .
10 Recent reports have argued that the presence of ectopic endometrium may be physiological and should be considered to be pathological only if associated with symptoms or signs of progression and tissue damage .
11 String theories , however , have a bigger problem : they seem to be consistent only if space-time has either ten or twenty-six dimensions , instead of the usual four !
12 Were the consent to be valid then if the rights or duties consented to and their creation have good consequences , which outweigh the bad consequences to which their creation or existence lead , the validity of the consent is instrumentally justified .
13 I did n't get any say in the matter of how big or which brand it was , but the barmaid smiled sweetly and said ‘ Merci ’ when I paid her , because they all pretend to be French even if they are n't .
14 In most of these countries ethanol production is likely to be attractive only if based on surplus low-cost biomass materials such as molasses and agricultural crop residues ( or sugar-cane during periods of world sugar surpluses ) .
15 And of course , if you look at it er , logically , I mean , for a a woman to be tied up and kept in a room , you know , and kept prisoner all her life you could hardly expect her to be sane even if she did
16 Yeah well then that 's gon na be awkward really if you invite Carole and Brian and then just dump them off ai n't it ?
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