Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Labour is going to choose between a Scotsman and a New Zealander for its new leader , it would be less offensive and more appropriate if it were to adopt an All Black thistle as its logo . |
| 2 | In a gesture worthy of King Canute they went further : ‘ It may become necessary to consider whether the community as a whole would not be happier and more stable if it abolished divorce altogether , ’ they wrote . |
| 3 | The Chief Environmental Health Officer , Tony Fenn , says he 's concerned the sickness and diarrhoea which was caused by contaminated water at Farmoor reservoir , could endanger the lives of the elderly and very young if it re-occurred . |
| 4 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 5 | Branson 's feeling that ‘ competition is good for the consumer if fares come down , but not good if it puts us out of business ’ constituted a political education of sorts . |
| 6 | The telephone can be rather cold as a method of first contact , but very useful if it is used in conjunction with a letter or a visit . |
| 7 | ‘ There was great concern over whether the BA board could be found guilty of trading while knowingly insolvent if it carried on . |
| 8 | A decade ago , a small car was regarded as highly economical if it was capable of averaging 30 mpg while a large family car was regarded as having acceptable fuel consumption at 20 mpg . |
| 9 | An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it . |