Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the purpose is to interrupt an apparent contract and the secondary action would be likely to achieve that purpose , then the secondary action should be legitimate even if no such contract exists in fact . |
| 2 | But that should be alright now if you |
| 3 | ‘ She 'll be ill again if this goes on , ’ she told John when she met him as she left the house one morning . |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll be safe enough if they sandbag the whole of the promenade , though , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 5 | The criminal law , however , did recognise that an accused could be guilty only if he acted in a grossly negligent fashion . |
| 6 | Membership for the purposes of the Act of 1986 could be relevant only if that of itself conferred some right of appeal which has been denied to Winchester . |
| 7 | Let us be clear about this : if we were to deploy naval units , they could be effective only if they were authorised to fire . |
| 8 | The British Museum has ( or is believed to have ) some 5 or 6 million objects , so that a conventional stock-take of the entire collection could occupy all the qualified staff for five or six years and could be exhaustive only if all other duties were suspended for the duration . |
| 9 | ‘ She 'd be alive today if it was n't for that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If I were the Pentagon or the White House I 'd be upset too if a US Air Force bomber or cargo plane , carrying a load of bombs , suddenly disappeared into the sea . |
| 11 | It er it 'd be handy actually if it generated an error when it did that . |
| 12 | I 'd be happier still if we could land a couple of efficient centre backs . |
| 13 | It may be harmless enough if mail-order suppliers of gardening sundries sell their mailing lists to publishers of gardening encyclopaedias — it is perhaps more questionable if access to share registers of companies is used to circulate shareholders with party-political propaganda about privatisation or nationalisation . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the Court of Appeal in Proctor and Gamble Philippine Manufacturing Corpn v Peter Cremer GmbH and Co ( The Manila ) [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 843 , pointed out that promissory estoppel may be relevant here if there is a representation which carries a strong implication that the representor did have full knowledge of the facts . |
| 15 | In some pain-dominant patients with IBS , tricyclic antidepressants may be helpful even if depression is not obvious . |
| 16 | This may be necessary even if the industry is situated many miles from the site . |
| 17 | And do you seriously believe that the American or world computer industry would be better today if IBM had been broken up into five pieces 20 years ago , as the 1960s and 1970s trustbusters proposed ? |
| 18 | It would be odd indeed if they did not celebrate by spending more and saving less . |
| 19 | It would be surprising therefore if the SoS announced his decision before the autumn . |
| 20 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 21 | It might it would be helpful actually if this could be written down for us . |
| 22 | To establish laws of nature without analogizing would be possible only if there is indeed a logical operation for inferring from the particular to the universal , which induction is supposed to be . |
| 23 | In the nature of things , much of this feedback will go no further than the local office , but senior bureaucrats are much involved in the preparation of new policies for politicians and it would be strange indeed if such feedback never featured in new recommendations . |
| 24 | This liability would be payable even if the venture failed , and all the capital were lost . |
| 25 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 26 | It would be effective only if all , or at least a majority of firms — especially the large international search businesses — agreed to join . |
| 27 | It would be ironic indeed if the AFBD 's new populist hastened the downfall of his Athens . |
| 28 | There must have been a succession of road and track layouts over the years , so it would be fortunate indeed if even part of the original network had survived . |
| 29 | We argued that this allocation would be efficient only if market failures did not occur . |
| 30 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |