Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bentham was perfectly willing to countenance torture if it would reveal information that would prevent more injury and suffering than was used in obtaining it ( Twining and Twining , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | And in any case I am so angry — I have never been so angry ! — I am prepared to commit suicide if it would mean the end of your career ! |
| 3 | Some have become prepared to forgo promotion if it means too much disruption of home and family and if they personally do not want the commuting life . |
| 4 | The Bank of England , as lender of the last resort , is always prepared to lend cash if it is demanded . |
| 5 | It 's easy to mistake people if it 's half light . ’ |
| 6 | Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people . |
| 7 | The Commission is only likely to open proceedings if it has serious concerns about the impact of the merger on competition in the EC . |
| 8 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 9 | The rule of course has in many senses a more restricted application than nuisance ; there must be an accumulation , and it must be of a substance likely to cause injury if it escapes , neither of which is essential to liability in nuisance . |
| 10 | ‘ We think that the true rule of law is , that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes , must keep it in at his peril , and , if he does not do so , is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape . ’ |
| 11 | Viscount Simon stated that Rylands v. Fletcher is conditioned by two elements which he called ( a ) ‘ the condition of ‘ escape ’ from the land of something likely to do mischief if it escapes , ’ and ( b ) ‘ the condition of ‘ non-natural ’ use of the land . ’ |
| 12 | The rule as originally formulated refers to a person who for his own purposes brings on to his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes . |
| 13 | These will involve their giving notice to the tenant and his being able to withhold consent if it is reasonable for him to do so . |
| 14 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 15 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 16 | Well you 're not gon na get , be able to get marks if it comes to that son ! |