Example sentences of "[adj] if [not/n't] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have also stressed that research is a powerful tool but like all sharp instruments can do harm as well as good if not properly used . |
| 2 | However a south facing conservatory will become stiflingly hot if not properly ventilated . |
| 3 | This problem is also conveyed in the considerable rift that has opened up between those sections which are ideologically committed to the Labour Party and those which are indifferent if not actively opposed to it . |
| 4 | Of all the problems dealt with , the solving of debt problems probably has the most dramatic effect for funders : for Government and local authorities the cost of personal insolvency can be immense if not properly handled ; at the same time the work done by bureaux must be saving private companies considerable sums in legal and administrative costs and in reducing their proportion of ‘ bad debts ’ . |
| 5 | Woven panels become brittle if not regularly treated with preservative . |
| 6 | Most said that they had been surprised if not totally taken aback on the news of the merger ; but to various degrees said that they were prepared to work with the new ownership as long as the guarantees of openness and neutrality made by Novell regarding the development of System V.4 were maintained . |
| 7 | But it made it a very anxious first night for me , and before the curtain went up , as I sat in my dressing-room in make-up and costume ready to go on stage , Guthrie , who 'd been really very sympathetic if not totally convinced all along , came in , patted me on the shoulder and said , " Whatever happens , dear , we were right to do it . " |