Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [adv] if [art] " in BNC.

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1 She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’
2 However it should be recalled that even if an obligation of confidence is held to exist the grant of an injunction is in the discretion of the court .
3 It is sometimes argued that even if the sentences analysed in linguistics are abstractions , which sometimes sound very odd , they are still the best material for language study , because they isolate it from its context .
4 procedurally , does it apply whenever Article 1600A is used or only if a qualified majority vote is taken ?
5 Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented .
6 Hopes were high when it was found that even if the organizer tissue were killed it could still induce , for this offered the possibility of extracting the responsible chemical signal .
7 The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ?
8 … It has been held that even if a court , having full discretion in the matter of the costs of any proceeding , deals in its order with such costs , a party can still enforce an antecedent agreement in relation thereto inconsistent with the court 's order : Mansfield v. Robinson .
9 For instance , in Shearson Lehman v Maclaine Watson it was held that even if the exchange had no power in its rules to suspend dealings on the tin market , such a rule should be implied , since it would be self-defeating if the exchange 's power to carry on business did not include , in certain circumstances , a power to cease part of that business .
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