Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure . |
| 2 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 3 | It soon recovers its stable position if it is pushed to one side or the other . |
| 4 | A local council can spend more than its total guideline if it finances more from sales than the government assumes . |
| 5 | As a further carrot , Centre Re might give the firm a ‘ profit share ’ : a bit of its premium back if it makes no claim . |
| 6 | With drinking dishes , however , the smell of the detergent is simply added to the already unpleasant odour of the treated water , with the result that the cat will only drink from its official dish if it has no alternative . |
| 7 | For instance , if clitorectomy often known as female circumcision — is a ‘ moral ’ requirement to serve male interests , it is nevertheless women who carry out , maintain and insist upon the practice , and it is women who express their moral offence if it is not carried out . |
| 8 | A water authority will , therefore , be in breach of its statutory duty if it permits obnoxious odours , which amount to a nuisance at common law , to emanate either from its sewage disposal works , or due to any recycling of treated or untreated sewage sludge on to farm land , and it is open to a local authority or person aggrieved , in the absence of informal agreement perhaps via a Liaison Committee , to seek an injunction to restrain the water authority from causing the nuisance . |
| 9 | We have always believed that South Africa can only realise its true potential if it becomes a prosperous , non-racial , multi-party democracy . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , as I say , the worthy burghers of Oswaldston would not have asked me to spread the artistic products of my maturity before their admiring gaze if it had n't been for the Machin boom . |
| 11 | When you heard me I was imagining a process whereby you 'd have a strategic sites policy in the structure plan which would enable a local authority in preparing its local plan if it wished to identify a strategic site and that would then become in the local plan , you know subject to all those consultation processes , and then it 's part of the portfolio that is available in the published arena with a statutory framework behind it . |
| 12 | Inevitably , the use of the soundtrack as a radio commercial involves some loss of effect , and it seems to me that in general a radio commercial is going to have a much better chance of achieving its desired effect if it is created from scratch . |
| 13 | Whether others will follow depends upon how the ANC pursues its anti-trust policy if it comes to power . |
| 14 | We could not reproduce our human race if it were . |
| 15 | While you may be tempted to go back to your new pet if it does cry repeatedly , try to avoid this temptation . |
| 16 | I should have taken the set back and demanded that the shop or manufacturer replace it , but in those days the attitude was that it was a privilege to buy something , and it was just your bad luck if it turned out to be faulty . |