Example sentences of "[not/n't] if it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public-sector borrowing ( item 1 ) will lead to a direct increase in the money supply , but not if it is funded by selling bonds and bills to the non-bank private sector . |
| 2 | And I do n't think it need come to that , not if it 's handled in the right way . |
| 3 | ‘ Not if it 's handled in the right way . |
| 4 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |
| 5 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |
| 6 | ‘ They wo n't if it 's sealed . |