Example sentences of "if need [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 2 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 3 | The best thing would probably be just to walk around to keep warm and then to snatch a little rest in a doorway somewhere if need be . |
| 4 | To disappear the young men into their own terrain , make use of every cave and wood ( and send them over the water if need be ) ? |
| 5 | So sign your names , friends , or make a mark if need be . |
| 6 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 7 | The mobilisation of the militias has been accompanied by letters in the press , supposedly from members , calling for tough action against ‘ subversive provocation ’ and vowing to ‘ stop these counter-revolutionary actions for once and for all - with weapons if need be ’ . |
| 8 | The letter in the Leipziger Volkszeitung called for the use of ‘ weapons , if need be ’ . |
| 9 | WHILE the East German leadership yesterday remained defiantly committed to another Tiananmen Square if need be , local party officials increasingly called for openness and dialogue with the opposition . |
| 10 | She got an enthusiastic response , ‘ Of course , Mrs Petherington , I can stay in through my lunch-break if need be . |
| 11 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |
| 12 | If need be , for generosity of vision , for elegance , for dignity ; for buildings which would raise our spirits and our faith in commercial enterprise , and prove that capitalism can have a human face . |
| 13 | Pakistan and India could be avoided , if need be , by using Colombo , but , after the Suez crisis , the Government of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) had demanded the closure of British bases on the island . |
| 14 | The other Andeans say they will go on with free trade without Ecuador , if need be . |
| 15 | Finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrial countries agreed to intervene in financial markets if need be . |
| 16 | When judgement has been obtained against a man in respect of any debt or liability , it will be enforced , if need be , by execution , i.e. the court will make an order , under which a sufficient part of the debtor 's property is seized and sold or otherwise made available for payment . |
| 17 | He is large Minnie and loud and not altogether sensible often and I would have no other man in the house to manage him if need be . |
| 18 | As Enoch Powell observed ( in The Sunday Telegraph Magazine in November 1976 ) : ‘ In the last resort , no less today than since the dawn of history , the test of nationality is war : on whose side will you fight , and for whom will you , if need be , die ? ’ |
| 19 | When Mrs Thatcher decided to break the miners ' strike , if need be by force , there was no doubt where I stood ; or at the time of the Falklands , or the Suez operation against the Egyptian dictator , Colonel Nasser : foursquare behind the Tories . |
| 20 | Mr Suleyman Demirel , Turkish Prime Minister , who is under mounting pressure to curb the PKK 's growing military strength , gave warning that Turkey would ‘ hit the terrorists even in Baghdad and the Bekaa if need be ’ . |
| 21 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
| 22 | Time enough for that later , if need be . |
| 23 | Alternatively , if there are differences between Ministers , these can often be resolved by a meeting of two or three Ministers , if need be under the chairmanship of a Minister-without-Portfolio . |
| 24 | The true citizen must be ‘ able to understand the interests of the community , must be able to subordinate his own will to the general will , must feel his responsibility to the community and be prepared to serve it by voting , working , or ( if need be ) fighting ’ . |
| 25 | He would find Fedorov , wherever he might hide : follow him to Russia if need be , but find him he would . |
| 26 | Similarly the rest of the family must have separate interests and lives , even some meals apart if need be . |
| 27 | When you have made your list , try to decide — with the help of someone close and understanding if need be — how you can cut down on the pressures , or alter the circumstances , in order to relieve excess stress . |
| 28 | You were exhorted to fight and die , if need be , for the glory of England . |
| 29 | The outcome was clearly welcomed by those with liberal sentiments : for however much one may deplore the sexual activities of young teenagers , there can surely be little doubt that the protection of such a girl from an unwanted pregnancy must be a matter of primary importance , and , therefore , if need be , have precedence not only over the right of parents to give or withhold consent , but even over the right to information regarding their child , for whom they are legally responsible . |
| 30 | I said that , if need be , I would share you . ’ |