Example sentences of "if [pron] [is] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one is then to try and specify the grounds upon which it would be right for the court to intervene I do not for my part find it particularly helpful to speak in terms of special or extraordinary cases as distinct from normal cases . |
| 2 | If one is seriously to provide catechesis for those handicapped in mind as well as body , one has to think through the implications . |
| 3 | What do we do with them if there is nowhere to race them ? ’ |
| 4 | After all , it 's not much use being fingered as someone who 's going places if there 's nowhere to go . |
| 5 | If there 's enough to close it , there 's enough to halt the expansion . |
| 6 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 7 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 8 | Woman-centred psychology , like egalitarian feminist psychology , needs to address theory if it is really to change psychological discourses of gender . |
| 9 | The training of nurses to prescribe will be vital if the service is to be as widely available as we want it to be and if it is genuinely to benefit patients . |
| 10 | The company has not attempted to sell its products abroad , but feels that if it is ever to expand again , then overseas markets are the only feasible method . |
| 11 | ‘ If it 's just to stop her from clinging round your neck … ’ |
| 12 | Yes , even if it 's just to say hello . |
| 13 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
| 14 | You recognise the anger you feel against your parents , but at this stage there 's little point in contacting them if it 's only to unload your bitterness . |
| 15 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 16 | Er , certainly I 'm sure Rachel shares her information , even if it 's only to say , you ca n't watch that because something else is on Channel Four at the same time . |
| 17 | They 've liaised with other organisations to make sure I 've got somebody coming in , even if it 's only to make me something to eat . |
| 18 | He wrote in an essay published in 1937 that an artist must lead a " commonplace life " if he is properly to do his work . |
| 19 | Alexander firmly believed that man has to delay his instantaneous response to the many stimuli that he is bombarded with each day if he is ever to cope with his rapidly changing environment . |
| 20 | A man can not be an island here if he is ever to turn his back on this place . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That is , if he is ever to come out of prison . |