Example sentences of "if this be [not/n't] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something ( like the weather ) will have to go badly wrong if this is not to be another extremely profitable season for the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 2 | A resolution of this issue , which is not a pressing matter , would need also to take account of the fact that speakers do , in practice , use sentences which could be taken as instances of a third possible equational type ( if this is not to be regarded as merely some kind of linguistic jeu d'esprit ) : ( 37 ) cautiously is the way we should proceed In both of these two cases , the question is whether a property concept can fill a position which would otherwise be reserved for an entity . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) Regulated agreements which are not caught by Pt V of CCA 1974 as laid out in s74 of CCA 1974 , for example non-commercial agreements , or small agreements ( s17(1) ) , or running-account credit such as bank overdrafts or other overdrafts exempted by the Director if this is not against the interests of the debtor . |
| 4 | This would include the opportunity of subsidised housing and , if this were not to be made available immediately , then additional general welfare or family benefits would be made available to pay for accommodation as necessary . |
| 5 | as if this was n't at all what he 'd bargained for . |