Example sentences of "if it [is] not [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved !
2 The first is knowledge of the remarkable consistency in the organization of the brain , at least within individual species , the second , the availability of histological techniques which enable them to specify where a lesion has been made , after the event , even if it is n't completely possible before , and third , access to new chemical techniques for selectively destroying some components of the brain while leaving others intact ( Kohler , Schwartz , and Fuxe 1979 ) .
3 If it is n't right later , you can highlight the range again and move it again .
4 If it is n't just the money problems of unemployment , what is it ?
5 ‘ Here you are , ’ she said , ‘ George Dionisovich , if it is n't too much to ask , I 'd like three to four thousand for both of them ’ .
6 ‘ For another , if it is n't too far ahead for you to enquire into this , Harry , then I might take up an invitation I 've received to attend Newmarket races at the beginning of October .
7 But while you are here , if it is n't too much trouble , perhaps you 'd take a look at a patient . ’
8 If it is n't too late .
9 If comfort is important to you — and if it is n't now , it almost certainly will be at a later date — anchor pieces like sofas and large armchairs should be the best looking and most comfortable you can pay for and find .
10 If it is n't then you 've got ta make a choice of whether you want to be private or whether you want to run the risk of someone using it as cover .
11 If it is n't then what we should then be saying is no week time over no week time work and just all work Saturdays if you see what I 'm getting at .
12 The crew think this is pretty stupid of them but I wonder if it is n't fantastically mature .
13 ‘ Ah , if it is n't readily defined , it 's automatically at double the rate . ’
14 You might need it later in the same flight ; if it is n't there , you ca n't use it .
15 If it is n't there now , I do n't know where it 's gone , Adam . ’
16 The central nervous system adapts towards the spasticity , allowing it to dominate all the patient 's movements , if it is not carefully controlled .
17 A group of women talking about motherhood may either find some way of adjusting their differing statements so that they are all right , or else become locked in bitter disagreement , which is no less vitriolic even if it is not openly expressed .
18 To understand why , if it is not logically necessary , our modern Cabinet developed , we must again turn to history .
19 Our own experience in writing this chapter has confirmed our previous experience that this material is in short supply and widely dispersed , and some of it will disappear altogether if it is not soon collected .
20 We would like to make parents , teachers and priests aware that God is working through them , that they all are important for the life of faith in our young people even if it is not clearly evident at times .
21 The Commissioner referred to the letter to Age Concern England in 1988 , from Nicholas Scott ( now Minister for Social Security and Disabled People ) which stated , ‘ In the last analysis , where a person in a home can no longer meet his fees but still requires nursing home or residential home care it will fall to the NHS or local authority as appropriate to provide that care if it is not otherwise available to the person ’ .
22 But even if it is not exactly this scheme , it is certain that any global agreement will have to be supported by a mechanism which allows the developing countries to pollute more while they catch up with developed countries which are simultaneously reducing their emissions .
23 Europeans should heed Mr Calvet 's warnings if it is not already too late .
24 Display the ruler line if it is not already visible ( see Task 16 )
25 Display the ruler line if it is not already visible ( see Task 16 )
26 If it is not already on its highest setting , the pump can usually manage one more radiator .
27 Whenever a child is created , it is only added to OPEN if it is not already in OPEN or CLOSED .
28 But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal .
29 Or you can install a wooden framework , and cover it with plasterboard , chipboard or hardboard ( although the latter may buckle if it is not well supported ) .
30 According to Smith and his colleagues , about 200 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus , which , if it is not immediately lethal , may cause death more gradually , either by slowly rotting the liver , or by inducing liver cancer .
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