Example sentences of "if it [vb -s] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 2 | Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot . |
| 3 | I hope that the succeeding chapters will go at least some way towards building flesh and sinew , face and character — even if it happens to be , as on Tafahi island , a North German face and character — on to the dry , lifeless bones of economists ' figures . |
| 4 | Now I 'd like to thing that an equal amount of effort can work more in our favour if it happens to be channelled towards a specific competition . ’ |
| 5 | The income from it is then the wife 's , therefore , if it happens to be three four four five , it is completely free of tax , whereas left with the husband would be taxed . |
| 6 | Well I marked that certain tank and I put it in in a sealed envelope to the police station and I said I do n't know which tank they said whoever 's emptied it has done , but I said , If it happens to be that tank then they are lying . |
| 7 | Even a broken worm can kill , if it happens to be an adder . |
| 8 | At the most distant property there are shearers ’ quarters which enable us to have the use of hot showers , and shelter for the barbecue if it happens to be raining . |
| 9 | The bond ( whose price includes 137 days ' accrued interest on 1 April ) has to be financed at the money market rate of 10 per cent for the 90 days between 1 April and 30 June , when the bond ( if it happens to be the CTD ) is delivered into the futures market . |
| 10 | This will not always satisfy governors , parents , the LEA — or the church or religious order if it happens to be a voluntary-aided school . |
| 11 | Lacking the ability perhaps to identify the chemical components in proper scientific vocabulary , the groups may exchange emotions , fears and hopes — and may then go on to decipher the chemical nomenclature together , if it proves to be necessary , and desirable that they do so . |
| 12 | If it proves to be outside his scope , a letter of explanation will be sent to the complainant and to the member who referred the complaint . |
| 13 | And if it proves to be Berowne 's blood , then he died first , unless , of course , he staggered across to Harry after making one or more of the superficial cuts in his own throat . |
| 14 | Where Parliament imposes a penalty for an offence , Parliament must consider the penalty is adequate and Parliament can increase the penalty if it proves to be inadequate . |
| 15 | The exploration of what each part of the body can express in isolation and then in co-ordination with the rest is possibly the most important aspect of a choreographer 's work if it seeks to be modern in spirit and technique . |
| 16 | ‘ Talk to some of the others if it gets to be a problem , ’ he said . |
| 17 | This , if it needs to be made more precise , is what we need to concentrate on , as some others have before , although without coming to the conclusion we shall reach . |
| 18 | well who would you need to make the suggestion that the brochure should be updated once a year , to whom would you normally make that suggestion , if it needs to be made ? |
| 19 | If it claims to be true , it must be willing to show the areas in which the evidence for its claims can be examined and found to be true . |
| 20 | Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house . |
| 21 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 22 | Socialism is organised benevolence — and compulsorily organised benevolence if it has to be . |
| 23 | It seems to me to magnify the difficulty of that particular operation if it has to be conducted under any sort of time pressure which the arrangements for the hearing on 3 February 1992 seemed to entail . |
| 24 | If it has to be backed up by close supervision and control a point may be reached where such activities are self-defeating . |
| 25 | Both from the professional integrity point of view and to avoid legal repercussions , specialist input should be obtained where necessary , even if it has to be ‘ brought in ’ . |
| 26 | If it has to be found that 's the only way . |
| 27 | It will be important to formulate an initial strategy for the bid even if it has to be modified subsequently as a result of changing circumstances . |
| 28 | they do n't want to have some er official or or some management consultant who 's eager to get a job and get extra money paid for him by a dumb government department , if those people are going to tell us what sort of people we want on that on police authorities , I think it is total insolence and I trust that whatever happens to this Bill that that answer that was given on the 17th of January is removed and replaced by something else , if it has to be replaced at all . |
| 29 | What , no I do n't think so , the E E C should of be , should of said well if it has to be moved if it 's |
| 30 | Allowing suppliers representatives to control stocks is liable to misuse even if it appears to be attractive |