Example sentences of "and if [pers pn] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Tourists should have to sign a declaration that they are healthy and will leave Britain if a chronic disease is diagnosed and if they are treated their passports should be kept until their fees are paid .
2 These methods of payment are more likely to be accepted if they are requested right up front before you start to do business and if they are presented as being the only way you do business .
3 But if they are experiencing on average a smaller rise , you would want to raise output , taking advantage of the high relative price on your island ; and if they are experiencing a larger rise you would want to reduce supply .
4 But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour .
5 ‘ This is a timely reminder to people that they should be careful with strangers and if they are leaving their doors open .
6 Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets .
7 He says they should n't carry much money and if they are threatened they should never resist .
8 Visits to hotels or theatres , going on holiday or to restaurants are all difficult things to do on one 's own , and if they are undertaken , people may have to pay more or end up in a corner , marginalized and away from the main clientèle .
9 More traditional error correcting techniques can be used as a last resort , and if they are applied to just the top-rated candidate string this should avoid the potentially explosive problem .
10 They are clearly set out and if they are flouted we can not accept it . ’
11 Even the solicitor and the author may be said to be employed — in the ‘ simple language … used and understood by ordinary literate men and women ’ — and if they are employed , their remuneration is surely earned ‘ in employment . ’
12 Your suspects are likely to be opposed to one another in different ways ( if they are not , you have chosen people who do not adequately reflect different aspects of your theme ) and if they are opposed it is not unlikely that they will quarrel , again about your theme .
13 And if they are to develop critical abilities , and to see their work in a wider perspective , that too must be built into the curriculum and not just expected to happen .
14 They can not afford the extra rent and if they are driven away they will starve .
15 Without naming names , there are some bands I work with and if they are doing an interview , I will have to be there in case they do n't turn up and I end up making loads of phone calls .
16 And if they are found , it 's too late for Maurice Abberley to benefit from their publication , is n't it ?
17 The people who employ me , the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the government , in the past have called us in the RVH , and now it all depends who they are talking to — if they are talking to the American delegation we are Marxist revolutionaries and if they are talking to other delegations they have branded us as Provos .
18 If the countries of the poor world are to escape from the most serious forms of dependence , and if they are to get the best social and economic benefit from their resources , it is essential that they have control over their resources .
19 You may see them dimpling the surface and if they are concentrated along a particular section this must obviously be worthy of attention .
20 And if they are closed , where will the patient with bone tumours or tachydysrhythmia go ?
21 What we 'd effectively do which code , what effectively do of course is we we trundle down here checking to see if any of these are set to one and if they are set to one we set a weight in memory .
22 Villages are expensive to live in and if they are to become vibrant communities again , local people must be able to earn enough to be able to continue living in them .
23 If animals in the sea have fared well , all considered , up to the point when they are harvested , and if they are harvested humanely , then we do nothing wrong when we kill them .
24 And if they are hurt , does that help me ?
25 And if they are stolen , inform your bank immediately .
26 Once jobs arise and if they are paid for their labour , they become the workers again ; sometimes they are just as poor but their class position has changed .
27 Teenage children , admitted by almost all teachers as the most difficult to teach , may become better motivated and better behaved if they have a short-term goal , passing the next grade on the ladder , and if they are working alongside people who are both older and younger than themselves .
28 As only a small part sticks they blow off easily , and if they are trimmed they bruise .
29 The Commission affirms , therefore , that music in worship is not an extravagance but a necessity if people are to receive the special blessings which God gives through it , and if they are to offer to him their best and their most .
30 To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die .
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