Example sentences of "is [prep] [verb] that if " in BNC.

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1 Although there are several reasons why passive sentences can be useful for the writer , then , it is worth noticing that if passives are overused they can produce writing that is unappealingly arid .
2 Australia and New Zealand , originally settled by white Europeans and still following a generally Protestant tradition , are usually regarded together — though it is worth noting that if their native aborigines and Maoris still dominated their populations , both countries would be regarded as South-East Asian , joined ethnically and culturally across the Arafura Sea .
3 It is worth noting that if the Sun were an oblate spheroid ( squashed at its poles ) , this would also have the effect of causing the orbit of Mercury to precess .
4 Firstly , it is worth noting that if the Lorenz equations ( Section 24.2 ) are considered as modelling convection in a loop ( Figs. 17.4 , 17.5 ) , then the chaotic solutions of the equations do not correspond to turbulent flow in the loop .
5 Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items .
6 It is like saying that if Jim Bloggs is an ass it means he has got long ears and brays .
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