Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | An action is relevantly similar if it too has the properties which constituted one 's reasons for the judgement in the first case . |
| 2 | In general , technical description is only appropriate if it illustrates a point in your argument , as can be seen from problems in the following excerpt : The sonnet structure is appropriate to the subject . |
| 3 | An article is only obscene if it is likely to corrupt " persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it . " |
| 4 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 5 | The benefit of the contract is only assignable if it makes no difference to the person on whom the obligation lies as to whether the obligation is discharged to the vendor or to the purchaser . |
| 6 | This example teaches us that a statement " x is frequent in A " is only meaningful if it acts as a shorthand for " x is more frequent in A than in B " . |
| 7 | Insurance is only valuable if it serves a purpose . |
| 8 | One important principle is that information is only valuable if it is used to inform decisions and actions that positively influence health . |
| 9 | It is only valid if it is pressed while on a field which is used by the LIFESPAN cache facility ( see below ) . |
| 10 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 11 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 12 | Affectivity is only incomprehensible if it is expected that emotions can be translated into thoughts with a proposition contained within them . |
| 13 | This is the Achilles ' heel of Abelard 's theory , because Christ 's death is only explicable if it saves us from a serious and dreadful predicament which is of eternal significance . |
| 14 | A marriage is so voidable if it has not been consummated because of the incapacity of either party , or because of one party 's wilful refusal to consummate it ; if the marriage was entered into without the consent of either party ( e.g. by reason of duress , mistake , or unsound mind ) ; if at the time of the marriage one party was suffering from mental disorder of such a kind as to render him or her unfitted for marriage , or from venereal disease ; or if the wife was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some other person than her husband . |
| 15 | To talk of ‘ self-made man ’ in this way is perhaps misleading if it refers to any unique evolutionary mechanisms relating to technology , as Kingdon seems to suggest . |
| 16 | Such material is not helpful if it is on sheets that have become dirty or faded ; shortages of text material are disadvantageous for all pupils , but especially so for pupils with poor vision . |
| 17 | A design must be original and section 213(4) states that a design is not original if it is commonplace in the design field in question at the time of its creation . |
| 18 | To be protected , the semiconductor topography must be original and it is not original if it is commonplace in the design field in question at the time of its creation ( section 213 of the 1988 Act ) . |
| 19 | The new law says a bank is not liable if it has accepted the cheque ‘ in good faith and without negligence ’ . |
| 20 | ( It is not disastrous if it is disliked , but there need to be very strong compensating factors . ) |
| 21 | It may therefore be advisable to delete this proviso , but it is not disastrous if it remains . |
| 22 | scientists found that the linear chain is more stable if it undergoes a Peierls ( pronounced piles ) distortion ; each electron interacts with only one of its neighbours to form a structure of alternating short ( double ) and long ( single ) carbon-carbon bonds . |
| 23 | As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge . |
| 24 | Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability . |
| 25 | It is also helpful if it can be shown there have been arm 's length negotiations between management and the institutions and that the price benefit to management ( ie the fact that management acquire control of Newco but pay no more per share than the institutions and/or pay less than 50% of the price for more than 50% of the equity ) derives from those negotiations , rather than from management 's employment by Target . |
| 26 | Discrimination in education , as in other spheres covered by the Act such as employment ( see Chapter 9 ) is also permissible if it can be shown to be ‘ justifiable ’ . |
| 27 | A final syllable is also unstressed if it contains ( e.g. follow' , ‘ borrow ’ ) . |
| 28 | The recipe is also delicious if it is made with smoked salmon pieces , but the trout is a little more unusual . |
| 29 | The size of the sausage will determine how long the drying process will take , but it is of paramount importance that the meat is perfectly dry if it is to store well . |
| 30 | An idea is n't wonderful if it does n't work . |