Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [conj] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that if a ruler 's commands did not deserve obedience , resistance to them might be justified . |
| 2 | This means that if a job problem arises they do not simply impose a favoured solution . |
| 3 | This means that if a man is truly brought to faith in Christ , he is not dependent on human teachers to lead him on , helpful though these may be . |
| 4 | This means that if a person is threatening another 's property in such a way that he is likely to cause another to act in self defence , he commits no offence . |
| 5 | This means that if a person intends to cause a policeman to react unlawfully , and uses threats , abuse or insults in an attempt to cause the policeman to overreact , he commits the offence if the other ingredients are proved to have occurred . |
| 6 | This means that if a reaction , in theory , can be divided up into a number of steps the enthalpy change for the overall reaction equals the sum of the enthalpy changes for each step ( see figure 5.9 ) |
| 7 | In practice this means that if an order is made transferring the home , the wife 's maintenance will be consequently reduced . |
| 8 | This means that if an individual is embedded in such a network , s/he is more liable than one whose network is relatively looseknit to be vulnerable to pressure exerted by everyday social contacts . |
| 9 | This means that if an individual provides an opportunity to his trust to make a gain and the trust makes a gain the individual can be taxed under s776 . |
| 10 | This means that if the UK is to stay self-sufficient , some 40 million tonnes of new production a year must be achieved by the year 2000 . |
| 11 | Basically , this means that if the account goes into the red , you are both liable for the whole amount . |
| 12 | This means that if the calculations you give exclude the tail , another 48″ of fish should be removed to bring the stocking level down to a manageable size . |
| 13 | This means that if the ice is not too steep then the first of the down points will come in contact as well as the front points , creating a more stable platform . |
| 14 | This means that if the cheque has been stolen or obtained by fraud , they will have to suffer the loss if they accept it . |
| 15 | Effectively , this means that if the file has been ‘ cut ’ into m sections , the effective packing density of the file — from the point of view of records colliding and causing synonyms — is : |
| 16 | This means that if the voluntary sector does not take action , virtually nothing gets done . |
| 17 | If we assume that the number of professional programmers , these are people who are competent to use and develop software , is roughly proportional to the number of commercial computers in operation , this means that if the trend continues , in ten years time , there will be a need for roughly a hundred times as many computer programmers than we 've got as present . |
| 18 | This indicates that if the possible hazards of retirement are not adequately discussed , the seeds of ill-health , depression and other problems can be sown . |
| 19 | This indicates that if the court 's desire is to protect the public from persons who take vehicles without the owner 's consent , that is by a sense of general deterrence , then this particular criterion of the Criminal Justice Act will not be applicable The question posed for the courts must be whether taking a vehicle without consent can ever , as an individual offence , be so serious that a non-custodial sentence can not be considered . |
| 20 | This suggests that if a planning phase of speech is disrupted , then the following phase which forms part of the same semantic cycle will no longer be fluent because the prior semantic planning necessary for fluent speech has not been completed . |
| 21 | This suggests that if the Government wanted to equip all schools with a CD-ROM workstation , it would need to spend over £300 million — an unlikely prospect at anytime but more especially in the ‘ value for money ’ 1990s . |