Example sentences of "if he be [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The [ financier ] , wrote Angell , ‘ has no country , and he knows , if he be of the modern type , that arms and conquests and jugglery with frontiers serve no ends of his … ’ .
2 If he 's on a hot streak he could come home in twenty-nine . ’
3 After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’
4 He 'll get that in time to move out himself if he 's on the level , too late to do you any harm if he 's not . ’
5 I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station .
6 At least it 's got an end now with the others if he 's on the film company , he 's got an end now has n't he now he 's got .
7 He warms up with the march-past of the Brigade of Guards , before wheeling out his spitfire , moving on to jet fighters and finishing , if he 's in a good mood , with dogfights and acrobatics .
8 He 's got a key , and if he 's in the garden he lets me in .
9 ‘ But it 's as if he 's in the same room .
10 Then if he 's in the Club , he gets thrown out .
11 Not if he 's in the area , and everything tells me he is . ’
12 Now we 're part of government policy which happens to be hear no evil see no evil … one bloody monkey 's enough if he 's in the top job .
13 He 'll also find out if he 's in the top three , and therefore will receive a further cash prize .
14 The other thing is if we 're successful with Atkins if he 's behind the bill the MPs are unlikely to talk it out .
15 A Savage Orc shaman receives an additional magic card if he is with a Mob of Savage Orcs .
16 But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it .
17 The boy who puts unwanted chocolates , sweets , nuts and raisins and chewing gum into the trolley at the checkout can not put his hands to mischief if he is at the other end of the checkout using them to put his mother 's groceries in the box ( see page 111 ) .
18 If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ?
19 Make no mistake , Wright 's short fuse is a serious business and if Graham is to lose a top player through suspension , on top of all the headlines on his ill-discipline , the Arsenal manager may soon wonder if he is worth the trouble .
20 If he is in a bargaining mood , he might like to ask them to furnish him with a new typewriter .
21 Howard has the feeling that the floor is dropping away beneath his feet , as if he is in an express lift .
22 My husband always maintains that white wine tastes better when drunk outside — by which he actually means that if he is in the open air he is relaxed and therefore more capable of enjoying anything .
23 " I do n't care if he is in the Owsla , " thought Hazel .
24 The Panel will not regard an adviser as independent if he is in the same group as the financial adviser to an offeror , or if he has a significant interest in or financial connection with either an offeror or the target company of such a kind as to create a conflict of interest ( Rule 3.3 ) .
25 It beat so fast as if he was under a strain .
26 In such a situation while the judge may rule that the case shall proceed and be considered by the jury it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict .
27 Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence .
28 In Ashbridge Investments Ltd. v. Minister of Housing and Local Governments the Minister had power to modify a clearance order if he was of the opinion that land should not have been included in it .
29 ‘ Khan , you argue that unless you are permitted to build the kind of ship you require , the embassy will fail — ’ He broke off , shaking his head as if he was at a loss to know how to deal with the notion .
30 ‘ If you 're looking to buy , I 've nothing to sell , ’ said Alan for openers as if he was at a jumble sale .
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