Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it produces poor results , it is surely legitimate to make changes . |
| 2 | Whatever may have been said in the 1930s — even if it reflected current views then — cannot be correct today . |
| 3 | But if it came unopened , unsealed , he would return the reply unsealed . |
| 4 | What would your ‘ payoffs ’ be if it came true ? |
| 5 | Like other monarchs through history , Charles took the course of letting another take the most major step on his behalf ; if it went wrong he could repudiate it , if it went well then it was obviously a wise action for all . |
| 6 | The Director could n't ask what it was , not without implicating himself if it went wrong . |
| 7 | The government insists that it will only be restarted if it passes stringent safety tests , and that a technical council composed of Russian , American , French and German experts will oversee its operation . |
| 8 | Look at the way old favourite ‘ Four Men ’ has been rebuilt and reinvented : if it sounded bold in '89 it sounds positively bionic now . |
| 9 | In my ignorance of electricity I would have believed her , even if it sounded unusual . |
| 10 | If it sounds quarrelsome , it was . |
| 11 | If it sounds boring , and it does , well , it also endures . |
| 12 | Remember — if it sounds right , it is right ! |
| 13 | If it sounds right , it is right ! |
| 14 | If it sounds right then put it up and we 'll discuss anyway . |
| 15 | Sorry if it sounds dumb . |
| 16 | If it sounds horrendous then do n't worry , it really is in the best possible taste . |
| 17 | If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time . |
| 18 | Try out each of your jokes on someone who will not be at the wedding to see if it sounds funny the way you tell it . |
| 19 | The proposed shoe factory , for example , would make a return on capital of around 15% if it sold running shoes for 1,000 roubles a pair . |
| 20 | Scie Scientific or You want it in scientific mode if it says scientific |
| 21 | Yeah but even if it says virgin it can still |
| 22 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 23 | If the EEA intervenes to support sterling ( i.e. if it sells foreign currencies and buys sterling ) then the receipt of sterling by the Bank will act to drain market liquidity . |
| 24 | The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance . |
| 25 | This gives the authority the power , if it thinks fit , to refer the matter to the D.P.P. |
| 26 | ‘ If any such conditions as are referred to in subsection ( 3 ) above are complied with , the court may , if it thinks fit , discharge or rescind any such order as is referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Where an applicant for the grant of a licence or an objector there to : ( a ) has , through inadvertence or misadventure , failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act ; or ( b ) having duly lodged his application or objection , has died before the meeting of the board at which such application or objection was to have been heard ; the board may , if it thinks fit , and upon such terms as the board thinks proper , postpone the consideration of the application or objection to an adjourned meeting . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) For the quarterly meetings of a licensing board , see s.4(1). 5.13(2) enables a hoard , if it thinks fit , to adjourn an application where there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act , or where an applicant has died . |
| 29 | Order 20 , r 12A provides as follows : ( 1 ) Subject to paragraph ( 2 ) , at any stage in an action or matter the court may , if it thinks fit for the purpose of disposing fairly and expeditiously of the action or matter and saving costs , direct any party to serve on the other parties , on such terms as the court shall think just , written statements of the oral evidence which the party intends to lead on any issues of fact to be decided at the trial and RSC Ord 38 , r 2A shall apply to a direction under this rule . |
| 30 | The appellate court may then make the order if it thinks fit . |