Example sentences of "it be [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the rest of the times it 's you know , it 's taking If we could keep going for |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know how you know it 's stopped if you could n't hear it , ’ said Lydia , ‘ but you 're quite right . |
| 3 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 4 | Trials on women suffering from advanced breast cancer start soon , but it 'll be at least five years before scientists know whether gestodene can help treat the disease and 15 before it 's known if it can help prevent it . |
| 5 | We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them . |
| 6 | It is justified if the head of government is challenging something powerful . |
| 7 | We have only shown that it is justified if B and C are . |
| 8 | It is handling if the accused knows or believes the goods to be stolen . |
| 9 | If part of the price is determined by completion accounts , the vendor will want the price to be paid as soon as it is determined , or as soon as part of it is determined if the balance is disputed . |
| 10 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 11 | This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y . |
| 12 | The scientific truth is often much more fascinating , but investigating it is stifled if we simply relegate every unusual occurrence to the dustbin of ‘ mystic forces ’ . |
| 13 | There was an estimate of £10:1:0 for enclosing Kiels , with a gate , and they recommended that it be done if it did not exceed |
| 14 | As a rich man it was believed if you commissioned a church or chantry chapel or stained glass windows like these it was a way of assuring a place amongst the the blessed |
| 15 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |