Example sentences of "if [noun sg] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thoroughly deserved a draw last night and , if luck had been on their side , they might even have won the game . |
| 2 | If mass had been negative , space-time would have been curved the other way , like the surface of a saddle . |
| 3 | The Inland Revenue were of the view " that if income had been paid away it could not be " relevant income " " because it would not be available for providing a benefit " . |
| 4 | In a case in which a solicitor is privately instructed , the solicitors would , of course , be able to assess the profit costs and if counsel had been engaged then , of course , the brief fee and other fees would have been agreed in advance of the hearing . |
| 5 | ‘ If Faith had been here , ’ Alida Thorne said , biting daintily into a scone , ‘ I would have asked her advice . |
| 6 | But the truth is that if Parliament had been sitting , Mellor would have gone weeks ago . |
| 7 | The fact that revocation thereby deprived the owner of potential development value did not in itself warrant compensation , since if permission had been given the development value would be transferred to the state through the development charge . ) |
| 8 | As a result landowners only ‘ owned ’ the existing use rights of their land and it thus followed , first , that if permission to develop was refused no compensation was payable , and , secondly , that the price paid to public authorities for the compulsory acquisition of land would be equal to the existing use value , that is , its value excluding any allowance for future development . |
| 9 | Clearly , if money had been the kidnappers ’ motive … ’ |
| 10 | Furthermore , if investment has been undertaken to improve the competitive position , then it may be desirable , during the manager 's stay in the SBU , to assess the likely performance of that investment by reference to early signals of a change in the competitive position . |
| 11 | Sometimes they are especially tired , as if sleeping had been difficult . |
| 12 | Gordon Strachan OBE is simply unbelievable , and if HRH has been shown highlights of the game yet , I expect she 'll have popped the hereditary peerage in the post for him . |
| 13 | If we turn to trusts we find Valens stating that if maintenance has been left by trust to freedmen without a sum being stated , then first of all the amounts usually paid by the deceased are to be taken into account , then his bequests to those of the same class , and failing these his assets and intimacy with the beneficiaries are to be considered . |
| 14 | It 's the noise element which could yet be their finest asset : if baggydom has been polluted by feyness and undermined by limp-wristed disinterest , then there 's a huge gap in which hectic ( but tuneful ) arse-kickers can make their mark . |
| 15 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 16 | If Boy had been quiet before , now his quietness had become silence . |
| 17 | If accountability had been enhanced , profligate councillors would have been dismissed from office and replaced by more prudent ones . |
| 18 | Many parents of potential boy soldiers , sailors and airmen would have been very reluctant to allow their sons to join the armed forces if homosexuality had been allowed among those who were to train them . |
| 19 | We carefully considered that issue , and I agree that many parents would have been reluctant to allow their children to serve with the armed forces at such a young age if homosexuality had been allowed . |
| 20 | If nature had been modelled by man into productive commodities , man 's own subjectivity had also become reified into a self-identical instrument ; man had become an empty and passive consumer . |
| 21 | Too bad if rain had been forecast . |
| 22 | It must have seemed a heaven-sent opportunity with Mrs Figgis-Hewett shouting about breach of promise — if heaven sent is the word , ’ added Rose hastily , ‘ and our Mr Pipkin shouting about his rights . ’ |
| 23 | Thus , relief is given in , for example , Sweden as if tax had been paid in Barbados . |
| 24 | The whole operation may in fact be summarised as LT = AL : unc Recovery of the eigenvectors in the LR procedure is not straightforward , especially if deflation has been used . |
| 25 | Philippa felt afraid as if war had been declared , suddenly and inappropriately , over the radio . |
| 26 | Or alternatively if cash has been allocated for a later purchase of , say , an expected new issue of bonds and the fear is of prices rising , an investor can hedge by buying a future or by acquiring a call option . |
| 27 | The same argument applies if output has been increased only through the work-force taking fewer hours of leisure and putting in more hours of work . |
| 28 | It would be surprising if education escaped being profoundly influenced by secularism . |
| 29 | I gave him Robert 's ( old , unfortunately ) , address ; I do n't know if contact has been made , or if Charley has got somewhere to stay . |
| 30 | If albuminuria has been detected the result of a midstream urine culture is also included . |