Example sentences of "if it [be] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applied linguistics in this sense must be practised by teachers too if it is to have any effective operational relevance at all . |
| 2 | If it is to have any practical value a recording system must be concerned with measuring observable behaviour . |
| 3 | Your dog may be rather nervous of being washed and will need to be trained accordingly , especially if it is to have a career in the show ring , where careful preparation is so vital . |
| 4 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 5 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 6 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 7 | What is the vital ingredient that a dead planet like the early Earth must have , if it is to have a chance of eventually coming alive , as our planet did ? |
| 8 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 9 | If a tax is to be fair , if it is to have the support of the people and if it is to be collectable , it must be based on the fundamental principle of ability to pay . |
| 10 | In presenting the proposals the president of the Commission , Jacques Delors , said that in the post-Maastricht era the " EC must find new money if it is to have a greater profile on the international scene " . |
| 11 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 12 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 13 | It 's a comfort , you know ’ — she smiled now — ‘ to think that there 's somebody opposite you for the first meal of the day , even if it 's to have a row with . ’ |
| 14 | I paused , to see if it was having any effect . |
| 15 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 16 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |
| 17 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 18 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 19 | Moreover , why did the promisor make the promise if it was to have no legal effect ? |