Example sentences of "if do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can enhance a building if done sensitively . |
| 2 | This type of stretching can clearly be dangerous if done before exercise when the muscles are cold , and so it should only be used at the end of a training session . |
| 3 | This is particularly useful if done before leaving for work on hot days . |
| 4 | While it is acknowledged that to delve into one 's subconscious can be helpful in working out psychological problems , it can be damaging if done in isolation . |
| 5 | if done correctly , hazardous waste products are not generated ; |
| 6 | It has been converted to rhd at some point after manufacture ( as have many others , which if done properly is of no consequence ) . |
| 7 | There is a facility on most shafts for greasing which if done ( not overdone ) regularly will minimise wear such as on your vehicle . |
| 8 | If done well , these can add an interesting chapter to the history of the building , as they have done in the past . |
| 9 | This is a labour- and time-consuming enterprise if done on a commercial scale . |
| 10 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 11 | If done well team appraisal can be a dynamic force for change . |
| 12 | Besides , if done quickly enough , nothing has time to respond or to cover itself over , scared of a snatched soul bleeding dry . |
| 13 | The skin of his face hung on its framework like the hides of the penthouse , and weariness and anger and pain scored his brow as if done by a hatchet . |
| 14 | If done correctly this should produce the snappy percussive effect heard on the record . |
| 15 | If done correctly this will result in an effect that is fairly similar to a left-hand slide . |
| 16 | I also like simple lines if done with feel and melody — McCartney being a prime example of that type of player — although the context is equally important and McCartney 's style was exactly right for The Beatles . ’ |
| 17 | Method 3 is , strictly speaking , only legitimate if the aim is to feature the gradual revealing of the background to the action ; otherwise , it is a slow and obtrusive alternative to a straight cut , and becomes tedious to watch if done to excess . |
| 18 | This is exciting , fast work , particularly if done under a strong sun when the paint dries very quickly . |
| 19 | Patching is more effective if done in the pre-school years . |
| 20 | If you have solid external walls , adding insulation is likely to be disruptive if tackled from indoors , and expensive if done on the outside . |
| 21 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 22 | Planting roses or other shrubs and trees , whether bare root or container grown , is a two-stage job if done in the best possible way , and an art in itself . |
| 23 | According to s.6 , as amended by the FSA 1986 , the practice of price stabilisation ( ie. trading activities geared towards stabilising share prices , especially in the first few months of an issue ) , if done in conformity with the rules made under s.48 of the FSA 1986 , can take place despite the fact that such activities would ordinarily be in breach of the insider dealing prohibitions . |
| 24 | If done correctly , the end result was a pile of sharp , thin bricks exactly thirty-five centimetres across . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Anything done … or having effect as done , under a provision reproduced in the consolidating Acts has effect as if done under the corresponding provision of the consolidating Acts . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection ( 1 ) above , where a person , having possession or control ( lawfully or not ) of property belonging to another , parts with the property under a condition as to its return which he may not be able to perform , this ( if done for purposes of his own and without the other 's authority ) amounts to treating the property as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights . |
| 27 | Under the Trade Disputes Act 1906 no action for conspiracy would lie unless the act would be unlawful if done by a person alone . |
| 28 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 29 | ‘ … one who deals with goods at the request of the person who has the actual custody of them , in the bona fide belief that the custodian is the true owner , should be excused for what he does if the act is of such a nature as would be excused if done by the authority of the person in possession , if he was a finder of the goods or entrusted with their custody … . |
| 30 | A similar case exists where A interferes with the subject-matter of the contract in a way which if done by B would amount to a breach of the contract . |