Example sentences of "be [verb] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The profession has managed to offer CPD on a shoestring up until the mid-1980s but henceforth some funding will have to be found if it is to fulfil the role given it by the membership . |
| 32 | The desire to love and be physically close may be repressed if it is seen to pose a threat . |
| 33 | If the order is to be disrupted it is because one of the younger sons shows remarkable promise but being a ‘ family ’ anxious to demonstrate tolerance , envy and jealousy are masked and can certainly be dissipated if it is suggested that the elder brothers had a hand in the development . |
| 34 | Carol Forfar , head of the Women 's Unit , said : ‘ Cervical cancer can be cured if it is caught in its early stages . |
| 35 | An idea of the magnitude of this quantity can be obtained if it is compared to the total population of New Jersey ( 7 344 000 ) or Ecuador ( 7 814 000 ) , or if it is realized that 7 602 138 seconds make 90 days and 10 hours . |
| 36 | On the other hand , advice may be ignored if it is considered to be impractical , given the financial and family constraints under which an individual operates . |
| 37 | The past six months have made it clear that latent isolationism can be inflamed if it is felt that the allies are shirking . |
| 38 | Neither side feels that its principles may be maintained if it is tempted by the other . |
| 39 | As Burton-Roberts suggests , criterion A ( the requirement that elements in apposition refer to the same entity ) would have to be extended if it is to apply to sentential and other non-nominal appositions . |
| 40 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |
| 41 | I think it only right to comment that the fact that it is , in a case such as the present , open to a taxpayer to stipulate , if he wishes , that the money shall be repaid if it is found not to be due in pending proceedings , provides another practical reason why a case such as the present is likely to occur only in very rare circumstances indeed . |
| 42 | All these things can be achieved if it is acknowledged that all procedures should a validated by users under the normal conditions of use . |
| 43 | In fact , the level of independence of inputs required for this sort of system to produce double dissociations is only likely to be achieved if it is composed of complementary modules . |
| 44 | This outcome can be predicted if it is allowed that a change of context causes changes in α to be determined solely or largely by events on the immediately preceding trial ( i.e. if contextual change produced an increase in the value of γ in equation 3.2 above ) . |