Example sentences of "if they [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This period around 1967 was the time of the big change-over in the airline business from piston engines to jets , so it was clear that the programme I had selfishly pursued for my own good was in fact a proper course to follow for all Ops inspectors if they were to continue to be able to do their work effectively . |
| 32 | The New York Times of Nov. 19 reported that the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps had recently issued a new ruling requiring all its graduates to sign an affidavit saying that they were liable to be discharged and forced to pay back their scholarship if they were discovered to be homosexual . |
| 33 | They might get at least some credit if they were seen to be laying better long-term foundations for the economy . |
| 34 | In a recent report , the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution concluded that potatoes , for example , might become troublesome weeds if they were engineered to be tolerant of frosts , blight and herbicides . |
| 35 | But such was the resistance from management , it was feared that it would become impossible to recruit top-quality personnel from the private sector if they were going to be subject to oversight from the Comptroller . |
| 36 | It 's not as if they were going to be chucked out . |
| 37 | What was the point if they were going to be allowed to drive back to England ? ’ |
| 38 | Machine code instructions are assembled as if they were going to be placed in memory at the addresses specified by the program counter , P% . |
| 39 | Almost as if they were going to be posted . |
| 40 | erm I suppose that would mean if they felt they were taking up so much of their time that they could n't do what they considered to be their job properly , and if they felt that I think the parents were persisting and insisting that their own children got more attention than the school could really afford to give them if they were going to be fair to everyone . |
| 41 | Well , when Wyn had his stethoscope in his ears I wondered if they were meant to be him . |
| 42 | The ruling effectively voided the British legal notion of the " discretionary " life sentence , under which the Home Office had the power to extend prisoners ' actual terms in gaol , or detain them again after an initial release ( known as " release under licence " ) if they were deemed to be a danger to society . |
| 43 | Agency findings could be set aside if they were found to be ‘ arbitrary , capricious or an abuse of discretion . ’ |
| 44 | Many problems which we are prepared to treat as bipolar have ramifications which could be taken into account if they were thought to be as important as the impact of the decision on the two contestants . |
| 45 | Such contributions are not in themselves illegal , but they would be if they were judged to be bribes . |