Example sentences of "[adj] if it " in BNC.

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1 The coaching session can help create this if it revolves around the person 's job and role .
2 Would we accept this if it were proposed as the means by which we controlled , say , the operations of our secret services .
3 Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke .
4 I accept the point your raising on this if it was open in the evenings that would be an added hance to the building unfortunately it is n't yes I think your absolutely right .
5 It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted .
6 Quantities should be of the order ½-1 kg per sq m ( 1–2 lb per sq yd ) where the pH is 6.0 , and double this if it is 5.0 , giving less for sandy soil and more for clay .
7 You can protest about this if it becomes a burden , but the time expended in doing so is probably inefficiently spent .
8 ‘ And there 's no reason for Elinor to see any of this if it tires her .
9 And why are we telling them this if it 's not eligible for consideration as a possible way of depriving us of an cash ?
10 What fraction would you get out of this if it was shared between two of us ?
11 ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said .
12 I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened .
13 But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important .
14 ‘ You shall paint me like this if it would please you , Barney dear , ’ she whispered aloud .
15 It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules .
16 Yeah but you just put this if it says joystick er
17 The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it .
18 If we knew all the pleasures and pains liable to be produced by an action , and could assign a degree of intensity , a duration , and a probability ( represented as a fraction of one ) to each , then the multiplication of these by each other , treating pleasure as a positive and pain as a negative quantity , would give the total positive or negative value of the action 's consequences , and it would be a good or right act if the result was positive , bad or wrong if it was negative .
19 First of all we must rid ourselves of the belief that punishment is wrong if it causes pain or inconvenience and does not have the full interest of the criminal at heart .
20 The demonstration should not go wrong if it has been adequately rehearsed beforehand .
21 It is the dies incertus an , certus quando of the glossators : it is not clear that the day will actually ever come , even though it is clear if it does when it will be .
22 However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty .
23 It is tautological if all that is being said is that where there is no industrial capitalism , there are no industrial capitalists , and vice versa ; and it is fallacious if it is intended as a substantial proposition meaning that the limited growth in some Third World economies is due to the absence of innovators , intermediaries , risk-takers and the like .
24 It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make .
25 But its food value is still very high if it is a vertebrate prey , such as a rodent , a bird or a fish .
26 He said the NHS needed to stay public if it was to remain ‘ the envy of the world ’ .
27 ‘ It may get rusty with wet if it stays there all night .
28 Er and they ought to have a little shelter over it to stop your saddle getting wet if it rains .
29 It 's old Jackdaw 's — a thousand years old if it 's a day . ’
30 If P is some occam term and x is a variable , we say that an occurrence of x in P is free if it is not in the scope of any declaration ( other than a parallel declaration ) of x in P , and bound otherwise .
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