Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black holes would have been formed only if the early universe had not been perfectly smooth and uniform , because only a small region that was denser than average could be compressed in this way to form a black hole . |
| 2 | It would seem that Parliament 's legal power has been limited only if : ( a ) community law is seen as a higher system of law ; and ( b ) our courts are willing to uphold the supremacy of community law . |
| 3 | The number of votes for wets , damps and dries could be accurately counted and a proportionate entitlement of votes could be accurately calculated only if candidates had been distinctively labelled Wet Conservative , Damp Conservative or Dry Conservative . |
| 4 | I hope you 've found the meeting this evening positive , I 'm sure you have n't heard perhaps if the people found after the this evening and the guy up there reckons we ought to retire , well I do n't think we will retire but I think we will be responding to the things that you raised this evening I happen to think the Harlow theatre I 'm not sure how you measure success , erm I think we measure it 's success in the fact that people actually do use the building , people do come to see the shows . |
| 5 | But police officers can be dismissed only if severe disciplinary charges are proven against them . |
| 6 | Although judges were appointed by the authorities at the remaining levels ( circuit courts , judicial tribunals , and the Senate , which acted as a court of appeal ) , they could be dismissed only if they broke the law themselves . |
| 7 | Congress would remain free to re-order its priorities , but the overall balance of the budget could be altered only if approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress , other than in time of war , when the measure could be waived by a simple majority . |
| 8 | It is often caused by every change of the weather , especially from warm to cold ; from perspiration that is checked especially if hot ; from taking cold ; from cold wet weather . |
| 9 | Such a gap is justified only if company earnings start improving in the months ahead . |
| 10 | Accepting the authority as a way of identifying with a group will be justified only if the trust is not altogether misplaced . |
| 11 | The normal justification thesis states that accepting authority is justified only if it improves one 's compliance with reason . |
| 12 | This entails , as was pointed out above , that disobedience to a law is justified only if it is justified by an existing legal doctrine to that effect . |
| 13 | The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result . |
| 14 | But this could be justified only if , simultaneously , the same sights were raised to hit European targets . |
| 15 | These figures could be justified only if consultant expansion had substantially exceeded the 2.8% a year on which the numbers in Plan for Action were calculated . |
| 16 | ‘ Consequently , the measures which the member states may adopt when exercising the power conferred on them by article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/82 with a view to excluding certain of the vessels flying their flag from sharing in the utilisation of their national quota are justified only if they are suitable and necessary for attaining the aim of the quotas … |
| 17 | The neo-classical analysis can be justified only if the new equilibrium positions are reached quickly . |
| 18 | Usually they take about three weeks to make but a further nine months can elapse before brass-polishing is completed especially if they are to be exhibited before use . |
| 19 | So far it may have appeared that the condition in section 12 will be broken only if the seller turns out not to be the owner , anything less serious being merely a breach of one of the warranties . |
| 20 | Look , cos that 's why it 's already broken so if you push it it 'll go . |
| 21 | It is ironical that the experimental evidence of the recent past suggests that Einstein 's position on quantum mechanics can be sustained only if one is prepared to relinquish his special theory of relativity . |
| 22 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 23 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 24 | Permission for building would be given only if the occupier of a new house would live in it for at least six months per year and was a person employed or to be employed locally . |
| 25 | Inter alia , the Inland Revenue are reluctant to grant clearance where the consideration is loan stock and is redeemable within a relatively short period , and clearance is usually given only if the loan notes can not be redeemed within the first six months after issue . |
| 26 | Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was diagnosed only if haematemesis or melaenas , or both were confirmed by the hospital staff . |
| 27 | But the benefit is realised only if a spending tax replaces other existing taxes and the tax burden as a whole is either unchanged or reduced . |
| 28 | Further , LCH has in recent years agreed with most , if not all , of the London markets that it will only accept contracts for registration from clearing members who are members of the relevant market.3 A financial futures contract will be registered only if the clearing members in whose names it is submitted are members of the financial futures market . |
| 29 | Section 17 is the governing section and the rules in section 18 are to be consulted only if the parties have not evinced their intention as to when property is to pass . |
| 30 | Use of naturalistic information is wholly disallowed only if there can be some settlable choice of cognitive methods where all of our naturalistic information is available only if we resolve the choice in one of the possible ways . |