Example sentences of "that if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the question , therefore , which ought to hold the first rank , Raphael or Michelangelo , it must be answered , that if it is to be given to him who possessed a greater combination of the higher qualities of the art than any other man , there is no doubt but Raphael is the first . |
| 2 | The first reason is that if it is meaningful , it briefly diverts the opponent 's attention away from what follows . |
| 3 | Whereas restorers in the past speculated on some of the missing elements and snapped in a few flowers here and there , we take the view that if it 's missing when we took the carving down then it will stay missing when we put it back up again . |
| 4 | Britain has been muttering that if it perceives a ‘ consensus for democracy ’ in Hong Kong , it will start ‘ talking tough ’ to Peking at a diplomatic level , and perhaps even adopt the Legislative Council proposals for 1995 in the teeth of Chinese opposition and without regard to ‘ convergence ’ with the Basic Law . |
| 5 | The philosophy that if it goes down in the US it must be going up in Europe has meant that Smurfit is looking to Europe as its main engine for growth in the months to come , when it must decide how to spend the $1bn cash raised from the recent financial restructuring with Morgan Stanley . |
| 6 | Overlooking the point that if it were the latter he could clarify the matter on the next round , he settled for a direct raise to Four Hearts . |
| 7 | ‘ Our understanding is that if it does go to court , the hearing will be next year . ’ |
| 8 | A Belgian cycling union official confirmed that an unnamed rider had tested positive and said that if it were Yates , he would receive a 10-minute penalty that would lose him the race . |
| 9 | I believe that if it 's cut well enough that should be possible . |
| 10 | It 's Sir Ralph Halpern 's view that if it had n't been for the current worldwide recession , many more outside brands would have been introduced to the UK market . |
| 11 | Analogically the sacrament can certainly be understood as ‘ sacrifice ’ in the sense that if it partakes of the reality it represents , the ‘ once-for-all ’ sacrifice of Calvary is applied to us as we celebrate the victory as well as the mystery of the cross . |
| 12 | The court seemed to be afraid that if it allowed the jury to take account of one characteristic , such as sexual impotence , then it would be illogical to direct them not to take account of another characteristic , such as irascibility or bad temper . |
| 13 | But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal . |
| 14 | But I am resolved that if it must be so I will obtain permission from the Brownings to have my husband journey to England at the end of the holiday and bring his son back with him . |
| 15 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 16 | The success of the new Continental R , and before that the Bentley Turbo , shows that if it can make the sort of car that new customers approve of , it should still be able to find 3,000 buyers a year around the world . |
| 17 | At Sherborne , the philosophy is that if it is a team trip then the whole team must be able to go . |
| 18 | Tom Watson believes that if it were located in the middle of the course , it would not be as difficult . |
| 19 | ‘ Would he have said that if it had been 0–0 ? ’ asked some hard-bitten locals pertinently . |
| 20 | After two days of trying , however , the shares remained unsold last night and stockbrokers Hoare Govett have the problem of starting their attempted placing all over again this morning in the knowledge that if it can not be done today , holidays prevent them trying again until Tuesday . |
| 21 | On the other hand , it could be argued that if it is considered necessary to make an adoption order with a condition of access , then this may be seen as being imposed on the two or three parties and possibly of little value . |
| 22 | All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will … |
| 23 | There is a childlike belief at the Foreign Office that if it does not admit to the existence of MI6 , foreign governments will believe Britain does not spy on them . |
| 24 | ‘ You are saying that if it were possible to remove a fertilized egg cell from a woman after she had conceived , you could examine it and say what the resulting child would be like ? ’ |
| 25 | The Stop Hinkley Expansion group complained to the Inspector , arguing that this was jumping the gun and a waste of public money , despite the CEGB claim that if it did n't order these parts in advance , at its own risk , it would never keep to its construction timetable . |
| 26 | But it seems that if it is valid for that purpose , it must be valid for morality generally . |
| 27 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 28 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 29 | Some doubting townsfolk had their reservations , so Thomas offered that if it did not have the desired effect he would forego his fee . |
| 30 | Against the naive assumption that if it says so in the book ( or the paper , or the report ) it must be true , we appear to have cast doubt on every type of written document ever produced . |