Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To survive , a butterfly must get away from it — at least 25cm away if it is to be certain of living until morning . |
| 3 | Even for low attainers projects are done individually if they are to be assessed . |
| 4 | Long-nets have to be set properly if they are to be effective . |
| 5 | All presidents must move carefully and skilfully if they are to be effective leaders . |
| 6 | It 's all one to me but time 's getting on and your Auntie 'll want you back early if you 're to be up at crack of dawn in the morning . ’ |
| 7 | While courses such as intravenous therapy updates are readily acceptable and have immediately observable results in terms of clinical care delivery , less tangible skills such as teaching need to be built up gradually if they are to be successful , another factor which may affect motivation . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 9 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 10 | All food needs to be stored and prepared carefully if it is to be enjoyed at its best . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you ever touch me again ! ’ she yelled , rather inauspiciously if they were to be cast as lovers . |
| 12 | Windows have to be cleaned often if they are to be kept clean , and literary clarity , too , is always likely to be an effect of long labour . |
| 13 | In fact both treatments would work even if one were to be marginally better . |
| 14 | Even if they were to be separated , one would know that Susan was somewhere . |
| 15 | But even if they were to be drawn up from scratch with the express aim of reducing the level of severity in sentencing , there would still be a danger that discretion might simply be displaced to an earlier point in the system , such as the prosecutorial decision . |
| 16 | But even if it were to be brought in , there would still be a need for the factor 's services , says Alan Hughes , chairman of the ABFD and managing director of Griffin Factors , part of Midland Bank . |
| 17 | Even if it were to be deduced that there is an outstanding shortfall in the HP4 supply , this appeal , while being determined in the context of policy HP4 , would require to be consistent with the specific terms of policy HP6 , which refers to non-Local Plan proposals . |
| 18 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |
| 19 | The assumption seems to be that research involving animals , particularly if they are to be harmed in any way , must at least be justified in advance by its probable benefits for human beings , or possibly other animals . |
| 20 | Scrub potatoes in cold water with a vegetable brush or domestic scouring sponge , particularly if they are to be cooked in their skins . |
| 21 | With just under six years of office still to run , Mr Ozal presumably calculates that the party needs his popularity much more than he needs the party — particularly if there is to be an early general election to take advantage of an alliance victory in the Gulf war . |
| 22 | Point out that in the case of a married couple or a permanent relationship ( especially between a man and woman living together and with the possibility of children , planned or unexpected ) , the joint tenancy is the surest guarantee that on the death of either there will at least be a roof over the heads of the surviving family , particularly if there is to be a mortgage supported by a life endowment policy . |
| 23 | They must be available accurately and consistently if they are to be relied upon . |
| 24 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 25 | New Times has pondered whether there would be such vehement opposition about sending ‘ our boys ’ abroad again if they were to be sent to fight for Iraq . |
| 26 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 27 | It may be prudent to have them specified , particularly with regard to theft and accidental damage , and certainly if they are to be covered for use in other places . |
| 28 | Er and I again I have to say that we have not come to any conclusions about the new settlement , but certainly if there is to be a new settlement , then generally people would like more certainty . |