Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Schoolchildren are entitled to special equipment , but only if it is expressly provided for in their formal statement of needs . |
| 2 | The above two examples give body to the suggestion by Alan Clarke that early learning , in itself , is of no more consequence than learning at any other stage of development , and that it will bring about long-term effects only if it is repeatedly reinforced throughout subsequent childhood . |
| 3 | A Bill will go to the latter two types of committee only if it is so moved by a Member immediately after second reading and so decided by the House . |
| 4 | By the same token , teaching them is important , but only if it is constantly related to their purpose within religions . |
| 5 | In a similar vein , B. A. Campbell and J.Jaynes have argued that an early experience can be perpetuated and incorporated into the adult personality only if it is periodically reinstated ; that is , if a small amount of partial practice , or repetition of the experience , occurs throughout childhood . |
| 6 | A large number of sections makes it easier to locate paperwork only if it is correctly filed . |
| 7 | Will he confirm that it operates only if there is prior written consent on the part of the employee — |
| 8 | Be careful not to lift the slippers off the ground when you put them on , however , as this is likely to cause the dog to become aggressive , especially if it is effectively cornered in the room with you . |
| 9 | It will work for most occasions , especially if it is properly lit . |
| 10 | The experiment at Ife suggests that it is a myth to believe that early introduction of English medium ( especially if it is badly handled ) can be correlated with eventual better performance in English . |
| 11 | Not if he 's formally taken off the case . ’ |
| 12 | But Wrexham MP Dr John Marek claims that the full potential of the site will be realised far more quickly if it is instead transferred into public ownership . |
| 13 | Find out if she 's ever thrown a race . |
| 14 | Now if there 's any messing around it 's being ri put away . |
| 15 | well if he 's still wandering about , no he 's decided he 's not having cake though |
| 16 | He told me he 's infallibly able to recognize women even if he 's only seen them once . |
| 17 | ‘ They think only about saving the guy 's life , so they chop the leg off by guillotine , even if he 's only lost a few toes . ’ |
| 18 | But his old friend ‘ the Professor ’ is obviously a scientist of note — and perhaps best of all , is fun and always using science to produce exciting things , even if he is often defeated by magic spells ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 19 | This measure may be of use to health care planners , but , even if it is eventually validated and accepted as an equitable way of allocating resources , it will be of little help to general practitioners , whose decisions are mostly concerned with managing self limiting minor illnesses . |
| 20 | For whereas a subordinate rule of a system may be valid and in that sense ‘ exist ’ even if it is generally disregarded , the rule of recognition exists only as a complex , but normally concordant , practice of the courts , officials , and private persons in identifying the law by reference to certain criteria . |
| 21 | It takes its real departure from a problem , even if it is badly set up . |
| 22 | primarily and fundamentally one who is friendly , a good mixer , of sound character and having much commonsense ; she must be patient , not easily put out by misbehaviour or pressure of work , remaining calm at all times ; she must like children and be tolerant of them and their ways and also of her colleagues ; she must be willing to turn her hand to any job that needs to be done in the department even if it is normally done by people junior to herself . |
| 23 | Having spotted them , the predator will know where they are , even if it is momentarily distracted by the parent bird . |
| 24 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 25 | Under present UK law , a company has a separate legal personality ; and its members , even if it is wholly owned by another company , are not — at any rate in theory — liable for its debts and other obligations . |
| 26 | ( Ends sufficient in themselves , it will be remembered , include for us anything chosen however briefly for its own sake , even if it is only lazing in a deckchair in the sun . ) |
| 27 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 28 | Not all people who decide to work from home will be lucky enough to have a ready-made office space and they will need to make changes in their accommodation , even if it is only finding a place to keep the computer and the phone . |
| 29 | ‘ The play is a hotch-potch of fairytale and modern juvenile humour , which , even if it is only designed for children , has very little appeal , ’ he wrote . |
| 30 | If you have a really bad cellulite problem I suggest you follow the diet and try and take some sensible form of daily exercise even if it is only walking the dog for a couple of miles . |