Example sentences of "[adv] if it [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | People can plan their affairs with more confidence if they have more guidance about when and how the state will intervene , and the community will therefore be better off if it can reasonably look to past judicial decisions to predict future ones . |
2 | A simple replicator , whether gene or meme , can not be expected to forgo short-term selfish advantage even if it would really pay it , in the long term , to do so . |
3 | Uk Brother owners please note — the next time you phone Manchester , be thankful that there is someone to answer your problem , even if it may occasionally take a couple of days when all the staff are at a show . |
4 | Your body — even if it ca n't do Mr Kent 's maths tests or win the high jump — remains something that modern science can not copy . |
5 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
6 | I do not agree that Hampshire presented the case fairly , and I keep trying to obtain undertakings from Hampshire county council that , even if it can not support Government policy , it might at least present a more detached account of the case to parents when grant-maintained options are on the table . |
7 | The spread of literacy and of universal education may be more crucial in precipitating fertility decline , even if it can not occur without the development of a more market oriented economy , less based upon family and subsistence production , and a perception of real income growth . |
8 | James Loch , Edinburgh lawyer and Commissioner for Stafford 's Sutherland estates , reassured his master that : ‘ The adoption of the new system , by which the mountainous districts are converted into sheep pastures , even if it should unfortunately occasion the emigration of some individuals , is , upon the whole , advantageous to the nation at large . ’ |
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