Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these reasons , the Siamese has to be kept calm and healthy if it is to retain its beautiful sealpoint pattern . |
| 2 | The relationship should still be special and unique , but it will only survive as something good and precious if it is allowed to grow into a friendship between equals . |
| 3 | The frequency changes as the train passes and the high note is when the train is coming towards us and the low one when the train is going away , and you get the same effect with light except that instead of being high and low it 's blue shifted if the object is coming towards us and red if it 's going away . |
| 4 | The expression herring and common gulls illustrates this point well , because it is normal if common is taken to identify a particular species of gull ( in which case it is not a semantic constituent ) , but odd if it is taken to mean ‘ not rare ’ . |
| 5 | Some countries , such as Germany , do not regard a waste as hazardous if it is intended for recycling . |
| 6 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |
| 7 | With only 2,000 breeding pairs left in the US , reintroduction programmes are seen as vital if it is to escape extinction as a result of local disasters . |