Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliminating between these equations gives or on separately equating the real and imaginary parts The second of these two relations simplifies to and substitution of this condition into the first yields Equations ( 8.34 ) and ( 8.35 ) , representing the conditions that must be satisfied to procure total rejection , become much simpler if it is assumed that , for they then reduce to Evidently , if and , total rejection occurs at a frequency close to . |
| 2 | Denial : As with the primary illness , family members can not see their own addictive disease and may be exceedingly indignant if it is pointed out to them . |
| 3 | One important principle is that information is only valuable if it is used to inform decisions and actions that positively influence health . |
| 4 | Not only should your jokes and humorous episodes be relevant to the theme of your book ( however slight that might be ) , but you should remember that a good joke becomes less good if it is followed too closely by another good joke . |
| 5 | The two are entirely compatible if it is remembered that one of the popular theories of the nature of the state itself has always been that it was founded on a contract between the individual members of a society . |
| 6 | The gaps between them are so big that if you plunge your arm through into the mantle , the clam is quite unable to grip it — though the experiment is a little less unnerving if it is tried first with a post . |
| 7 | Affectivity is only incomprehensible if it is expected that emotions can be translated into thoughts with a proposition contained within them . |
| 8 | And for evenings , the little black dress ( only permissible if it is split in some extremely unexpected places ) . |
| 9 | It is only valid if it is pressed while on a field which is used by the LIFESPAN cache facility ( see below ) . |
| 10 | This is supposed to be the strongest set of women to have turned up in rock for ages , but it 's not healthy if it 's based on f—ed -up women . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not sure if it 's meant to be a guitar cab or a bass cab , but it suits me . |
| 12 | ( It is not disastrous if it is disliked , but there need to be very strong compensating factors . ) |
| 13 | Not that you were dissimulating unfelt emotions : you were merely their translator , and you transcended those emotions , imparting to them that furnace heat which makes a work of genius give off light if it is brought to the desired temperature . |
| 14 | Eaten raw in salads , it becomes more interesting if it is topped with herbs and a good quality olive oil . |
| 15 | This is a real gift to the declining Italian tourist industry , which needs the country 's cultural assets to be made more accessible if it is to compensate for the fact that mass tourism has migrated to cheaper , less developed shores . |
| 16 | Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability . |
| 17 | As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge . |
| 18 | The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status . |
| 19 | The reality is always worse if it is clouded with fear . |
| 20 | Given the increasing number of changes that schools are having to make , the process of change is likely to feel more manageable if it is managed . |
| 21 | The recipe is also delicious if it is made with smoked salmon pieces , but the trout is a little more unusual . |
| 22 | The size of the sausage will determine how long the drying process will take , but it is of paramount importance that the meat is perfectly dry if it is to store well . |
| 23 | An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it . |
| 24 | Secondly , an exemption clause may be partially effective if it is shown to be to some extent reasonable . |
| 25 | It is indeed professionally irresponsible if it is claimed as a pedagogic principle . |
| 26 | The telephone can be rather cold as a method of first contact , but very useful if it is used in conjunction with a letter or a visit . |
| 27 | The same applies to lecture material and lever-arch files but becomes too onerous if it is applied to thin journals . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , we need to consider what problems might arise and make provision accordingly , accepting that such provision should be very flexible if it is to cope with the range of need presented by the disabled . |