Example sentences of "be [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powers that be at the Tate tend to be more interested in ‘ the modern ’ than in the British tradition , so many fine or interesting British paintings are rarely if ever displayed , and to get through to those that are one has to wade one 's way through off-putting modernist rubbish , with the risk of tripping over artistic piles of bricks or tearing your clothes on sharp bits of dustbin sculpture . |
| 2 | Consumers are rarely if ever directly represented in Joint planning and as a right . |
| 3 | Yet that would not have been enough if President Bush had not thrown away the election and the keys to the White House with it . |
| 4 | In the early days , they simply challenged the notion of " excessive trade competition " and were not " prepared to admit that there has been much if any reduction in the price paid [ elsewhere ] for good bookwork , which has always formed the staple of the Edinburgh trade " . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it would costs a small fortune to equip yourself with a full set of stainless steel tools , although these are best if you can afford them . |
| 6 | Wall lights are best if they are directional and used to bounce light off a ceiling or floor , or to light a picture or piece of wall . |
| 7 | Nozick , for example , formulates an entitlement theory of justice , in which a person 's property holdings are just if they are acquired through some just act of original acquisition or by some just transfer . |
| 8 | Cos they 're like if you like . |
| 9 | The advantage of those Diazepam is , they 're there if you need them . |
| 10 | I 'll sha n't think that you 're there if you do , go on |
| 11 | And erm on a job er on on an English railway starting with starting a factory out there and they are going to manage it she 's worried stiff you see because she says now er , Germany and Holland are starting to move in the recession and once they 're there if the recession comes they 'll tack up her husband immediately |
| 12 | Yes , well Bev was asking , I mean I was doing housework , oh , I was doing bits and pieces you know , and er getting me coat and all that and er she was asking questions and all that and Liz said I 'll pick you up at twenty past eleven , so Bev said alright then , so she come off the phone said she 'd go and have a look and apparently erm , it must of been yesterday if , if Liz is telling the truth she said to whoever are you going to do anything about this ? |
| 13 | He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’ |
| 14 | There are two general assumptions which seem to be widely if not universally accepted as self-evident . |
| 15 | Currently this may seem unacceptable as well as unlikely , but may no longer be so if Israel itself experiences military and economic recession . |
| 16 | This will be so if the same work is done by fewer employees or by no employees at all . |
| 17 | Certainly with lower ability children doing oral work and class work that was true , Whether it would be so if there had been practical tasks associated with the French language is another question . |
| 18 | only in the sense that driving while drunk is wrong , and would cease to be so if medical obstacles were removed ? |
| 19 | As long as we start from the conception of a rational agent , it appears easy to decide whether an inclination is egoistic ; it will be so if its goal by the agent 's own standards is beneficial to himself . |
| 20 | That will only be so if the unbelieving partner is to leave , because at that point the values and foundations of the marriage are shown to be violated and at odds . |
| 21 | It should be public property and would be so if the millionaire had the same heart and principles of Beefy . |
| 22 | Not known if present in Graecopithecus , but may be so if it is associated with increased brow ridge development . |
| 23 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 24 | This would be so if ‘ I believe that it is raining , were a psychological statement about myself . |
| 25 | This may be so if the average for all industries is considered , but in the key areas of manufacturing where demand is more variable , the bonus-earnings ratio experiences greater volatility ( Hashimoto 1979 p. 1101 ) . |
| 26 | This could hardly be so if a conception of such connections was no part of neuroscience . |
| 27 | It can not be so if the managers are drawn from a different pool , which can happen if emoluments in the private sector drift too far away from those in the public sector . |
| 28 | This would certainly be so if the land were unregistered . |
| 29 | Slalom is meant to be fun ; it fails to be so if we take it all too seriously . |
| 30 | This would still seem to be so if most , though not all , the terms are standard — if , say , there are minor variations from one buyer to another ( e.g. as to the commodity or the quantity bought or the price to be paid ) . |