Example sentences of "if it come " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it came to it ? |
| 2 | Would you lie low , if it came to it ? ’ |
| 3 | The opinion polls identify Mr Heseltine as the favoured successor to the Tory leadership , and he said in television and radio interviews yesterday that he would accept the ‘ huge honour ’ if it came his way . |
| 4 | The EC could absorb the 16.5 million East Germans , if it came to that , more easily than it could the two countries whose applications already lie on the table in Brussels — Austria with her backward deck-cargo of neutrality , and Turkey , with her GDP well below that of Portugal . |
| 5 | If it came to straightforward riot control , the most appropriate force would probably be the 12,000-strong People 's Police Alert units , under the control of the ministry of the interior . |
| 6 | He appealed this week for last-minute talks to avert a horrific war , and his officials have implied that , if it came to a fight , Egyptian forces would not penetrate Iraq itself . |
| 7 | If it came to constitutional change , he would prefer it to involve the introduction of direct presidential elections — no doubt hoping that the first directly elected president would be none other than himself . |
| 8 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 9 | Pöhl has argued that his proposed central banking system ‘ would have an adequately democratic legal base if it came about by agreement between democratic governments , ratified by democratically elected parliaments , and if the system were provided with a clearly defined mandate ’ . |
| 10 | It was true that Dimity appeared to fall in readily with any of Ella 's demands , but if it came to a matter of principle , then Dimity was unshaken . |
| 11 | If it came to a straight choice between a dolphin and Henry ( and in Henry 's view things had already got that serious ) he would go for Henry every time . |
| 12 | But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed , well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon . |
| 13 | This might impede her if it came to a fight , but that was unlikely . |
| 14 | But he was not too worried ; he had had enough of worry for one morning ; if it came to the worst he would just report it stolen . |
| 15 | More practical guidance , advice and support in those areas would be valuable particularly if it came from within librarianship rather than management science generally . |
| 16 | Howard Barker is described in the programme as a playwright ‘ known for his robust stance ’ — feet apart , biceps raised ? — ‘ against the tide of TV obsessed populist drama , ’ but the dialogue in A Hard Heart sounds as if it came from the violet-ink-filled pen of Oscar Wilde . |
| 17 | ‘ Lomax ! ’ she snapped , her voice sounding as if it came from inside a biscuit tin . |
| 18 | What would your ‘ payoffs ’ be if it came true ? |
| 19 | J. M. Lee in his essay ‘ Modern Stamford ’ published in The Making of Stamford says , ‘ A real university , if it came , would at least release Stamford from a fate which for such a long time remained a burden upon its political development , that the borough , as the guide books would say ‘ is only of historical interest . |
| 20 | If it came to a straight cash contest , Blackburn can leave the rest standing . |
| 21 | Anne heard her voice go heavy on the last word , as if it came from deep within her , influenced by some deep-felt experience . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 23 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Here you have the sea so I think we have ways and means of — if it came to it — of stopping them from entering the harbour landing . |
| 25 | As well as cashing in on the publicity , Hughes hoped the judge might be persuaded to grant Mitchum parole or postpone his jail term — if it came to that — until he had finished the film . |
| 26 | If it came to pass , it would affect every player in the world , be you Ivan Lendl or a park player . |
| 27 | But if it came on now … |
| 28 | They 'd rather settle for a return of their money , if it came to that . |
| 29 | But if it came to an argument — well , I looked at Rich and I could n't help myself . |
| 30 | If it came from me she would believe it . |