Example sentences of "[noun pl] if [noun sg] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By July , Hoare was forecasting that before long refugees will ‘ have to be supported from British public funds if scandal is to be avoided ’ . |
| 2 | It is obvious that the aggregate demand for consumption goods must Brow at the same rate as the production of such commodities if equilibrium is to be maintained ; but there is an inherent drive within the capitalist system to reduce the amount of variable capital advanced or employed for the purchase of labour-power as a proportion of the total capital advanced . |
| 3 | The struggle reflects a revolution in mass consciousness , by which people have come to realise that ideas and aspirations must be embodied in manifest acts if reality is to be changed . |
| 4 | This is appropriate and necessary on major roads if traffic is to be permitted at all . |
| 5 | FAST has also argued that the Community 's Common Agricultural Policy will need radical changes if biotechnology is to be optimally developed . |
| 6 | Gorbachev called for the preservation of " the common economic space " and increased co-operation and stability , which were essential conditions if help were to be expected from the G-7 industrialized countries . |
| 7 | It can not be excluded from regional security arrangements if stability is to be achieved in oil flows from Gulf oil producers . |
| 8 | Richmondshire District Council said it was forced to bring in charges if money was to be found to maintain existing car parks and create new ones . |
| 9 | He was already aware of the possibility of situations in which approval would not be the automatic outcome of such visits , and indeed the CNAA had already , as a result of institutional visits , imposed stern conditions to be met in some instances if approval was to be continued . |
| 10 | Again , it is the dependent item which must acquire additional traits if pleonasm is to be avoided : Arthur drinks beer ( but ? |
| 11 | Allowing for retirements , that still implies the need for 2 million new jobs if unemployment is to be reduced significantly . |