Example sentences of "if it is [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under present UK law , a company has a separate legal personality ; and its members , even if it is wholly owned by another company , are not — at any rate in theory — liable for its debts and other obligations . |
| 2 | I have little doubt that , if it is broadly accepted by the Secretary of State and then implemented through the work of the subject working groups , teachers ' assessment skills will be vastly improved . |
| 3 | But Wrexham MP Dr John Marek claims that the full potential of the site will be realised far more quickly if it is instead transferred into public ownership . |
| 4 | Very unlikely if it is properly controlled in terms of deposition of materials on site then certainly at two miles I do n't believe there will be a problem . |
| 5 | It is your responsibility to make sure that at that time , the specified terminal is connected and not logged in — Offline will not allocate a terminal to itself if it is already allocated to another VAX process . |
| 6 | It is the users responsibility to ensure that at the time of the next offline run , the specified terminal is connected and not logged in — the offline system will not allocate a terminal to itself if it is already allocated to another VAX/VMS process . |
| 7 | Moreover , if it is later called upon , the value of the certificate of title may depend on the solicitor 's insurance policy ; in larger transactions it may be appropriate to enquire whether the vendor 's solicitor 's insurance policy is sufficient to cover any liability under the certificate of title . |
| 8 | For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ? |
| 9 | Having spotted them , the predator will know where they are , even if it is momentarily distracted by the parent bird . |
| 10 | The above two examples give body to the suggestion by Alan Clarke that early learning , in itself , is of no more consequence than learning at any other stage of development , and that it will bring about long-term effects only if it is repeatedly reinforced throughout subsequent childhood . |
| 11 | Schoolchildren are entitled to special equipment , but only if it is expressly provided for in their formal statement of needs . |
| 12 | primarily and fundamentally one who is friendly , a good mixer , of sound character and having much commonsense ; she must be patient , not easily put out by misbehaviour or pressure of work , remaining calm at all times ; she must like children and be tolerant of them and their ways and also of her colleagues ; she must be willing to turn her hand to any job that needs to be done in the department even if it is normally done by people junior to herself . |
| 13 | If it is physically restrained from swelling when it wants to swell , very considerable pressures are built up . |
| 14 | If it is closely examined at this point it appears to have died from shock , but then a few moments later it may revive miraculously and fly off . |
| 15 | Be careful not to lift the slippers off the ground when you put them on , however , as this is likely to cause the dog to become aggressive , especially if it is effectively cornered in the room with you . |
| 16 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 17 | ( Ends sufficient in themselves , it will be remembered , include for us anything chosen however briefly for its own sake , even if it is only lazing in a deckchair in the sun . ) |
| 18 | ‘ The play is a hotch-potch of fairytale and modern juvenile humour , which , even if it is only designed for children , has very little appeal , ’ he wrote . |
| 19 | Overall , a healthy plurality of different initiatives is likely to arise if a strong voluntary sector grasps the opportunity with which it is currently presented and if it is actively supported by the statutory authorities . |
| 20 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
| 21 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 22 | But one is almost totally dependent on the biographical sources for such humanizing detail ; and if it is sometimes given amongst the flood of factual information , often it is not , and one is left to speculate . |
| 23 | If during repairs , further underlying damage is found , this damage may only be accepted as coming within the cover of the policy if it is directly related to the incident giving rise to the claim . |
| 24 | A Bill will go to the latter two types of committee only if it is so moved by a Member immediately after second reading and so decided by the House . |
| 25 | They point out that the model predicts that a stimulus will lose associability if it is consistently followed by a reinforcer of a given size but that if the size of the reinforcer varies from trial to trial then associability will be maintained . |
| 26 | By the same token , teaching them is important , but only if it is constantly related to their purpose within religions . |
| 27 | Yet in Britain , ‘ race ’ can not be under stood if it is falsely divorced from other political processes or grasped if it is reduced to the effect of these other relations . |
| 28 | Before proceeding , it is perhaps appropriate to examine what is meant by deregulation and to try to access the likely effect of the philosophy if it is fully extended to international air transport . |
| 29 | This combination of characters in Sivapithecus indicates that if it is indeed related to the orang-utan , characters like the straight shaft and convex deltoid plane that are present in the extant great apes must have arisen independently in the orang-utan and the African apes . |
| 30 | " If it is indeed lost at sea , then I fear for your future . |