Example sentences of "if there [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If it is your mother-in-law who has come to live with you , even greater efforts will usually be required on both sides if there is to be peaceful co-existence , for this is always a challenging relationship ( there are not too many Ruths and Naomis around ) .
2 There are and will be additional costs arising from the existence of JAA , not because the same job is being done twice , but because there is a need , if there is to be wide applicability , to ensure that common standards are being applied .
3 If there is to be live filming of an event as an outside broadcast the technicians will soon enough explain the facilities which they will need for lighting , position of cameras and so on .
4 If there is to be detailed discussion of constitutional change , does he accept that the politicians who represent constituencies in England and Scotland and Wales will need to be consulted , and that he may well find that opinions have shifted substantially since the House last discussed the issue ?
5 If there is to be local inspection of 6,000 schools a year , there are several choices .
6 The essential point , if there is to be proper democratic accountability , is that there must be a clearly defined authority whose judgement and power can not ultimately be contradicted other than by the citizens themselves through the ballot box .
7 I also accept that the media must be free if there is to be proper debate of the issues .
8 In fact , I go further than this and argue that if there is to be public criteria , there must be other selves .
9 If not , and if there are to be individual assessments of the criteria , will the Foreign Secretary assure the House that if Germany decides that the criteria have been met and recognises the republics but Britain decides that the criteria have not been met , the United Kingdom will reserve the right not to recognise the republics ?
10 It is a threat because the Government have sat back willingly and said that they do not care if another 30 million tonnes of coal is taken out of the take and if there are to be gas-fired power stations .
11 If there are to be significant changes in people 's experience of work in the future , these are , concludes Gallie , much more likely to be brought about by changes in cultural values , in institutional arrangements , or in management attitudes or trade union objectives ( Gallie 1978 , 317 ) .
12 The second is , if there are to be intensive care units , what share of resources should they have ?
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