Example sentences of "if it be [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project pointed out that an audit is easier if it is carefully planned and responsibility for particular aspects is shared out . |
| 2 | A trade usage will be imported if it is widely known and followed , and is sufficiently certain , binding and reasonable . |
| 3 | This measure may be of use to health care planners , but , even if it is eventually validated and accepted as an equitable way of allocating resources , it will be of little help to general practitioners , whose decisions are mostly concerned with managing self limiting minor illnesses . |
| 4 | Often these compromise theories state , in effect , that punishment is only justified if it is both deserved and likely to have deterrent effects ( eg von Hirsch , 1976 : chs 5 and 6 ) . |
| 5 | If it 's well established and secure , then it 's in a better position to survive the rigours of recession than some fly-by-night box shifter . |
| 6 | ‘ What if it 's all changed and they do n't know me no more ? ’ |