Example sentences of "if it is [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion . |
| 2 | Labour must now display some political creativity if it is to offset the effects of Major 's plans for Toryism . |
| 3 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |
| 4 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 5 | East Germany must change course it if it is to stop the haemorrhage of its own people , he said , and renewed Bonn 's offer of financial assistance for reforms . |
| 6 | Althusser faces this question , but warns that it has to be carefully formulated if it is to illuminate the process of the production of knowledges . |
| 7 | If it is to take the eye with it , the line becomes a series of vectors . |
| 8 | The nearer a satellite is to its sun , the faster it has to travel if it is to counter the sun 's gravity and remain in stable orbit . |
| 9 | That is to say , the infant must convert stimulation from light rays , sound waves , from the speech stream into the appropriate representational grist if it is to get the kind of information that it requires from the world ; but this gleaning of information does not constitute thought . |
| 10 | The payment in can be made any time after service of the writ or particulars of claim , and should be made at least 21 days before trial if it is to protect the defendant in costs . |
| 11 | Control of the terms chosen for the headings list ( what is technically called the " thesaurus " ) is of crucial importance if the coordinate index is to attempt to provide a service over the whole field of knowledge , and if it is to provide the depth of service that is technically feasible . |
| 12 | A cropped picture should have more impact than an uncropped one but beware of over-cropping , the eye needs room to move round the image if it is to absorb the information . |
| 13 | However , if this holist conception is to provide a standard for at least some explanations within the social sciences , and if it is to avoid the difficulties discussed in Part II , it is obvious that it will need to be greatly refined and elaborated . |
| 14 | Above all , the robotic surgeon must be safe if it is to inspire the confidence of the surgeon and of the patient . |
| 15 | The profession has managed to offer CPD on a shoestring up until the mid-1980s but henceforth some funding will have to be found if it is to fulfil the role given it by the membership . |
| 16 | If a tax is to be fair , if it is to have the support of the people and if it is to be collectable , it must be based on the fundamental principle of ability to pay . |