Example sentences of "and if it [be] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it be objected that A may act first ( against B ) and explain why afterwards , whereupon B acts to C 's detriment , the answer is that it is not A's act which has caused C 's loss but the implied threat that it will be repeated . |
| 2 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 3 | And if it 's discovered that I spent most of my childhood in care , then reporters could make enquiries and turn it into a big thing . ’ |
| 4 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 5 | If these modifications are called ‘ sensations ’ , and if it is allowed that different substances can be related causally , then on this view something 's looking white to someone is his having certain sensations which are excited in him by what we would ordinarily say was the object he saw to be white . |
| 6 | Once it is accepted that the reasonableness of a belief is merely evidence of its actually being held and if it is allowed that other cogent evidence may be admitted to prove the existence of the belief , there seems to be no difference at all between the honest subjectivist and the reasonable objectivist . |