Example sentences of "[verb] if [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What are the non-market factors which may increase the risk of an investment and how may they be minimized if not eradicated ?
2 By ensuring that each component of the design has , at the time he is working on it , a rational and logical position on the tree , assembly interferences and later modifications to the design can be minimized if not avoided entirely .
3 By ensuring that each component of the design has , at the time he is working on it , a rational and logical position on the tree , assembly interferences and later modifications to the design can be minimized if not avoided entirely .
4 Unless there is a concerted effort on the part of government and responsible agencies , independent organisations and enterprises to lend their legislative and practical determination and financial support to finding solutions , the heritage on which tourism depends will be irreversibly degraded if not destroyed .
5 Such contacts are likely to be discouraged if not banned by the system and will necessarily need to be handled with the utmost discretion .
6 It is the elapsed time after which a request to Offline a Package will be cancelled if not completed .
7 The prospects for future economic growth sufficient to contain if not to solve mass poverty seemed less certain .
8 A stop at Rapperswil is recommended if only to sample the restaurants serving fresh caught lake fish cooked in a variety of local recipes .
9 Chapter 5 discusses courses offered by central training units , but respondents were also asked to indicate if centrally appointed staff or any other staff not on the library establishment , had responsibility for training library staff .
10 Erm if ever I say if ever get a fifty year old in front of me I say , Hey let's prove them wrong .
11 It is thus possible that in the course of the next few years Council will assign the headship for a period to the holder of the Halford Mackinder Professorship , who will among those carrying an obligation to serve if so requested .
12 Because of the slimness of their bodies it means a shoal of bream , particularly when resting between feeding times , can pack quite tightly together and become a much smaller target than they would present if rotundly shaped .
13 And she also felt slightly nervous lest the large house should suddenly disgorge many other hidden residents , for what would she do if suddenly confronted , at one go , with Amelia , Magnus , Gabriel , and Annunciata , and all their varying wives and husbands ?
14 If this could happen with the CEDA merely exerting pressure upon the government from outside , the Socialist and Republican left wondered , what would the CEDA do if actually admitted to the cabinet ?
15 A notable innovation was the proposal that Class A applications should be deemed granted if not decided upon within forty-two days .
16 Any romanticised impressions I may have had of the East End were quickly tempered if not dispelled by the striking images of endemic poverty and a sclerotic political culture .
17 if defendant had paid into court and plaintiff had accepted , plaintiff would have been entitled to an order for costs to be taxed if not agreed .
18 in calculating lost pension rights the correct approach is 1 ) apply the appropriate multiplier to the appropriate multiplicand 2 ) the appropriate multiplicand is the pursuers level of wage which would have been received if currently employed 3 ) allowing for all contingencies including the chance of obtaining a pension in the future the multiplier for a 48 year old was 6 4 ) the resulting figure should be reduced for the accelerated benefit bearing in mind that the pension would not have been paid before age 65 .
19 This makes it easier to find WIN.INI and you can also check to see if Legato has its own INI file .
20 With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner .
21 Clever idea , but there is a feeling that this could be broken if not treated with care .
22 One day he reported that the defence had claimed that partisan warfare was contrary to the Hague Convention , that the Germans therefore had every right to take reprisals against the partisans , and that any excesses on their part were explained if not justified by their horror of what the partisans did .
23 On the question of giving an employee reasons for his dismissal , reasons need only be given if specifically requested by the employee ( Section 58 of the 1978 Act ) .
24 One must talk to people physically present as if on the telephone , where frequent interjections and verbal responses must be given if only to assure the other party that one is still paying attention .
25 Ronald Dworkin , in his book , Taking Rights Seriously ( Dworkin , 1978 ) , is one of the academic authors who has recently reintroduced a perspective reflecting these approaches into British legal theory through his argument that the fragmented process of legislation , adjudication and administration can at least be checked if not comprehended when measured against rights , rights which derive ultimately from the master principle of equal concern and respect .
26 What 's more , the Profitboss is aware of his own unique expertise , and that 's the ability to identify if not create profitable opportunities , seize them and exploit them before anyone else does .
27 ‘ To tell you the truth , I would n't mind if yesterday had been my last day .
28 because I not I ca n't remember if actually using that phrase , maybe used somewhere
29 The big problem with water butts is that they can overfill if not emptied regularly and the water inside can become stagnant and a source of bacteria .
30 Wilson knew she was being patronised if not mocked outright , but no trace of expression crossed her face and it gave her satisfaction that she knew it did not .
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