Example sentences of "[pron] if [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now introduce the concept of equally distributed equivalent level of income as the per capita amount of the smallest total income which if equally distributed offers the same level of welfare as the original distribution , so that |
| 2 | ‘ These are very specific injuries which if not treated properly can ruin someone 's sporting future , ’ said Nigel . |
| 3 | In fact Professor Hayek is sufficiently honest to admit that the free society which we have seen grow in Europe since the Enlightenment has produced through the writings of Marx and Freud a set of values which if not renounced will destroy the civilisation itself ; namely the pursuit of egalitarianism at the collective level leading to the replacement of the market economy by the planned economy and the pursuit of freedom at the personal level leading to abandonment of traditional morality based on the concept of right and wrong and good and evil . |
| 4 | This kind of generalised discussion can at the same time draw in a number of points covering health aspects , daily routine , and the emotional needs for company , and a sense of belonging which if not met can result in depression , anxiety or misery . |
| 5 | Grocery chains in particular require stock lines to meet sales turnover objectives , which if not met will result in the discontinuing of the line . |
| 6 | Examining the broad statements in community care plans and detailed information from agencies actively implementing the care programme she identifies some of the confusions between the care programme and care management approaches which if not resolved will lead back to some of the implementation problems identified in Huxley 's paper . |
| 7 | but I have been led in my experience to believe that they possess a natural intelligence and character which if properly guided and consistently handled should lead them to play a useful part in the synthesis of tribal life in Kenya … as a factor for stability in political development … |
| 8 | Held , refusing the declarations , that a basic valuation prepared by an employee of a building society was an ‘ action taken by the society in relation to ’ the grant of a further advance within section 83(1) of the Act and since it constituted part of the society 's process of administration , such a valuation , if negligently prepared , could amount to maladministration within paragraph 1 ( d ) of Part III to Schedule 12 to the Act ; that , on the documentation used by the plaintiff societies , a house buyers ' valuation prepared by an employee created a contract between the society and the borrower , which if negligently prepared could amount to a breach of the society 's contractual obligation within paragraph 1 ( a ) of Part III to Schedule 12 ; that although the alleged want of due skill and care might relate to matters not affecting the society 's assessment of the adequacy of the security , the valuation was in reality a single process amounting to an action within section 83(1) ; and that , accordingly , the ombudsman had jurisdiction under the scheme set up under the Act to investigate and determine complaints arising out of basic valuations , house buyers ' valuations , and , since there was no relevant distinction in the nature of the contractual relationship , structural surveys by a society 's employee in the same circumstances ( post , pp. 145A–H , 150B — 151A , H — 152A ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , and , determined to find out the truth , because Phena is nothing if not determined , she went to where my mother used to live . ’ |
| 10 | The Omanis are nothing if not determined . |
| 11 | Equally foolish in my view , to return to the central subject of this book , is the insistence by Brian Way that children should be given practice in concentration , for second-order activities are nothing if not absorbing . |
| 12 | ‘ Please do n't say no , ’ said the producer , who produces nothing if not charm in abundance , especially over three thousand miles when you 're hungry for a closed vowel sound . |
| 13 | TELL IT like it is , wisecracking US motormouth takes on all the sacred cows of the not-so-free world and l eaves them if not slaughtered , badly mutilated . |
| 14 | He held them strongly , but was capable of changing them if so persuaded . |
| 15 | So Carol is now using the cucumber cleansing milk and she if just show the ladies what you 're doing Carol , she 's just actually tipping it out into the palm of her hand , there 's no water necessary , okay ? |
| 16 | The cellular type are best for just a few seeds : sow two or three in each cell and thin to one if more germinate . |
| 17 | Please make arrangements for SS1 Bain to collect it if not entering |
| 18 | It is of vital importance to the successful operation of the police that they should have the co-operation of the public and they 're much more likely to get it if democratically elected representatives of the public are well represented indeed in the majority at least on the police authority . |
| 19 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 20 | Some would say it would have been worth it if only to gain some insight into the arcane workings of SCOTVEC . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've loved being single and independent in my 20s , ’ says Anthea , ‘ but , as 30 beckons , I 'm asking myself if not having a life partner by now means that I may never have one . |