Example sentences of "[adj] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 2 | First of all we must rid ourselves of the belief that punishment is wrong if it causes pain or inconvenience and does not have the full interest of the criminal at heart . |
| 3 | The demonstration should not go wrong if it has been adequately rehearsed beforehand . |
| 4 | It is the dies incertus an , certus quando of the glossators : it is not clear that the day will actually ever come , even though it is clear if it does when it will be . |
| 5 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
| 6 | ‘ It may get rusty with wet if it stays there all night . |
| 7 | Er and they ought to have a little shelter over it to stop your saddle getting wet if it rains . |
| 8 | That this would be an inappropriate objection is evident from the fact that the Punch cartoon I mentioned earlier would have been almost as funny if it had figured a human fisherman rather than a kingfisher . |
| 9 | And animal minds , a fortiori , do not engage in this sort of computation ( which is why the Punch cartoon would have been less funny if it had shown a human fisherman ) . |
| 10 | She 'd be polite and charming if it killed her ! |
| 11 | The spray is not merely unpleasant , but is also extremely painful if it reaches its target directly . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary . |
| 13 | Treaty did not of itself prevent a member state from imposing an ownership residence requirement as a condition for exemption from the compulsory acquisition of land , could not be followed in the present case for three reasons : ( a ) in the Fearon case , the owners ' residence requirement was not coupled with any nationality requirement and the court indicated in paragraph 10 of the judgment , at pp. 3685–3686 , that its decision would have been different if it had been ; ( b ) in the Fearon case , the residence requirement was limited to legal owners of the land and did not extend to peripheral persons , such as those who had lent the owners money in order to buy the land ; and ( c ) from the point of view of its geographical scope , the residence requirement at issue in the Fearon case was framed in local rather than national terms . |
| 14 | Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ? |
| 15 | ‘ It would have been more interesting if it had been more explicit , ’ she said . |
| 16 | The benefits to the firm of debt forgiveness are now taxable if it happens privately , but remain tax-free if it happens under chapter 11 . |
| 17 | In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas . |
| 18 | A syllable will tend to be prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels . |
| 19 | In general , technical description is only appropriate if it illustrates a point in your argument , as can be seen from problems in the following excerpt : The sonnet structure is appropriate to the subject . |
| 20 | No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers . |
| 21 | It can , however , make it impossible if it does not attack the problem with sufficient energy and insight . |
| 22 | It can , however , make it impossible if it does not attack the problem with sufficient energy and insight . |
| 23 | But parliament is far away , and the border of Wales is very near , and is there a soul in these parts who does not know that smuggling goes on day by day , and that life here would be impossible if it did not ? |
| 24 | But you might find the cottage a bit draughty if it gets really rough . ’ |
| 25 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 26 | ‘ I will be delighted if it goes ahead . |
| 27 | Detectives say the young woman was left badly shaken after the assault and have warned that the incident might have become more serious if it had gone on any longer . |
| 28 | If you are fortunate enough to own , or to find , an incunabulum or book printed before 1500 , do not be too alarmed if it has no title , since many books of the period had none , at least in the sense that we understand , the publisher/printer contenting himself with a curt statement of the title and author 's name , known as a ‘ label title ’ , or else a small introductory paragraph ( sometimes using a different coloured ink ) known as the ‘ incipit ’ , from the Latin ‘ it begins ’ . |
| 29 | It would have been very sad if it had been stopped . ’ |
| 30 | A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion . |