Example sentences of "[noun prp] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , one of the galleries might want the Picasso if it also gets the Cezanne but not the Turner ; but it would not insist on the Picasso if it got the Turner ; but would want both if it did not get the Cezanne . |
| 2 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 3 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 4 | While pointing to a radical overhaul of economic relations from 1991 , with trade denominated in convertible currency , he denied that the Soviet Union would abandon or penalize Cuba if it did not follow Soviet-style reforms . |
| 5 | Above all , the Labour Party should abandon its current stance on Northern Ireland if it wants to remain true to the principles of its founders . |
| 6 | Also by competing it risks cannibalising its own best profit sources : IBM selling an AS/400 mini is a triumph if the buyer would otherwise have chosen a DEC VAX , but a financial disaster for IBM if it replaces an IBM mainframe . |
| 7 | The sun came late in December if it came at all . |
| 8 | He was also said to have pledged support for South Korea if it proved necessary to apply for UN sanctions against the North over the issue of nuclear inspections [ see also p. 38818-19 ] . |
| 9 | Most workers , it was claimed , thought that it would be much worse for Germany if it lost the war , that a more draconian Versailles , the dismembering of Germany , and massive unemployment would be the consequence . |
| 10 | Even if there had been such an agreement , there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished , said Mr Heslop . |
| 11 | I would n't care if my Mandy was flashing her clout on the Old Kent Road if it meant having her back ! |
| 12 | Now you know Mr if it 's spelt you may say oh it 's it 's pretty close . |
| 13 | After establishing the fact that we had only one body , which could not be replaced by a trip to Marks and Spencers if it wore out , we discussed ways and means of preserving it ! |
| 14 | The Iraqi leader 's threatened a long range missile strike on Israel if it does n't leave the occupied territories after yesterday 's violence that left nineteen Palestinians dead . |
| 15 | President Bush is warning Saddam Hussein he wo n't get away with trying to drag Israel into the Gulf crisis ; the Iraqi 's leader 's threatened a long-range missile strike on Israel if it does n't get out of the occupied territories after yesterday 's violence that left nineteen Palestinians dead . |
| 16 | He asserted that the West was searching for a pretext for an Israeli military assault on Iraq and that this was a mistake , " because by God we will make the fire eat up half of Israel if it tries to do anything against Iraq " . |
| 17 | He leapt forward and slashed at Yuan 's neck , a circular cut which would have beheaded the Manchu if it had connected . |
| 18 | These more loyal long service employees had an intuitive feeling that the division would ultimately go out of business in the UK if it continued to operate in the way it had behaved over the previous ten years . |
| 19 | The other part questioned whether in fact she really did want to get engaged to Harry if it meant leading a dreary life waiting for him to make his way in the world . |
| 20 | Underground flooding was threatening to undermine Moscow , while inadequate storage of radioactive waste could lead to a catastrophe exceeding the scale of Chernobyl if it leaked into the Caspian Sea . |
| 21 | A complete split was also threatened when the North branch voted to withdraw from the BSP if it affiliated to the Labour Party ( ibid. 4 August 14 ) . |
| 22 | However , when Moscow threatened war on the Rada if it continued to collaborate with Kaledin and to refuse to allow the Red Army to cross Ukrainian territory to attack the White forces , the anti-Bolsheviks read out the ultimatum to the shocked delegates . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister has again defended the Maastricht Treaty warning that Britain faces isolation in Europe if it does not go through . |
| 24 | For a start , America has proposed that Serbia be suspended from the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe if it has not halted its aggression against Bosnia-Hercegovina by April 29 , the date on which delegates reconvene in Helsinki after the Easter break . |
| 25 | In particular , he reversed his previous position that Greece would recognize Macedonia if it adopted a prefix to distinguish it from the northern Greek province of Macedonia . |
| 26 | According to the rules then extant , a national strike could only be called by the NUM if it had the support of at least 55 per cent of the members voting in a secret ballot : the union prided itself on its democracy in this context . |
| 27 | In fact it 's the best offer I 've ever had , and in any case I always knew I could go back to Wakefield if it did not work out . |
| 28 | Clifford Smyth stresses the damage that would have been done to the electoral appeal of the DUP if it had been too closely associated with the Free Presbyterian Church and offers this as the main reason why the Presbytery of the Free Church refused to allow ministers other than Paisley and Beattie to stand as DUP candidates . |
| 29 | The judge added , at p. 143 , that if Woolwich had not paid there might have been an assessment or a writ ‘ with the result in either case of highly undesirable publicity for Woolwich if it had withheld the very large sums claimed by the revenue to be due ’ and that there was an understandable fear by Woolwich of damage to its reputation . |
| 30 | Labour has promised to restore Trades Union rights to workers at GCHQ in Cheltenham if it forms the next Government . |