Example sentences of "[vb pp] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damage caused to non-business property can be claimed if it exceeds £275 in value . |
| 2 | Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way . |
| 3 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 4 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 5 | Its transponder means it can be located if it becomes detached from its lift wire and umbilical . |
| 6 | Bill feels that the recruitment campaign will have succeeded if it results in a significant increase of women applying to become firefighters . |
| 7 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 8 | We may say that a living body or organ is well designed if it has attributes that an intelligent and knowledgeable engineer might have built into it in order to achieve some sensible purpose , such as flying , swimming , seeing , eating , reproducing , or more generally promoting the survival and replication of the organism 's genes . |
| 9 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 10 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 11 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 12 | No doubt she would have noticed if it had been used in the interim . |
| 13 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 14 | I think perhaps in the Habitat-Mothercare-BHS merger things have taken rather longer to settle down than they might have done if it had been a take-over . |
| 15 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 16 | I 'm sure I would have done if it had been here … |
| 17 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 18 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 19 | There was an estimate of £10:1:0 for enclosing Kiels , with a gate , and they recommended that it be done if it did not exceed |
| 20 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 21 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 22 | ( Five year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you have lived apart from your husband or wife for at least five years , your application would not be granted if it meant that your husband or wife would suffer grave financial hardship . |
| 23 | It is very important that the water remains in traps — and , in fact , the Building Regulations are contravened if it does n't . |
| 24 | The endorsee-buyer 's message was also tested and accepted if it contained the portion of the original seller 's test key . |
| 25 | An article is more likely to be accepted if it says something new but this might annoy some of his party leaders . |
| 26 | Mrs Blair added that any move away from the bid and offer system to single pricing would not be accepted if it threatened to reduce or ‘ dilute ’ the value of existing unit holders investments . |
| 27 | In other words , you could ride into the ring with a home-made hard hat that would have to be accepted if it had a ‘ harness secured to the shell at more than two points ’ , but they can pull you up for wearing black jodhs ! |
| 28 | The Board 's determination would , said the court , be accepted if it had warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law . |
| 29 | A central authority would only be accepted if it represented the Juntas ; backed by British agents , who thoroughly disliked the military consequences of federalism , the movement for the creation of a Central Junta triumphed over the jealousies of the important Juntas . |
| 30 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |