Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | A stop at Rapperswil is recommended if only to sample the restaurants serving fresh caught lake fish cooked in a variety of local recipes . |
| 8 | A notable innovation was the proposal that Class A applications should be deemed granted if not decided upon within forty-two days . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Clever idea , but there is a feeling that this could be broken if not treated with care . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Products thus described should only be used if specifically formulated for food industry use . |
| 20 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 21 | The ABI also requests that , in the circular to shareholders , there should be an undertaking that the authority to buy-in will only be exercised if so to do would result in an increase in earnings per share and is in the best interests of shareholders generally . |
| 22 | The BA sets are heavy and can be easily damaged if not handled correctly . |
| 23 | All of the available evidence on lifestyle and nutrition suggests that by eating a healthier diet , exercising regularly , and finding time for relaxation , many of the above problems can be reduced if not eradicated . |
| 24 | However , it was also accepted that such programs could be protected if not dictated by idea . |
| 25 | Claims by Mr Major and others that a Labour administration would be heavily influenced if not controlled by the unions appeared to fall on deaf ears as union leaders kept a low profile . |
| 26 | In so doing anxieties are at least identified if not solved . |
| 27 | If copies are sent less than 21 days before , they may be deemed to have been duly sent if so agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote . |
| 28 | Put into the social context of the late Middle Ages this meant that the class which had traditionally provided the leadership of armies was having its position , founded largely on social factors , questioned if not undermined . |
| 29 | The letters of 12 June and 15 September 1986 did not say that Woolwich was offering the money to the revenue upon the condition that it would be repaid if ultimately found , in the pending litigation , not to be due . |
| 30 | They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired . |