Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
| 2 | On June 30 Russian President Boris Yeltsin had made remarks suggesting that negotiations over the disputed islands could make progress only if Japan provided economic aid to Russia . |
| 3 | They 'll do things gladly if you ask nicely enough . ’ |
| 4 | Reception from conventional ground-based transmission equipment is so bad that many families can watch television only if they receive signals piped in by cable . |
| 5 | But you will achieve success only if you set about it in the right way . |
| 6 | The most important words there are " per se " : for a person can legitimately prevent competition indirectly if the restraint is reasonable and is attached to a proper interest which merits protection . |
| 7 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 8 | If not you can always borrow armbands here if you want . |
| 9 | Each contracting State shall be free to declare that the judge , notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this article , may give judgment even if no certificate of service or delivery has been received , if all the following conditions are fulfilled — |
| 10 | Consumers who saw their commitments enlarge so dramatically as a result of higher interest rates , who found themselves over-committed , and then found themselves unemployed and even less able to meet those commitments , will not rush out and spend money even if they have more of it . |
| 11 | He claims that one can ‘ understand narrative better if one knows that a character is a noun , and the action a verb ’ . |
| 12 | I 'd rather sit and do something like sewing even if it might be monotonous to someone else . |
| 13 | Rhoda said Wendy would n't keep Ken long if she went on being so bossy . |
| 14 | The amending Treaty on European Union can become law only if there is unanimous agreement to this effect . |
| 15 | You can go and see Matthew now if you want |
| 16 | On this view , a doctor could avoid liability only if he could show that , apart from consenting , the patient was carefully studied and examined in a context where specialist medical and psychiatric facilities were available , that the consensus of expert opinion was that surgery was called for , and that this was explained to and understood by the patient before he gave his consent . |
| 17 | The ocean carrier , therefore , was deemed to warrant to the consignor safe transport and delivery and could avoid liability only if he proved that something in the nature of force majeure had intervened . |
| 18 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 19 | St Augustine came to the conclusion that we can measure time only if the mind has the power of holding within itself the impression made by things as they pass by even after they are gone . |
| 20 | But one of the conditions set by the Japanese government was that its people should take part only if there were a ceasefire between the warring parties . |
| 21 | The statement of the principle of subsidiarity in the Maastricht text is in what would be a new Article 3B of the EEC Treaty , to the effect that ‘ in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence ’ the Community should take action only if and so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can , therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community . |
| 22 | Never mind the inconsistencies of using the tools of free trade to secure human rights ( nobody is trying to deprive Iraq , for instance , of its MFN status ) : Congress thinks China should have MFN only if it treats its people better . |
| 23 | This transformation will take place even if the adventurers do n't attack the pupae . |
| 24 | Such an event can take place only if ministers allow themselves to become seriously out of touch with the opinions of their supporters . |
| 25 | Joint action can take place only if we agree . |
| 26 | However , the Un Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , made it clear that a conference would take place only if sufficient progress towards an outline agreement had previously been made . |
| 27 | When the party is in government and the party leader is prime minister , the election shall take place only if requested by a majority of the party conference on a card vote . |
| 28 | This could take place only if the two developed a good working relationship . |
| 29 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 30 | But then right-wing , upper-class fictional characters would have fun even if tentacled Martians were chasing them through sewage . |