Example sentences of "is if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mean , cross , nasty-tongued bitch , and his Lordship is if anything worse , ’ agreed Mr Eames . |
| 2 | Often , the only cause of damage to the glider is if the wings or fuselage break loose . |
| 3 | The only reason for an incipient or full spin changing direction is if the stick is held right back so that the glider is either kept stalled , or is re-stalled as the rotation stops . |
| 4 | The first is if you are physically pushed or thrown out of the area . |
| 5 | That is if they are creating a demi-caractère and not a national ballet ( see page 120 ) . |
| 6 | With the housing and mortgage market depressed and competition in retail banking intensifying , the appeal of buying a building society is if anything diminishing . |
| 7 | The only way the ground for the deportation decision can be challenged is if the refugee returns to the country from which he fled and launches an appeal there . |
| 8 | That is if the medics can get to you ! ’ |
| 9 | For Asian women coming to join their husbands in Britain the experience is if anything more bewildering ; first , the change is permanent : then , often enough there are also the problems of racism and poverty . |
| 10 | But to succeed in this particular role is if anything more difficult in Britain than it was in Pakistan . |
| 11 | The understated 500E Mercedes saloon stole production car honours at Paris , that is if you believe the Porsche — which will build the car — definition of production : 12 cars a day , 2400 a year . |
| 12 | One way the labour force can keep growing is if the retirement age goes up . |
| 13 | One is if the providers of finance suddenly change their behaviour . |
| 14 | Another is if the limiting factor for all debtors — the cost of bankruptcy or near-bankruptcy — suddenly changes for the worse . |
| 15 | This is if shares were overpriced — that is , if prices were unsustainably high . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , I can show you where he is if you like . |
| 17 | The only maxim that connects it all formulated in California , now available near you is if it feels good , believe it . |
| 18 | Even worse than this is if you have a binge on foods you feel are bad for you just before your new regime is due to start . |
| 19 | The only reason for not beginning your diary straight away is if the next seven to ten days covers a really unusual time , for example your annual holiday , or a bout of sickness , or Christmas and New Year . |
| 20 | The only exception to this is if the child has a disease process that has a short-term prognosis . |
| 21 | Deborah and Elaine are obviously close ; Deborah 's flying entrance on this last remark brought a ‘ The only time I know I look wrong is if Mum says I look ‘ cute' ! |
| 22 | From the day they are born , girl babies and boy babies are ‘ labelled ’ in hospital , given a pink or blue tag , and then doctors , visitors and friends respond accordingly ; remarking what ‘ strong ’ lungs he has if he 's a boy , and what a ‘ dainty little thing ’ she is if she 's a girl . |
| 23 | The only exception I would make to this rule is if there are special guests who actually should be ‘ on-show ’ because they enhance the programme , for whatever reason . |
| 24 | The only other way Clinton could be denied the nomination is if yet another scandal breaks out — perhaps proof positive of his alleged affair with Gennifer Flowers — and he voluntarily withdraws . |
| 25 | The criterion for deciding whether to extend these powers is if ‘ such responsibilities are important to safety as a whole ’ ( Article 91a ) , or the ‘ maintenance of legal and economic unity ’ ( Article 72.2.3 ) . |
| 26 | The great thing about this holiday club is if all you want to do is laze about in the sun , they 'll let you . |
| 27 | I guarantee I can tell what kind of actor a person is if I hear them do ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ . ’ |
| 28 | It is not a measure of price for no matter how cheap a product is if it does not achieve the desired result it is expensive . |
| 29 | Now some doctors could conceivably still be frightened off , but we must presume , I think , that doctors are literate people , that they can understand what the law is if it is told to them , and the medical societies and other groups are making available to them the workings of this particular Act . |
| 30 | This was a Monday night and the early show of a week 's run in a tour which would take her round the Eastern States , and hopefully into New York for the spring of 1913 , that is if audiences took to her in this first week . |