Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor , when a more viable alternative does appear , are they necessarily much bothered if it reopens issues peripheral to the main line of advance which seemed to be already settled . |
| 2 | The resolution also ordered " all States in which there are funds of the Government of Iraq " to transfer proceeds to a UN escrow fund , and undertook to return to Iraq all monies so raised if it agreed to sell oil under UN supervision [ see pp. 38942 ; 38788-89 ; 38838 ; 39026 ; 39115 ] . |
| 3 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 4 | The world is a patch-work of different colours : the animal is only camouflaged if it settles in the right place . |
| 5 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 6 | His writings , particularly his Homilies on Ezechiel , composed while he was pope , show that he thought the contemplative life of monks would be best validated if it bore fruit in action . |
| 7 | In such a situation , action becomes more easily defined if it runs along well-known lines , following precepts which have status and acceptability . |
| 8 | The hundreds of millions of pounds it is poised to spend on science and technology at higher levels , including Britain 's IT industry , may be largely wasted if it does not . |
| 9 | The Middle East Economic Survey , a trade publication which maintains close contact with OPEC delegates , said in a special edition at the weekend that the cartel might have to cut its output ceiling by 678,000 bpd more than already planned if it wanted to raise oil prices from levels around $18 a barrel . |
| 10 | Behavioural : Changes in values so that other people 's behaviour that would previously not have been accepted becomes progressively more tolerated if it relates to addictive disease . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | She had n't known if it had been changed — it was unlikely — but if nothing else it would help to gain him admittance . |
| 14 | A company will be adversely affected if it suffers from low employee morale , for example . |
| 15 | The wound is then debrided if it contains devitalised tissue . |
| 16 | Second , those who report the presence of such a condition are then asked if it limits their activities in any way . |
| 17 | ‘ The Government is badly mistaken if it thinks it can take the heat off itself with an inquiry meeting in private , ’ he said . |