Example sentences of "[adv] if it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem can be partially overcome if the bat beams the sound by means of the equivalent of a megaphone , but only if it already knows the direction of the target . |
| 2 | If an SFA member which has private customers is itself asked to agree to be a market counterparty of another SFA member , it can agree only if it reasonably believes that its own customers will still be protected . |
| 3 | Thirdly , a really effective and comprehensive defence structure for the European Community would be viable outside NATO only if it inevitably involved aspirations for a nuclear capacity . |
| 4 | This is important for the biologizing of consciousness : consciousness will evolve only if it improves the survival chances of creatures endowed with it ; and it will have survival value only if it accurately reports what is actually ‘ there ’ . |
| 5 | So if it suddenly goes the other way round |
| 6 | exactly , so if it still happens in the future we have n't moved full forward have we ? |
| 7 | So if it never existed before perhaps that England will , one day in the future . |
| 8 | Other than that it 's good to see a company producing a cheap guitar which not only looks convincingly like a no-nonsense , top-of-the-range instrument , but wo n't let the side down if it actually has to earn its keep . |
| 9 | Basically it grew out of the idea that what the West represented , and the English middle class best of all , was something to emulate , look up to , admire — all the rest was just a bit rude and best if it politely disappeared . |
| 10 | The reader should not reject them outright if it so happens that they do not correspond to his own personal impressions . |
| 11 | But they promise solemnly to retire forever if it ever happens , so you can enjoy their sharp and amusing little ditties in the secure knowledge that you 're not creating a Barron Knights for the '90s . |
| 12 | They were new colonies which were produced by the existing colonies , even if in no friendly spirit , and the possibility that colonies could produce new colonies was likely to make the task of the government in London even harder if it ever tried to impose a unified colonial policy . |
| 13 | You can reinforce the message by holding the leash close to the ground which will make it harder for the dog to stand up if it persistently tries to do so . |
| 14 | Now if it so happened that the A sixty one was seen as a marginally shorter route , then the model would have sent all the through traffic along the A s sixty one and none along around the bypass . |
| 15 | So I says , Well if it only take minutes you bloody well do it yourself . |
| 16 | Only even if it just does er , just till summer you know . |
| 17 | Even if it eventually transpires that the Lorenz equations do not satisfy the conditions necessary to justify the rigorous analysis ( but see { 33 } ) , it is none the less true that a great many ( infinitely many ) homoclinic orbits do occur in the system though perhaps not distributed densely through all r-intervals . |
| 18 | And patting the horse , even if it completely ignores us , releases our tension . |
| 19 | But this is hardly a convincing argument when produced by an organisation that collects some £130 million , even if it also proposes to give those of its members whose works are performed outside ‘ significant venues ’ a flat fee of £75 a year . |
| 20 | It may be that one strand of his personality has not yet matured , and even if it never does , that does not mean that he does not love you . |
| 21 | If the customer posts his notice of cancellation , it will be effective to cancel the agreement provided it is posted within the cooling-off period , i.e. even if it does not reach the trader until later or even if it never reaches him . |
| 22 | But the Red Army was larger than Western forces in Europe , war could break out ‘ by accident ’ ( through the failure to manage a diplomatic crisis properly ) and a US guarantee — even if it only existed on paper — could provide a major psychological boost to West European morale . |
| 23 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 24 | She needed a reminder of this trip even if it only served as a warning . |
| 25 | Contrary to the suggestion in para 18/8/10 of the 1993 White Book , it has been held that a claim for interest under s35A is sufficiently pleaded even if it only appears in the prayer and not also in the body of the pleading ( McDonald 's Hamburgers Ltd v Burgerking ( UK ) Ltd [ 1987 ] FSR 112 ) . |
| 26 | The key determination is whether ‘ originality ’ exists in the selection or arrangement of the database.The current position under UK law would seem to be that a database is protected under copyright law even if it only attains the ‘ sweat of the brow ’ criteria . |
| 27 | Moreover we can discuss the meaning of what is being said even if it so happens that there are no trees in the park , or if all the trees happened to be the same age and none of them was an oak . |
| 28 | Even the most serious management report can usually gain from the occasional injection of levity , even if it merely serves to relieve tension . |
| 29 | Your detector will periodically switch itself off and on if this happens , and this can be very annoying … particularly if it automatically tests the batteries each time it comes on ! |
| 30 | But that 's easier said than done , and you will be lucky indeed if it never happens to you . |