Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] if it [be] " in BNC.

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1 A further benefit from eliminating NTBs may arise if it is possible to reap economies of scale .
2 After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force .
3 It must do if it 's gon na be forty eight to The Drove , yeah .
4 ‘ He should do if it is all down to the ball .
5 Consequently , we consider it our duty to indicate the correct path which the Šiptar people must follow if it is to realize its aspiration .
6 There are , to my mind , a number of specific functions that a TechDoc system must provide if it is to be considered a member of the fraternity .
7 Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb .
8 The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires .
9 In 1992 , we responded with enthusiasm to the theme of the Earth Summit : that our way of life here in Wales , as elsewhere across the World , must change if it is to become genuinely environmentally sustainable .
10 This should be supported by the health service as part of the programme of development that any large organisation must adopt if it is to remain up to date and use its resources cost effectively .
11 There is one fundamental condition that any hypothesis or system of hypotheses must satisfy if it is to be granted the status of a scientific law or theory .
12 They should declare if it 's hazardous , infectious , infested , i it will , what 's word you used ?
13 This approach argues that the best way in which to use syntactic knowledge is to formalise the grammar and encode it as a set of rules to which input must conform if it is to be considered acceptable .
14 … ( 6 ) Schedule 12 to this Act has effect for the purposes of this section and , in that Schedule — ( a ) Part I prescribes the matters for which provision must be made by a scheme if it is to be a scheme which qualifies for recognition for the purposes of this section ; ( b ) Part II prescribes the matters action in relation to any of which must be subject to investigation under a scheme if it is to qualify for recognition for the purpose of investigations in relation to that matter ; and ( c ) Part III contains other requirements to which a scheme must conform if it is to be so recognised .
15 We should ask if it is product ( end ) or problem ( origin ) that should be seen as the generic base of what design is ' — not as a challenge to construct a dialectical , interactionist model of design activity , which takes each of these moments seriously as a necessary moment or characteristic of " what design is " , but as an affront to rationalism .
16 It decided to question the validity of the Regulations in proceedings for judicial review but to avoid adverse publicity which might arise if it was the only building society failing to pay in accordance with the Regulations and to avoid the danger of being charged penalties , it paid three instalments as required by the Regulations but without prejudice to its right to recover those sums if it was correct in its contention that the Regulations were void .
17 Well you bu you 'll know if it is n't .
18 Each man was struggling to fill the hollow that had opened inside him , to bridge it over with some kind of reasonable structure while saying nothing about it as though afraid it might crumble if it was exposed to the light .
19 The treaty was based on fear of the ‘ dark terrors ’ of what might happen if it were not ratified .
20 This argument might hold if it were the case that affectivity were obscure and incomprehensible .
21 And he 'll tell if it 's an elephant or not , he will wo n't he .
22 I 'll come if it 's really necessary . ’
23 Let's see if it 's actually yeah it 's working .
24 First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market .
25 I 'd laugh if it was !
26 But I do n't know what I 'd do if it were n't for Sean .
27 I said how I 'd feel if it was you and me , and we 'd quarrelled , and you 'd died … ’
28 If anybody in Milton Keynes can imagine how they 'd feel if it was their parents or grandparents .
29 Kenya 's tranquillity could vanish if it were shown to be involved : the killing prompted the first of last year 's riots .
30 The girls knew how soon this mood could change if it was not fully entered into .
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