Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adv] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be more encouraged if I could identify within the Labour party a consensus for the preservation of the Union . |
| 2 | They usually pose no problems but sometimes the upper tushes are high enough to interfere with the bit which should be especially considered if the horse is to wear a double bridle . |
| 3 | It is a complex if naive set of attitudes , including the beliefs that human beings have free will , that they must be strictly disciplined by restrictive rules , and that they should be harshly punished if they break the rules or fail to respect authority . |
| 4 | It must be completely thawed if frozen , rinsed in cold water and dried . |
| 5 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 6 | No matter how small the practice may be , it must be financially managed if it is to succeed . |
| 7 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 8 | A rudderless boat must be perfectly balanced if it is to follow a straight course . |
| 9 | Some garden produce , however , is deliberately grown for storage , and crops can be preserved for use during the winter months must be fully ripened if they are to last without rapid deterioration . |
| 10 | Their abilities must be fully used if they are to feel involved and committed . |
| 11 | And a society 's ideology must be constantly reproduced if the society is to survive , just as ( for example ) an industrial society must continually renovate and update its machinery and ensure that the next generation of workers is produced , kept alive and prepared for productive labour . |
| 12 | Our confidence in the Home Secretary and in his ability to handle the crisis in our prisons might be slightly restored if , even at this late stage , he gave the House and the country the full facts about the Brixton breakout . |
| 13 | First of all my physical world constrains me in so far as every other car will be travelling on the left-hand side and my progress might be somewhat impeded if I chose otherwise ; secondly , it is a rule that is being followed by every driver . |
| 14 | Exposure to hostile action by host governments might be substantially increased if the host governments believed that their nationals could run the plants . |
| 15 | When a party challenges the validity of a governmental decision , the applicant 's interests might be irreparably damaged if , pending the hearing and resolution of the case by the court , it was open to the decision-maker to act on or execute the decision . |
| 16 | No one realised more than the Queen that her children were deeply flawed and that the monarchy might be better served if that generation was skipped altogether . |
| 17 | But though this may quell doubts about the benefits of the existence of large-scale enterprise , it does not bear on the point that where competition is attenuated a policy of profit maximisation may not be wealth maximising : society might be better served if companies were to lower price and increase output , even though this would be less profitable from the company 's point of view . |
| 18 | The example might be further refined if these manufacturers knew that most of their cars were sold to men between the ages of ( say ) 35 and 55 . |
| 19 | And before Bill Robins left for Sanderstown he gave me his address and telephone number , saying , ‘ I 'll be really hurt if you ever come to Sanderstown and do n't look me up . |
| 20 | I think France could be badly affected if we open the scoring . ’ |
| 21 | Individual elements in the building complex were designed so that they could be separately defended if the outer defences fell . |
| 22 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 23 | Some of our most famous cheeses could be drastically changed if a new recommendation from Europe comes into force . |
| 24 | The point could be simply made if psychology modelled on the natural sciences were always ‘ behavioural ’ and concerned with the actors ' brains rather than with their minds . |
| 25 | suggested the panel could be heavily exposed if the assessors failed in some way and litigation was threatened , ‘ especially if the executive management had warned against selecting them ’ . |
| 26 | For instance , if , in Ex. 1 , the passage were desired to be played mf instead of ff , the cellos could be equally divided if the 1st cello parts were marked f while all the other parts were marked mf . |
| 27 | However , these timings could be easily altered if required . |
| 28 | Treatment with pure iodine promoted , in effect , the burgeoning growth of a coral reef in the festering wounds , and its crackling could be clearly heard if they were pressed . |
| 29 | The introduction of the national curriculum , for instance , could be significantly eased if the appraisal process is used to identify what changes will be necessary at school and teacher level and how and by whom these can be achieved . |
| 30 | Fifa , Italia '90 and the English FA are all agreed that the hooligan element among English fans could be better contained if England played their opening games on an island . |