Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] if [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggressive corals such as the large polyp forming Euphylia bubble corals ( Plerogyra species ) and large carpet anemones ( Stoichactis species ) have stings that can cause a painful rash if carelessly handled , giving some idea of the powerful weapons they possess . |
| 2 | Diving is an extremely dangerous sport if not done properly . |
| 3 | The middle-horns were the most esteemed of draught cattle because of their activity and hardiness ; they would also fatten at an early age if not working but the milk yield of the cows was poor in comparison with the short-horned cattle of Durham , Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . |
| 4 | Service of a notice of severance ( see Precedent 12 ) would appear to be effective to sever the joint tenancy if properly addressed to the other joint tenant and received at the property concerned . |
| 5 | The Hotel Proprietors Act of 1956 defines a hotel as ‘ an establishment offering food and drink and sleeping accommodation if so required to any traveller who appears able and willing to pay for services and facilities provided ’ . |
| 6 | And while the improvements helped somewhat , Air Force planners must have realised that the combination of poor flight stability , lower than anticipated speed and range limitations would place the Airacomet at serious risk if ever sent to engage enemy aircraft . |
| 7 | And the libel action , if it comes to trial , will give us valuable national publicity if properly handled . |
| 8 | No general geographical division of Sinhala Sri Lanka into regions can serve all purposes of analysis , but identifying districts which shared some attributes is a useful tool if not used indiscriminately . |
| 9 | General Harding did not foresee difficulty in holding the situation on its present basis if so desired for several weeks … " |
| 10 | Those appearing before the Arbitrators may be accompanied by a legal advisor if so desired . |
| 11 | Why else would the Oldenburgs have visited this great cathedral if not to check it for security ? |
| 12 | An innkeeper , as we have seen , is under a duty to provide reasonable refreshment if so required and accommodation to a traveller ; hence , the innkeeper has a right of lien over a traveller 's property as well as over a guests ' to ensure that the traveller 's bill is duly paid . |
| 13 | It seems worthwhile to attempt such a semi-quantitative approach if only to give rough estimates of the parameters involved . |
| 14 | This new treatment could become an effective alternative to surgical biliary diversion if further controlled follow up studies confirm the initial impression that self expandable metal mesh stents offer a low morbidity alternative for longterm biliary drainage in chronic pancreatitis without the inconvenience associated with plastic stents . |
| 15 | The irony was that in normal circumstances she would have insisted on seeing a working installation of a new product if only to satisfy herself that whatever she wrote would n't infringe the Trades Descriptions Act . |
| 16 | It too is gelatinous , and the upper surface if finely felted in texture . |
| 17 | Any specialised product , which is as directly involved with the hygiene and comfort levels within the kitchen area , must be viewed as a potential risk if not designed , manufactured or maintained properly . |
| 18 | Just as , beyond a certain point , the terms of capitalist political economy ( ‘ development ’ , ‘ progress ’ , ‘ production ’ ) can be rearticulated to the needs of a radically different society only through their transformation in the light perhaps of older ecologies , so , arguably , the assumptions of the bourgeois music tradition can , beyond an equivalent point , be most easily articulated to the interests of a future , more liberated order if critically combined with techniques drawn from older , popular traditions ( see Jameson 's comments in Block et al . |