Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Freight Transport Association is now wondering if the government will increase the car speed limit in line with Europe , as motoring organisations have been suggesting . |
| 2 | There are many results on reputation effects in this context , but these show that entry is always deterred if the time horizon is sufficiently long . |
| 3 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 4 | The use of an experienced Patent Agent is highly recommended if a patent application is being considered . |
| 5 | S 159(2) ( C ) , ICTA 1988 is quite specific in stating that availability as a pool car is only granted if ‘ it was in that year not normally kept overnight on or in the vicinity of any residential premises where any of the employees was residing , except while being kept overnight on premises occupied by the person making the car available to them ’ . |
| 6 | • The Japanese motoring industry is meanwhile considering if it should slow down its expansion into the luxury car market , due to the Gulf crisis hitting fuel prices . |
| 7 | As well as providing a fascinating insight into the world of nature , the six titles in Pendulum 's Discovery Video Wildlife Collection drive home the message that action is desperately needed if our environment and its wildlife are to be saved from eventual destruction . |
| 8 | The Shield of Cold is automatically dispelled if the wizard or unit he is with enters hand-to-hand combat , but otherwise remains in play for the remainder of the battle or until it is dispelled . |
| 9 | Practical help is also needed if they are to start again . |
| 10 | More public help is desperately needed if cuts in services are to be avoided . |
| 11 | But compensation is only granted if the adviser goes bust and is unable to pay back your money . |
| 12 | The right to apply for compensation is undoubtedly lost if the employer chooses not to seek to patent an invention which is nonetheless patentable . |
| 13 | A conference may be convened before a child is actually born if there is sufficient concern about future risk . |
| 14 | Since fleas do jump , of course , there is no certainty that they will not occasionally land on a chair , but the likelihood is greatly reduced if the dog is kept off furniture . |
| 15 | Good separation is only achieved if the flask is heated slowly to allow time for the equilibria to become established . |
| 16 | Any document which is to be served by post is properly served If sent by ordinary prepaid post . |
| 17 | Such approval is always required if the admissions authority seeks a reduction in the admissions limit , and thus a new standard number . |
| 18 | The representation of the interests of a particular group is greatly clarified if that group is also able to construct an antithetical image ( for the details of this argument see Miller 1984 ) . |
| 19 | The point is adequately made if we restrict gene values to single figures , that is if we allow them to range from -9 to +9 . |
| 20 | CPRW believes such an investigation is desperately needed if we are to stem this slide into anarchy and social dissension . |
| 21 | Often these compromise theories state , in effect , that punishment is only justified if it is both deserved and likely to have deterrent effects ( eg von Hirsch , 1976 : chs 5 and 6 ) . |
| 22 | The rest is just froth if we fail in that . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Perhaps the mosaic is correctly dated if assigned to a period of c. 300-330 . |
| 25 | For example , unlike the rat , the development of pre-primitive streak stage mouse embryos is extremely unpredictable in vitro and although development is much improved if embryos are explanted after the primitive streak has formed it seems to be a general finding that normal growth and development can not be sustained much beyond 24 or 36 h in culture . |
| 26 | The pilot who takes a chance is always to blame if he creates an unnecessary hazard . |
| 27 | THE DEATH OF THE MAINFRAME IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED IF WALKER INTERNATIONAL 's EXPERIENCE IS ANY GUIDE |
| 28 | The wound is then debrided if it contains devitalised tissue . |
| 29 | Also , while unpaid volunteers have much to offer , and their work deserves to be commended , long-term commitment is sometimes improved if the befriender is paid for the hours of ‘ companionship ’ work as well as being reimbursed for travelling and related expenses . |
| 30 | Such a theory is also required if we are to answer the question : Does time really have a beginning and , possibly , an end , as is predicted by classical general relativity , or are the singularities in the big bang and the big crunch smeared out in some way by quantum effects ? |