Example sentences of "[noun sg] if it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , an asset such as land would not normally attract a depreciation charge but it would result in principal charges to revenue if it was financed by loan . |
| 2 | If laboratory tests for HIV were not performed or gave indeterminate results , any of the conditions in the list below would indicate AIDS if it was diagnosed by a definitive method and the patient had none of the other causes of immunodeficiency listed below that could explain the occurrence of the indicator disease : |
| 3 | Whether harmonization of requirements would prove feasible or not , there would have to be a major rationalization of the aircraft industry if it was to continue competing in world markets . |
| 4 | And what was the point of ambition if it was limited ? |
| 5 | It would do him no harm if it was known that his stepdaughter was attending a reputable and expensive crammer . |
| 6 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |
| 7 | It means inflicting an injury which would be severely punished by a court of law if it was inflicted during an argument . |
| 8 | This too uses analysis and synthesis : analysis if the discovery to be checked has been made by synthesis , synthesis if it was made by analysis . |
| 9 | but erm , sorry the reason I 'm raising my eyebrows is that the people who would come to live in the new settlement if it was to happen , are people who would otherwise have to live somewhere else in in the county |
| 10 | The crisis made TI realise that it needed a radical change of direction if it was to survive in the future . |
| 11 | this afternoon if it was gon na rain |
| 12 | Danforth 's efforts to draw up a compromise bill followed the approval of a Democrat-sponsored civil rights bill by the House of Representatives and a pledge by Bush that he would veto the measure if it was endorsed by the Senate . |
| 13 | He would run the United States like a business , with little regard for the Constitution if it interfered with his plans , declare martial law to combat the drug problem , eliminate Social Security or the entire defence budget if it was thought necessary to meet the government 's deficit , and remove the power of Congress to raise taxes . |
| 14 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ They have turned the company around against a tight economic background and it would be shame if it was pounced on . |
| 16 | The world would be a better place if it was predisposed to listen to Blackwomen 's voices . |
| 17 | In a letter to the town 's MP Michael Fallon , Mr Freeman said Caldaire would be prepared to consider a move if it was provided with : — A new site , close to the town centre , for Darlington buses . |
| 18 | You would abort a DC if it was decided not to proceed and complete the proposed change . |
| 19 | I would say , ‘ 74D in for refreshments ’ — recorded in a book and in that half hour , I had to make my tea , eat my sandwiches , wash my cup , put on my coat or whatever I was wearing — cape if it was raining — and be out for that half hour . |
| 20 | It would be a sad day if it was thought that a change of mind on the part of a local authority in any question relating to children was an admission of past error . |
| 21 | ‘ Although we accepted it back in 1931 , it would be a shock if it was seen today , ’ said Kerr . |
| 22 | Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people . |
| 23 | For unfair dismissal claims , applicants have until now been prevented from pursuing their claim if it was presented late by reason of a fault on the part of the advisor . |
| 24 | right , then it wo n't be on blue paper if it was posted but you did put down that two |
| 25 | How long these shrouded corpses lay above ground depended on a number of factors : whether or not an autopsy was required , the undertaker 's schedule , the availability of a grave-digger — or the parish coffin if it was needed — the wishes of the family or any specific instruction left by the deceased . |
| 26 | However it was agreed that the setting up of programmes could bring many benefits to a parish if it was seen as a partnership between priests and people . |
| 27 | Later Chavan hinted that the central government would consider the eventual dismissal of the state government if it was found to have violated the court order . |
| 28 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 29 | Evolutionism provided a parallel source of materialist concepts , but needed to be turned into a laboratory-based subject if it was to fit the new model . |
| 30 | Thus the court has modified a use covenant in a lease for the purposes of a rent review ( The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers ' Association Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 617 , in which Brightman LJ recognised that some modification had to be made to the strict wording of the rent review clause if it was to work . |