Example sentences of "[noun sg] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A payment will not qualify under Gift Aid if it is made to enable the charity to purchase a property , or other assets , from the donor or from a ‘ connected person ’ . |
| 2 | Nor will it do any good if it is sent to the right outlet at the wrong time . |
| 3 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 4 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 5 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 6 | The Touring Guarantee is valid for four years from the date of purchase of a new Mercedes and is passed on with the car if it is sold during that period . |
| 7 | ‘ I know the piece ’ , he wrote ; ‘ it is a very silly play and the translation will have to be altered a great deal if it is to work as an opera … |
| 8 | This bacterium has a battery of three genes ( G 1 , G 2 , G 3 in the figure ) , which code for proteins ( P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) needed by the cell if it is to use galactosides ( energy-rich compounds which may or may not be present in the surroundings ) . |
| 9 | The risk to the firm 's image in the financial community and the industry if it is associated with adverse criticism in a large or well-publicised transaction . |
| 10 | The risk to the firm 's image in the financial community and the industry if it is associated with adverse criticism in a large or well-publicised transaction . |
| 11 | Thus , if the landlord has elected to waive the exemption from VAT in respect of a particular building , he will not be able to add VAT to the rent if it is expressed as a single figure . |
| 12 | However , this identification is only ‘ to some extent ’ , and it is easier to think of locality as a useful term in this study if it is extended , as Dickens et al. |
| 13 | If some biological constraint can rule out , or make unrealistic , some normative practice or institution , then knowledge of it may not only encourage us to decline that practice if it is suggested , but may also contribute an explanation of why human communities do not in general display that practice or institution . |
| 14 | In captivity , a good memory and fear will destroy the horse if it is handled so badly that it becomes permanently anxious . |
| 15 | This Condition can only have effect if it is called into operation by the party wishing to rely on it giving written notice to the other to that effect . |
| 16 | Lastly we must all learn how to protect the Earth from pollution , acid rain and the Greenhouse Effect if it is to remain a safe and healthy place to live in in the future — your future . |
| 17 | We have no standard conventions for representing the paralinguistic features of the utterance which are summarised as ‘ voice quality ’ , yet the effect of an utterance being said kindly and sympathetically is clearly very different from the effect if it is said brutally and harshly . |
| 18 | Inevitably , the use of the soundtrack as a radio commercial involves some loss of effect , and it seems to me that in general a radio commercial is going to have a much better chance of achieving its desired effect if it is created from scratch . |
| 19 | In reality , deterrent operations might last for weeks or even months , but the AMF(L) must exercise as a fighting force if it is to prove its worth . |
| 20 | The extract reads as gobbledygook if it is read as a speech by one individual . |
| 21 | The microcomputer should have a form of security e.g. by bolting it to a desk if it is to remain in one place all the time , perhaps next to the library catalogue . |
| 22 | is that there 's no point in , in er me going to work if it 's going to just , you know , work out |
| 23 | Fostering for disabled children can be a satisfactory alternative , but studies in Britain and the USA demonstrate the need for very careful and supportive work if it is to succeed . |
| 24 | For example , and I 'm not saying this is , this is so , but it 's not unusual in that kind of dream if it 's recurring in the present , to find that really it 's about the present and not about the past . |
| 25 | Gemma will only eat her Chum if it is sliced and made into dainty triangular sandwiches — with the crusts cut off ! |
| 26 | For this reason , amongst others , Reid 's recent suggestion that perhaps parents in Britain should , like those in France , lose some child benefit if it is proved that their children are truanting — ‘ Fines imposed on parents should be collected directly from child benefit ’ — deserves rejection . |
| 27 | Further the ethical positivist will reject the move towards giving the organs of international law teeth of a physical sort to any significant degree , on the grounds that this undermines the ethical authority of the system and in present circumstances renders impossible the move towards the developments required in international law if it is to act as an acceptable method of dispute resolution . |
| 28 | This can be seen to be in accordance with the Yerkes-Dodson law if it is assumed that more difficult tasks are those which require greater attentional capacity ( c.f. Kahneman , 1973 ) . |
| 29 | If it is a nice and finely balanced question whether the statute of wills is more consistent with traditional principles of law if it is interpreted to forbid murderers to inherit , then wrestling with that question is hardly a sensible way of deciding what most people would now favour . |
| 30 | Well Bob will do me a swap if it 's gon na come to a crisis . |