Example sentences of "[noun sg] if it be [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | Nor will it do any good if it is sent to the right outlet at the wrong time . |
| 5 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 6 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 7 | replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 … |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And what was the point of ambition if it was limited ? |
| 16 | On December 10th , the party leaders decided to jump the fence if it were presented to them … |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In captivity , a good memory and fear will destroy the horse if it is handled so badly that it becomes permanently anxious . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) . |
| 25 | It would do him no harm if it was known that his stepdaughter was attending a reputable and expensive crammer . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Would Love Story have a different ending if it were written today ? |
| 28 | The extract reads as gobbledygook if it is read as a speech by one individual . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | is that there 's no point in , in er me going to work if it 's going to just , you know , work out |