Example sentences of "[v-ing] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The bridge plate should only need replacing if it is split or lifting away from beneath the table ; check for this by looking inside with a torch and a small mirror .
2 Secular employment is as sanctified as preaching if it is done ‘ as unto the Lord ’ .
3 Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting .
4 Oak is not really an ideal timber for external joinery since it can suffer from surface checking and splitting if it is exposed to the sun and the rain .
5 In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour .
6 Despite such successes in imaginative shoestring operations , the UN is desperately in need of reform and strengthening if it is to meet the critical tests of the post-Cold War era .
7 You can , of course , invest in a stout muzzle , but this provides no real answer to this vice , since the dog will continue biting if it is given the opportunity .
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