Example sentences of "[vb pp] if it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second meaning may be termed the ‘ substantive sense ’ of unreasonableness : a decision may be attacked if it is so unreasonable that no reasonable public body could have made it . |
| 2 | Because you will not have it accepted if it is not in the house style , and there are conventions , appropriate , and quite different , according to the magazine , the newspaper , and so on and so forth , so you need to acquaint yourself with the house style . |
| 3 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 4 | One might ask how the church has grown if it is not out to recruit members from other denominations . |
| 5 | They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | But even in these cases the success is likely to be shortlived if it is not backed by bilingual contacts and exchanges in the community at large . |
| 8 | Such a policy should commend itself to the Government and my constituents , and I will be perplexed if it is not accepted today . |
| 9 | In civil legislation , there is clearly room for fault to be penalised if it is merely a mistake . |
| 10 | A patent , once granted , can be revoked if it is subsequently shown to fail to meet the requirements for patentability ; for example , that it was not novel on the priority date or does not have an inventive step , or if it was not granted to the person entitled to it . |
| 11 | For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ? |
| 12 | A trade usage will be imported if it is widely known and followed , and is sufficiently certain , binding and reasonable . |
| 13 | With cumulative preferred shares , all unpaid dividend payments cumulate and are paid when earnings are sufficient , unlike standard preferred shares , where a dividend is lost if it is not paid in any year . |
| 14 | Yet in Britain , ‘ race ’ can not be under stood if it is falsely divorced from other political processes or grasped if it is reduced to the effect of these other relations . |
| 15 | I only say this , because it 's always been very difficult to get erm , America to take any , any interest at all in developing in England , and , how and I 'd wondered if it 's still the same situation . |
| 16 | Much physical pain can be suppressed if it is too overwhelming to be borne at the time , and many emotional and mental traumas and conflicts are suppressed if they threaten the integrity or wholeness of the ego or the victim 's self-image . |