Example sentences of "[vb pp] if it [is] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 2 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 3 | Wholesale changes will need to be made if it is to administer a new form of tax as well . |
| 4 | The social system has certain basic needs which must be met if it is to survive . |
| 5 | They assume that society has certain basic needs or functional prerequisites which must be met if it is to survive . |
| 6 | Althusser faces this question , but warns that it has to be carefully formulated if it is to illuminate the process of the production of knowledges . |
| 7 | It means that the instrument in question requires positively to be approved if it is to become or , more usually , remain in force as law . |
| 8 | The profession has managed to offer CPD on a shoestring up until the mid-1980s but henceforth some funding will have to be found if it is to fulfil the role given it by the membership . |
| 9 | The disciplines of active life in the sense of worldly help to others , or the necessity for study , are to be like " stikkes " laid on the burning coal that represents man 's innate desire for God and needs to be nourished if it is to provide full light and heat ( 35 – 9.397 – 449 ) . |
| 10 | Even prominent members of the Labour Party — traditionally timid on this front — have started to argue openly that the Royal Family 's role must be streamlined and modernised if it is to survive for very much longer . |
| 11 | A rudderless boat must be perfectly balanced if it is to follow a straight course . |
| 12 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |
| 13 | As Burton-Roberts suggests , criterion A ( the requirement that elements in apposition refer to the same entity ) would have to be extended if it is to apply to sentential and other non-nominal appositions . |
| 14 | No matter how small the practice may be , it must be financially managed if it is to succeed . |