Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [is] really [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If Ferguson is really searching for someone to put the finishing touch to his team 's chances and not his own , he would be better offering the job to one of these often maligned stabbers-in of trifles .
2 Changes in the entry of calcium ions , or the phosphorylation of membrane constituents , or the activation of NMDA receptors , all seem plausible ways of bringing about a temporary change in the electrical properties of a cell , but what makes the change persist — what puts the L into LTP — should be the important question , if LTP is really to serve as a model for long-term memory .
3 Could she pursue her cherished independence , if Chester 's really needed her ?
4 But they also need to improve the state 's port and other infrastructure if Yucatan is really to become a low-cost assembly centre for America 's east coast .
5 And if Britain is really gripped by flutter fever there will be TWO £1 million top prizes each week .
6 They know that , if Britain is really to remain at the heart of Europe , we must sign — if not at Maastricht , then soon after .
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