Example sentences of "if it fail " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Alfred had spent enough of Rubery Owen 's profits and was impatient for success ; BRM would be closed down if it failed to win races in 1962 . |
| 2 | Even if it failed , the attempted takeover was remarkably well planned and executed . |
| 3 | The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail . |
| 4 | Management could be faced ‘ with severe economic losses if it failed to take into account their views , or to win their consent on issues which were felt to be of major importance by the workforce ’ ( p. 314 ) . |
| 5 | They also sensed that it would help them to make sure that managed competition was made to work ; they feared that , if it failed , politicians might opt for a government-run programme that would cut them out entirely . |
| 6 | But Louis was prepared to take a much tougher line with the count of Nevers to resolve his dispute with the abbey of Vézelay : although relatives of the count were allowed to participate in drawing up the terms of settlement , Louis insisted that , if it failed , further aggression against the abbey would be treated as aggression against the king and punished accordingly . |
| 7 | The new subject of International Relations must find the best ways of making leaders aware of the dysfunctional nature of war , or , if it failed in this , appeal directly to the populations concerned . |
| 8 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 9 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 10 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 11 | Given all this , a chapter about kitchens and kitchen decoration would be illogical to say the least , if it failed to take into account the room or area where food is served , which should bc as pleasant a place as possible . |
| 12 | If it failed , there would be no mercy shown him by the enraged Executioner . |
| 13 | He also called on Israel to freeze its policy of building settlements in the occupied territories ( the USA was reported to have subsequently theatened Israel with financial penalties if it failed to halt its settlement activity — see pp. 38310 ; 38359 ) . |
| 14 | Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland warned at the congress that Norway risked isolation from its Nordic neighbours if it failed to re-apply ( earlier applications having been made in 1962 , 1967 and 1970 ) . |
| 15 | The Treasury accepted that a five-year programme of public investment should be planned , and that if it failed to prove adequate to secure full employment , then changes in taxes to encourage private investment and consumption should be made , but the question of budget deficits remained a bone of contention and was fudged in the report . |
| 16 | Peristalsis was considered ‘ failed ’ either if there was no contraction wave at all , or if it failed to traverse the entire length of the oesophagus , or if a simultaneous contraction occurred . |
| 17 | The Security Council vote on Croatia , a unanimous 15-0 , came after a lengthy debate in which Russia called for sanctions against the former Yugoslav republic if it failed to honour a peace agreement signed a year ago . |
| 18 | The EC Commissioner , Sir Leon Brittan , warned that the UK would be damaged and isolated if it failed to participate in the treaty . |
| 19 | He could not guarantee he would be able to deliver it on the day and she billed it as a surprise film so she could show a reserve if it failed to arrive . |
| 20 | A proposal for the reform of the Italian railway network advocated the dismissal of the board if it failed for two years running to achieve performance targets ( Santoro 1985 ) , and the Spanish Socialist government has similarly toyed with the idea of sacking unsuccessful chairmen ( Tamames 1983 : 371 ) . |
| 21 | If it fails , sell Tootal . |
| 22 | One will enable employers to take the union to court , where it would risk losing its immunities , if it fails to repudiate the action . |
| 23 | If it fails , the world 's biggest democracy will be even less able to survive the next assassin 's blow . |
| 24 | Another — much smaller — firm involved in the discussions is American Science and Technology Corporation which plans , even if it fails in its bid for Landsat , to launch a rival set of satellites from the mid 1980s , The craft would scan the Earth with relatively low resolutions . |
| 25 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 26 | But its chase is brief , averaging less than 200 yards , and if it fails to catch its prey within this short dash it gives up . |
| 27 | If it fails , be decisive , and be decisive quickly . |
| 28 | If it fails , diabetes may develop , which can cause blindness and kidney failure . |
| 29 | The Commission can take a member state to the European Court if it fails to comply with such an interim order . |
| 30 | For the enthusiast , a second innings might be played to determine the outcome , with a side following on if it fails to come within an agreed number of runs of its opponents score . |