Example sentences of "be [conj] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our understanding is that if it does go to court , the hearing will be next year . ’ |
| 2 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 3 | The difficulty , for the commission , is that if it abandoned the present formula , it would face exactly the same problems as national governments , seeking to foster advanced technology but fearful of the temptation of ‘ backing winners ’ . |
| 4 | The trouble with this is that if it did n't work it might be because the conditions and catalysts are wrong . |
| 5 | The most simplistic answer to critics of the lobby is that if it did not exist , politicians and journalists would have to invent it . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 7 | The commonest ( although still rare ) type of statement is that if it appears that a Bill has passed both Houses and received the Royal Assent , no court of justice can inquire into the mode in which it was introduced into Parliament , nor into what was done previous to its introduction , nor what passed in Parliament during its progress in its various stages through Parliament ( see , e.g. , Lee v Bude & Torrington Junction Railway Co ( 1871 ) LR 6 CP 577 ; Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway Co v Wauchope ( 1842 ) 8 C1 & F 710 ) . |
| 8 | What matters for this purpose is that if it escapes it is likely to do mischief and this is the meaning to be given to ‘ dangerous thing ’ in this context . |
| 9 | Cos it 's cos if it 's got |
| 10 | What the package meant for France , therefore , was that if it wanted an agriculture settlement , it would have to accept an increase in the supranational characteristics of the EEC . |