Example sentences of "in [noun sg] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The further into the future the perceived crisis , the more the chief executive will need to rely on introducing some flexibility into the corporate strategy to facilitate a change in direction in future if it becomes necessary . |
2 | That cow would have kicked the pail out of the byre in shame if it had squirted anything out like that . ’ |
3 | Chris Ivory , chief executive at Bedale food firm Dalepak said he knew of a small company which would struggle to stay in business if it had to raise wages at the present time . |
4 | It may , however , be in trouble if it does not project the whole life-cycle to ascertain how long the increasing margins can continue . |
5 | Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house . |
6 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
7 | British Rugby League , the former Wigan coach had said , was living in dreamland if it thought its standards had risen to match those of Australia . |
8 | Er and so what John 's done , he 's suggested that in fact if it comes for March ninety four , that he spread the work out till nineteen ninety four which may be the sensible attitude cos people can make those decisions of the schemes to involved . |
9 | They can take into account a painting 's decline in value if it has actually sold for that price , but because the decline in prices has only occurred at a dealers ' auction , they will not accept that a similar composition by the same artist would automatically be valued at much less than the price paid for it . |
10 | His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election . |