Example sentences of "if [noun sg] is to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will have to gain their support , if change is to be brought about . ’ |
| 2 | Yet understanding where older customers fit in to the scheme of things is very important if discrimination is to be avoided , because it will influence both the products and the marketing approach . |
| 3 | If inequality is to be reduced , so the argument goes , capitalism must be either abandoned or at the very least changed radically . |
| 4 | If provision is to be made ( Clause 20.02.5 ) for retentions from the amount due on account of tax liabilities or compensation for damage caused to the firm by the outgoing partner ( a somewhat controversial matter , but one which might be considered , for example , in relation to increased indemnity insurance premiums becoming payable by the continuing partners as a result of the negligence of the outgoing partner ) the terms must be set out with clarity . |
| 5 | Irrespective of this , theories and assumptions must be stated and analysis be rigorous if progress is to be made . |
| 6 | A much more dramatic break with the current political tradition is required if progress is to be made in building support for the policies that could spring Britain 's underclass from its current position . |
| 7 | Those rules are not immutable ; at each level , the rules can be bent and perhaps have to be if progress is to be made . |
| 8 | ‘ Shared Training is essential if progress is to be made towards achieving the vision ’ , of a seamless service . |
| 9 | If physics is to be taken as the acme of scientific knowledge , then it would make sense to try to emulate the methods that physics uses to gain its knowledge , and where else could one go for this by way of a shortcut but to philosophy , the discipline that has been endlessly preoccupied with the foundations of human knowledge . |
| 10 | Nonetheless , if counsel is to be briefed for the hearing he should settle the pleading , and for that matter , the letter before action . |
| 11 | If faith is to be solidly grounded at all , it must rest on some more secure foundation than that . |
| 12 | Given the width of the ambit of these basic provisions , it would be surprising if Parliament is to be taken to have intended to limit the sections now under consideration as Hambros Jersey contended . |
| 13 | If consumerism is to be as important as this suggests , then the definition of consumer needs to be wide : it must include the ‘ hidden consumers ’ who do not have much contact with social services departments , and it needs to include both clients and their carers . |
| 14 | Lastly , if opposition is to be maintained , there will be the action of retaining and briefing counsel and arranging for evidence to be given before the commissioners . |
| 15 | It is especially essential that those who are responsible for implementation must have a thoroughgoing commitment to change if research is to be anything other than counterproductive ’ ( Engel 1977:176 ) . |
| 16 | Sociological research , like all scientific enquiry is fundamentally prompted by simple human curiosity , an indispensable quality if research is to be both successful and enjoyable . |
| 17 | This framework must change if action is to be effective . |
| 18 | If cycling is to be made a safer and more attractive mode of transport , it is , as Hudson 's classic book has advocated , essential that planning principles are established and followed . |
| 19 | If antiracism is to be effective in education , it is therefore necessary to take a hard and perhaps painful look at the terms under which we have operated so far . |
| 20 | But a degree of independence and impartiality will have to be achieved if re-investigation is to be beneficial . |
| 21 | ‘ If murder is to be reserved for those homicides which are most deserving of stigma , this does not seem to be one of them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's where you have to start if football is to be improved . |
| 23 | If testing is to be done , it should be done properly . |
| 24 | If law is to be used as ‘ an instrument for casting an alternative political vote by exposing the decision making process to contending views of public necessity ’ ( Lewis and Harden , 1982 , p. 68 ) , the most obvious way in which such an aim might be pursued is through the development of a test case strategy . |
| 25 | Such an utterly formal , undefinable and wholly unanalysable concept of ‘ ought ’ is necessary if law is to be regarded as normative and if the positivist proposition that law may have any content is to be sustained . |
| 26 | I would have thought the labour market conditions are also a vital ingredient if profitability is to be passed on or shared out in higher wages . |
| 27 | Furthermore , if authenticity is to be defined as natural language behaviour ( and it is hard to see how else it might be defined ) there is also the difficulty that learners will naturally incline to draw on their own language in any situation that calls for uncontrived linguistic communication . |
| 28 | If exercise is to be effective it must become as natural to us as breathing , eating , or cleaning our teeth . |
| 29 | Secondly , the past and current benefit to the employer must not merely be substantial or even valuable ; it has to be outstanding if compensation is to be awarded . |
| 30 | If depreciation is to be substituted for loan redemptions , then first of all the law must be changed , to take the principal repayments out of the revenue account so that they become balance sheet transfers as in business . |