Example sentences of "if it [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 When you do this what you will see in the cell is either a 0 ( meaning False ) if what is actually in B10 is n't Bach or 1 ( meaning True ) if it just happens to be Bach .
2 If it now came to him in a new way it was no doubt simply an aspect of his belongingness with Marcus and Irina .
3 Then it has to decide if it actually wants to shrink-wrap the stuff , and finally whether to go ahead and put together a marketing and distribution effort for the completed product .
4 If it ever came to making hard choices over monetary policy or economic policy where the needs of one region or country conflicted with those of Germany , it is fanciful to think that her priorities , as the self-styled ‘ motor ’ of Europe , would not prevail .
5 On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough !
6 If it ever came to the crunch …
7 If it ever came to it , you could n't do it , you know .
8 An organization which if it ever came to be formed will be representing nearly two million people .
9 I do n't know if it ever occurred to me to regret my inability to have a child by Jean-Claude .
10 This is why , if it ever comes to a fixed choice between freedom and order , wise societies prefer order .
11 But that 's easier said than done , and you will be lucky indeed if it never happens to you .
12 But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river .
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