Example sentences of "if it [is] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , you might think ‘ well , what goes on in the staffroom does n't get round to the kids ’ but it does , it does , even if it is just through the teacher 's own attitude . |
| 2 | If it is already in the Bill , I apologise , but I hope that we will finally resolve the injustice of the tax on empty properties . |
| 3 | Well , put it this way , if it is n't on Sunday , |
| 4 | After all , what 's a conversation about otherwise , if it is n't about getting your point of view across ? |
| 5 | Well if it is n't with with sauce |
| 6 | ( if it IS N'T in neutral , the computer will assume you 're trying to change players . ) |
| 7 | If it is n't in Mexico I believe someone will cure her . |
| 8 | Perhaps the television is turned on ( if it is not on already ) or a colour supplement may be taken up , or an illustrated mail order catalogue browsed through . |
| 9 | T. G. ; and if it is not at once clear who is speaking , there is a genuine question ‘ Who said that ? ’ or ‘ Who is ‘ I ’ ? ’ |
| 10 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |
| 11 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 12 | I have also made a very rich soup from smoked salmon pieces , but be very cautious about your fish stock if it is not to be spoiled by excessive salt . |
| 13 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 14 | If it is not to be a positively charged convex curve , the intermediate rods need to be trimmed to form a straight edge . |
| 15 | But it has to be formulated more precisely if it is not to be confused with other crimes which have the dubious distinction of sharing these aphorismic characteristics . |
| 16 | At first you may well have to put the puppy on its leash and keep it close to you if it is not to be an annoyance when visitors call . |
| 17 | You will need to have your stake ready well before planting begins because it will have to be prepared properly if it is not to be a waste of time . |
| 18 | If it is not to be mere rhetoric , then its scope has continually to be exercised and its limits stretched . |
| 19 | If it is not to be provided by the health authority , will the Government give an assurance that the schools themselves will be empowered and funded to offer the nursing care that children with special needs require ? |
| 20 | So I think it is a matter of erm importance for the structure plan its inclusion er and I think to put the an answer to one of the questions that was put earlier , if it is not to be left to the district to decide on where development is or is not appropriate in open countryside as defined in the structure plan policy , who it is intended could be making the decision on where development would be appropriate . |
| 21 | ‘ But if it is not to be , it will not worry me . |
| 22 | For one thing the performance must be emotionally convincing , if it is not to be ludicrous ; a requirement rendered even more urgent by the technical impossibility , in mainstream cinema , of showing the act itself . |
| 23 | If it is not for the full amount of the debt , why is n't it ? |
| 24 | If it is not of mutual benefit it is no partnership at all , more a relationship of a parasite to host . |
| 25 | But of course no one wants to buy a product if it is not of the highest quality and this is where the Potato Marketing Board can help . |
| 26 | If it is not of reasonable competence , no female will join him . |
| 27 | ‘ if a magistrates ' court inquiring into an offence as examining justices is of opinion , on consideration of the evidence and of any statement of the accused , that there is sufficient evidence to put the accused on trial by jury for any indictable offence , the court shall commit him for trial ; and , if it is not of that opinion , it shall … discharge him . |
| 28 | ‘ If it is not worth my continuing , sir , I shall not do so . |
| 29 | And what is European Classicism if it is not about propping magnificently sculpted and weighted pediments upon tall columns . |
| 30 | The Labour Party is nothing if it is not about seeking a fairer , more equal distribution of resources — abroad as well as at home . |