Example sentences of "if it [is] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 4 June , the day the Dunkirk evacuation ended , he wrote to the Chiefs of Staff : ‘ if it is so easy for the Germans to invade us … why should it be … impossible for us to do anything of the same kind to him ? ’ |
| 2 | If it is so necessary for us to opt one way or the other , is it perhaps that here too Christianity has caused a split in human nature of which the people of harmony knew nothing ? " |
| 3 | How can opposition to reform be contained in other countries if it is so strong in more successful Poland ? |
| 4 | The second meaning may be termed the ‘ substantive sense ’ of unreasonableness : a decision may be attacked if it is so unreasonable that no reasonable public body could have made it . |
| 5 | ‘ If it is so important to you , Miss Kenton , I will allow that the Chinaman behind me may well be incorrectly situated . |
| 6 | If legislation is needed to get the treaty through Parliament , if it is so popular with the country , and if it will be such a wonderful thing for unemployed people , for women , for the regions and for business , why does not the Prime Minister dissolve Parliament next week and have a general election in January ? |
| 7 | If it is so difficult to value a small piece of the environment like Twyford Down , how will it ever be possible to cost the ozone layer ? |
| 8 | ‘ If it 's so great , let's see you drink it , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 10 | Alright , if it 's so easy why do n't we all do it what stops us |
| 11 | Perhaps if it 's so successful if it can successfully this evening perhaps we will do it more often . |
| 12 | With an effort Lisa forced herself to swallow back the feeling and kept her voice devoid of emotion as she countered , ‘ If it 's so appealing then why do you feel the need to suppress it ? ’ |
| 13 | Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’ |
| 14 | Tell us about it if it 's so important . ’ |
| 15 | She found herself bending over the old woman and hissing at her , ‘ If it 's so natural , Great-gran , why did a woman approach me today , the mother of one of the little girls at school , and suggest that my daughter was fantasising about her father being in the bath with her . |
| 16 | ‘ If it 's so trivial , then there 's no need for you to know the answer . ’ |
| 17 | If it 's so valuable , what you want to give it away for ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If it 's so obvious to you , dear , ’ he said , trowelling on his own measure of irony , ‘ I 'll leave you to deal with it , shall I ? ’ |