Example sentences of "if it [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know but you but you see if it came to be something big and serious and it went into the newspaper he would . |
| 2 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 3 | Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot . |
| 4 | I hope that the succeeding chapters will go at least some way towards building flesh and sinew , face and character — even if it happens to be , as on Tafahi island , a North German face and character — on to the dry , lifeless bones of economists ' figures . |
| 5 | Now I 'd like to thing that an equal amount of effort can work more in our favour if it happens to be channelled towards a specific competition . ’ |
| 6 | The income from it is then the wife 's , therefore , if it happens to be three four four five , it is completely free of tax , whereas left with the husband would be taxed . |
| 7 | Well I marked that certain tank and I put it in in a sealed envelope to the police station and I said I do n't know which tank they said whoever 's emptied it has done , but I said , If it happens to be that tank then they are lying . |
| 8 | Even a broken worm can kill , if it happens to be an adder . |
| 9 | At the most distant property there are shearers ’ quarters which enable us to have the use of hot showers , and shelter for the barbecue if it happens to be raining . |
| 10 | The bond ( whose price includes 137 days ' accrued interest on 1 April ) has to be financed at the money market rate of 10 per cent for the 90 days between 1 April and 30 June , when the bond ( if it happens to be the CTD ) is delivered into the futures market . |
| 11 | This will not always satisfy governors , parents , the LEA — or the church or religious order if it happens to be a voluntary-aided school . |
| 12 | She said er it makes me wonder if I 'd left my purse in the car if it had of been our car that might have been dumped . |
| 13 | I mean , if it had of been smaller . |
| 14 | But if it had to be anyone , I am glad it was John . |
| 15 | Nobody could have been better qualified to construct a consensus , even if it had to be temporary , from the new and angular alternatives that were now being proposed for the future of secondary schooling . |
| 16 | And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ? |
| 17 | And , even if it had to be done by a department , could it be done with fewer people in a different and more managerially efficient way ? |
| 18 | Such a requirement , however , would not be compatible with those provisions if it had to be interpreted as precluding registration in the event that a secondary establishment or the centre for directing the operations of the vessel in the member state in which the vessel was to be registered acted on instructions from a decision-taking centre located in the member state of the principal establishment . |
| 19 | They say repairs could cost between £20,000 and £60,000 if it had to be rebuilt . |
| 20 | Lacking the ability perhaps to identify the chemical components in proper scientific vocabulary , the groups may exchange emotions , fears and hopes — and may then go on to decipher the chemical nomenclature together , if it proves to be necessary , and desirable that they do so . |
| 21 | If it proves to be outside his scope , a letter of explanation will be sent to the complainant and to the member who referred the complaint . |
| 22 | And if it proves to be Berowne 's blood , then he died first , unless , of course , he staggered across to Harry after making one or more of the superficial cuts in his own throat . |
| 23 | Where Parliament imposes a penalty for an offence , Parliament must consider the penalty is adequate and Parliament can increase the penalty if it proves to be inadequate . |
| 24 | The exploration of what each part of the body can express in isolation and then in co-ordination with the rest is possibly the most important aspect of a choreographer 's work if it seeks to be modern in spirit and technique . |
| 25 | ‘ Talk to some of the others if it gets to be a problem , ’ he said . |
| 26 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 27 | So , putting it another way , you do n't agree with the principle of a new settlement , but if it happened to be found elsewhere , other than Hambledon , you 'd let it ride ? |
| 28 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |
| 29 | This , if it needs to be made more precise , is what we need to concentrate on , as some others have before , although without coming to the conclusion we shall reach . |
| 30 | well who would you need to make the suggestion that the brochure should be updated once a year , to whom would you normally make that suggestion , if it needs to be made ? |