Example sentences of "if it be [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 3 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 4 | If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement . |
| 5 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 6 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 7 | If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her . |
| 8 | Also if you 're in rented accommodation you 're claiming housing benefit , you 'll probably have n't got to pay any rent , specially if it 's Council there 's relief , relief from paying |
| 9 | ‘ If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’ |
| 11 | If it 's seaweed it must mean rain |
| 12 | If it 's money you want , I do n't have much with me , but what I got you 're welcome to . |
| 13 | If it 's attitude you 're after , there 's gobfuls of it . |
| 14 | If it 's comfort you 're after , a padded design is the ultimate in luxury while woven cane also provides gentle support . |
| 15 | If it 's courage it takes to put sports cars and coupes into production then the product planners at Mazda deserve a medal . |
| 16 | So if it 's drama you 're seeking , let's ask the Adjutant if he 's yet appointed an Entertainments Officer . ’ |
| 17 | If it 's jewellery it 's harder , it will show up , erm if you 're marking things like engagements rings , then the best thing to do is actually take photographs of them with a ruler or some sort of erm comparison of the size of the item cos if you do like a a ring on a photograph it 's gon na , it 's gon na come out like a , so if you got a ruler to say , you know , it 's only sort of one and a half inches in width or whatever , then we can actually get a clear picture of , of that . |
| 18 | When the edge of the knitting flat , steam it to set it ; if it 's wool you can even press it — just the very edge , not the whole rib . |
| 19 | But if it 's rubbish it 's storage for Dick it 's taking up . |
| 20 | Their skin will be very flushed and dry you 'll get deep sighing and this is the one you 'll get the smell of acetone , not always , you know the nail varnish smell , the pear drops , and then from there they 'll get , they 'll go into gradual I 've put coma there , but gradual unconsciousness treatment the same sugar , if it 's sugar they want they 'll come round almost immediately , if it 's , they 've already got too much well you have , that little bit 's not going to make them any worse , they 've got to go to hospital anyway . |
| 21 | Another point , though : if it 's paper you 're washing , make sure it 's washable and wo n't peel off if it gets damp . |
| 22 | ‘ If it 's quality you 're looking for , then I 'm your man . |
| 23 | Then they were turning into Mahogany Drive and something lurched inside him , as if it was love he was meeting , not death . |
| 24 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 25 | ‘ Because Burun will not go — if it was reconnaissance I think he might , but it is not — and so I can not . ’ |
| 26 | If it was path it would point one five would n't it ? |
| 27 | So if it was wine it would have to be something special . |
| 28 | Solicitors , I suppose — if it was mine I 'll find new ones . ’ |
| 29 | She said ‘ If it was mine I 'd do it Jim Dine … |
| 30 | ‘ If it was mine it would be wondrous . |