Example sentences of "if there be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are planning two new films and Tania will be in one if there is the right part . ’ |
| 2 | All the new stuff is pretty cool , even if there is the odd bit of useless indie thrash . |
| 3 | However , where the transaction is incidental to the business , it will only be in the course of a business if there is the required degree of regularity . |
| 4 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 5 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 6 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 7 | Other members of her family are also asked the same questions , and if there is the slightest discrepancy it can be used as proof that she is not the person she claims to be . |
| 8 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 9 | The only fact of a similar kind of which I am aware , is the constant asserted difference — between the wolf-like Fox of East & West Falkland Islds. — If there is the slightest foundations for these remarks the zoology of Archipelagos — will be well worth examining ; for such facts [ would — ( inserted ) ] undermine the stability of species . ’ |
| 10 | If there are the same pressures contributing to the use of contract computer staff as for agency secretarial/office staff , the two groups are in other ways very different . |
| 11 | However , one of the aims of this chapter is to see if there are the significant continuities that have been claimed . |
| 12 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
| 13 | And call me at once if there 's the slightest change in the weather . ’ |
| 14 | If there 's more competition , it makes if there 's the same amount of protection amongst er , rival countries , it 's not their hard luck , but if they 're trading competitively enough . |
| 15 | And the he had er these two men had started up then they started up and i They 're still there to You know what i mean , I do n't know if there 's the same men are there , but 's still up in Street . |
| 16 | It is a completely unfounded fear , but even if there were the odd few cases of people refusing to rent out a room in their home because , in their ignorance , they felt that , as landlords , they would be penalised , are we seriously to argue that we should deny the discount to the other 7 million people ? |
| 17 | Organised team games like soft-ball or squash hold small attraction even if there was the remotest chance of being selected for the team . |
| 18 | Nahum was immediately contrite , apologizing for his hesitation and assuring her that her health was more important than anything else , especially if there was the longed-for reason for her tiredness . |
| 19 | She wondered if there was the faintest chance of impressing them with the significance of her position . |
| 20 | It would have been impossible to get her to eat if there was the slightest bit of tension in her . |
| 21 | Any one of them would shove an ice-pick in her back , sunny side up , if there was the slightest chance of her saying a word . |
| 22 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |
| 23 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |
| 24 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
| 25 | If there was the slightest breeze from any direction the smoke would spread itself evenly between chimney and room in more or less equal proportions , which was why the once white walls had the appearance of very old ivory and the mounted fox heads , hunting trophies which hung on the walls , had a fine coating of brown dust , and their yellow eyes a slightly inebriated , glazed expression . |
| 26 | ‘ Nah — even if there was the slightest chance he 'd fall for me , it would n't work . |
| 27 | If there was the slightest risk of what one revealed in the process becoming known to others … . |
| 28 | Yet if there was the slightest chance of the offer being genuine , how he would leap at it ! |