Example sentences of "if it be [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so a director , who is a separate legal entity from the company , even if it is 100% owned by him . |
| 2 | Once the board 's structure has been given , the position in this picture is completely described by the facts empty(a1) empty(a2) empty(a3) empty(b3) empty(c1) empty(c2) empty(c3) filled ( b1 , X ) filled ( b2 , O ) and , if it is O's turn to play , to-move(O) . |
| 3 | PPs at the basic level are unlikely to beat even a moderately good occupational pension scheme , and anyone in a good scheme — especially if it is inflation proofed like those in the public services — would be unwise to move out . |
| 4 | If it is daytime try reading a book , talking , playing cards , etc. but do not nap . |
| 5 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 6 | If it is hand operated somebody needs to be operating it and focusing on agreed events in the classroom . |
| 7 | ‘ I am always sorry to hear when someone has been hurt in an accident , particularly if it is safety surfacing which has been vandalised that has some way been responsible for the injury . |
| 8 | This view is supported by the District Councils who are united in their opposition for a policy incorporating more detailed guidance , particularly if it is sort to identify specific categories of exceptions likely to be considered to represent appropriate development in the countryside . |
| 9 | The other predicates which we use to describe the game are empty(x) which signifies that the square x is empty ; filled ( x , C ) where x is a square and C is a player ; to-move(C) which is true if it is C's turn to play ; win(C) which is short for the formula |
| 10 | Torpedo Moscow are on £80 a man to win — a huge amount of money by their standards , even if it is buttons compared to the wealth of United 's £4,000-a-week stars . |
| 11 | but Social Services said to you if it 's profit making |
| 12 | I go back to thinking that the best way of changing the environment of the colleges would be to try and erm I mean talking again as if it 's boys perpetrating it all the time erm boys will stop doing it if women respond differently . |
| 13 | If it 's government paid , it 'll be twenty nine fifty a week , but if it 's employed status |
| 14 | well if it 's er if it 's kids say , you know , youths do they leave their own father 's gate open like |
| 15 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 16 | If it 's Y equals L squared you could differentiate it |
| 17 | Yeah , if it 's vacuum sealed yeah |
| 18 | If it 's copy to come it 's a pity because you know that 's that 's not a complete deal . |
| 19 | I du n no if it 's tape 's finished or what |
| 20 | This animal crematorium could soon be burning hospital waste , if it 's owner gets his way . |
| 21 | Would yo , would you watch it if it was women playing ? |
| 22 | ‘ If it was dogs driven from pillar to post there 'd be an uproar . ’ |
| 23 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 24 | Is it ? if it was James to give them a message at school . |
| 25 | 8 When preceded by an interrogative pronoun ( I do n't know what to do ) or adverb ( Tell me where to go ) , or by a conjunction ( He looked at the clock , as if it was time to go ) , an infinitive with to is often equivalent to a dependent clause : What to do ; What am I to do ? |
| 26 | He looked at his watch again and wondered if it was time to intervene . |
| 27 | Along at Moness House James Flemyng and his wife looked at each other apprehensively and wondered if it was time to bar the shutters . |
| 28 | If it was Pike talking . |
| 29 | He suggests that the term ‘ porpoising ’ should be used to describe any aquatic animal that leaps out of the water and uses less energy than it would if it were surface swimming at the same speed . |
| 30 | On appeal by the Crown , it was found that the Lord Ordinary had failed to give proper weight to Taxes Management Act 1970 , in particular that interest on overdue tax was to be treated as if it were tax charged and due and payable under the assessment to which it related . |