Example sentences of "if it be [noun] [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 If it is contractors they 're happy doing anything .
4 If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’
5 ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ?
6 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 ?
7 Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go .
8 If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement .
9 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 .
10 Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee .
11 If it 's Kerry he 'll be round !
12 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 .
13 If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her .
14 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
15 If it 's crowds you want , you can even get to Venice in three hours .
16 If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’
17 ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’
18 It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home .
19 Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ?
20 I mean it 's different if it 's clothes they need , good .
21 no , if it 's Joan I 'm , I 'm not in
22 I 'll get it , if it 's Joan you 're not coming for
23 If it 's seaweed it must mean rain
24 If it 's money you want , I do n't have much with me , but what I got you 're welcome to .
25 If it 's attitude you 're after , there 's gobfuls of it .
26 poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ?
27 Tails so if it 's tails you read it first
28 If it 's comfort you 're after , a padded design is the ultimate in luxury while woven cane also provides gentle support .
29 If it 's courage it takes to put sports cars and coupes into production then the product planners at Mazda deserve a medal .
30 If it 's hits you want , you got ‘ em , loads of them , every one of them perfectly performed from ‘ Song For Whoever ’ , ‘ You Keep It All In ’ to ‘ A Little Time ’ .
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