Example sentences of "if it be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals .
2 If it is even if you 've never heard of them before you know sort of funnium carbonate or something
3 I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly .
4 Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining .
5 If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East .
6 However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything .
7 It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest .
8 ‘ Could you please look around your yard/station/siding to see if it is there before we have to cancel trains because of lack of locomotives . ’
9 When the ferret is re-entered he will either kill another rabbit if it is there or , if it is tucked up , he will scrap away at its hindquarters .
10 Hallworth , who picked up a dead leg in a pre-season friendly , said yesterday : ‘ If it is still as sore nearer Saturday I wo n't be playing at Chelsea . ’
11 If the bit-wise comparisons match ( and the length is checked more accurately if it is more than 10 ) then the word shape is checked .
12 Do n't overload socket outlets , and have your wiring checked by an electrician if it is more than 20 years old .
13 If it is more than 30 -C , move the bulb further from the soil .
14 In 1990–91 the minimum benefit someone could receive was 50p , however from April 1991 benefit will be paid even if it is less than 50p a week .
15 If it is less than £1.05 a week , it will be paid as a lump sum once a year .
16 The statement of claim has not been finalised yet but Lord Spens says that he will be disappointed if it is less than £2m .
17 If it is less than 4 m ( 13 ft ) you wo n't have enough room to be able to manoeuvre yourself comfortably .
18 If it is less than 12 hours then do n't worry , just take the delayed pill straightaway and further pills as usual .
19 But it can only happen , he wrote , if it is totally and utterly divorced from me .
20 He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months .
21 Even if it 's even if people had sold their houses to the local council .
22 Play allowed to continue , forwards towards , he 's had a good game tonight if it 's even if it 's not his regular position he 's been pushed there by and as a result it 's a free kick to Shrewsbury Town .
23 I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you …
24 I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’
25 ‘ Oh , well , ’ scornfully , ‘ if it 's just so you can blow your own trumpet … ’
26 Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ?
27 you might end up down to once a week if it 's twice or whatever
28 So if it 's less than three centimetres from P it 's got to be up this end .
29 They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is .
30 But if it 's less than twice as great , I 'll want it for myself .
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