Example sentences of "if it is [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if they ca n't break the star system , if it is impossible for a band of this stature to remain an ‘ ordinary existence ’ ( although it must be stated that New Order deliberately unglamourise their existence , wisely slowing down their schedules and viciously guarding their faceless media presence . |
| 2 | If it is impossible for you to release them there make sure they are given their freedom in an area with abundant supplies of nectar . |
| 3 | As described in Section 3.3 , if it is possible for real particles to pass through them , then it will be possible for those particles to subsequently look back and observe the naked singularity in region IV . |
| 4 | If it is possible for firms to make binding commitments , for example legally enforceable contracts , to carry out certain agreed actions , then this raises a fundamentally different set of issues than if no such commitments are possible . |
| 5 | Canadian labour education is by no means a model of good practice , but if it is possible for unions with far weaker traditions of political affiliation and shopfloor militancy than in Britain to stray beyond the circumscribed perimeters of the workplace in their training , then it is harder still to accept the myopic parochialism of much current British practice . |
| 6 | Even if it is arguable for the purposes of theological discussion that the mode of being in which contemplative knowledge of God becomes a reality is superior to the demands of the active life , Augustine recognised that in the fallen world the two were indissolubly linked and complementary : for no one ought to be so leisured as to take no thought in that leisure for the interest of his neighbour , nor so active as to feel no need for the contemplation of God . |
| 7 | If it is easy for a man — it is usually the man who suffers from such fears — to hit difficulty due to his own self-doubt , it is doubly easy for his partner to support or feed that doubt by her own expectation of his failure or overt recognition of it . |
| 8 | If it is easy for Economic Man to receive the broadcast without paying , then he will not pay . |
| 9 | Having said this , Smith , being a Marxist , has to provide an alternative and more sophisticated account of why military expenditure remains high even if it is dysfunctional for capitalism For Smith , military expenditure is yet one more example of the contradictions of capitalism — it is both functional and dysfunctional . |
| 10 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 11 | If it is appropriate for the courts to adopt some kind of policy in order to protect government against itself ( and I can not say that the idea particularly appeals to me ) , it should be one that distributes the loss fairly across the public . |
| 12 | If it is essential for the results of a translation process to be retained , then FOREIGN modules can be used to send those results back into LIFESPAN for safe-keeping . |
| 13 | ( Loss is serious if it is serious for the person who suffers it ) . |
| 14 | What is a voidable title and how it differs from a void title can best be shown by an example : A owns some goods which he sells to B who in turn sells them to C. If the first contract ( i.e. Between A and B ) is valid then title passes from A to B. If it is void for any reason then it is no contract at all and no ownership passes to B. If it is voidable then it is initially valid but can be avoided ( set aside ) later . |
| 15 | If it is suitable for you , your doctor might suggest Hormone Replacement Therapy HRT to relieve the symptoms . |
| 16 | If it is suitable for you , your doctor might suggest Hormone Replacement Therapy ( HRT ) to relieve the symptoms . |
| 17 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 18 | ‘ That 's when I brought the kids in — I 've never been afraid to do it before and I wo n't hesitate to do it again if it is best for the club . |
| 19 | If it is necessary for my argument , I am prepared to say that there is , as regards the particular situation under review , a general legal justification , and I will call it ‘ necessity ’ . |
| 20 | If it is necessary for the expatriate couple to learn a new language , the course should provide them with details on where they might go or the steps they should take to achieve this . |
| 21 | The first is that a clause will be implied if it is necessary for the " business efficacy " of the contract , and would have been accepted at once by both parties when making the contract : The Moorcock ( 1889 ) 14 PD 64 at 68 . |
| 22 | These will involve their giving notice to the tenant and his being able to withhold consent if it is reasonable for him to do so . |
| 23 | For example , if it is costly for firms to hire more labour or adjust their capital stock it will be optimal for them to spread out over time their response to any relative price signals they receive . |
| 24 | If it is inappropriate for the child to attend or he does not wish to do so , the conference should be given a clear and up-to-date statement of his views by one of the professionals working with him . |
| 25 | A managerial agency — any managerial agency , be it psychological or otherwise — can not cope easily with contradictory demands and impulses if it is responsible for a choice of action and must take into account the limitations of the real world . |
| 26 | If it is difficult for you to get to the post office , the coloured pages in the book explain how someone else can draw the payment for you . |
| 27 | If it is difficult for you to visit because of travel costs please discuss this with your social worker as we can usually help with your fares . |
| 28 | But can I suggest it 's probably a lot more difficult to get there than you were describing even with the various points that you were raising in your address this morning , because I wonder if it is fair for all of us , to accept the immediate linkage between the voluntary sector whatever we actually mean by that , and good community institutions , community thinking , community awareness . |
| 29 | All aspects of education are necessary to develop a whole personality and every child has a whole personality , even if it is hard for us to see this at times . |
| 30 | But it seems that if it is valid for that purpose , it must be valid for morality generally . |