Example sentences of "but if it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 But if it 's not quite enough , although you 'll get the initial benefits they , they can tend to wear off , so some people are better on the higher , some people are better on the lower dose .
2 But if it 's not required by law , then I can not issue , and if people ask for advice we are obliged under Fire Services , the Fire Services Act to give that advice , but what I 'm really saying is that with the , the pressure of work on the Fire Safety Department , it 's likely that if it 's a fairly low risk to life , we 'll never get round to it , and that 's the honest truth .
3 So appropriately sold , there is no problem , but if it 's not appropriately sold , you can see that people really do , do n't get back what they put in .
4 In that type of case erm perhaps the Court will not pay too much regard to the defendant 's personal circumstances because they 're not going to make that much difference , but if it 's not that serious a case the other main consideration that comes into play is the defendant 's own personal circumstance .
5 But if it is not calling for immediate independence , or for unity with Romania , the Popular Front is certainly demanding sovereign autonomy for Moldavia and a renewal of national culture and identity .
6 But if it is not by any application of the resolutio-compositive method that we know that all causation is a matter of motion , how can we be sure that it is ?
7 Thinking regarded as internal manipulation of events and ideas does not necessarily depend on language , but if it is not entirely ego orientated , that is not concentrated on the relationship of the person to the scheme of things , then it usually invokes iconic representation .
8 But if it is not thoroughly conscious or if the youngster is not at a mature level of understanding any examination of feeling may be very disturbing for the child .
9 But if it is not possible to identify any factor such as this , then the economist 's verdict is probably correct : the enterprise is socially inefficient .
10 ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears .
11 If substance is identical with the whole of reality , it is not any discrete thing ; but if it is not any discrete thing , it is not clear what sense can possibly be attached to the assertion that there is " only one " substance .
12 But if it is not bound by such a policy it can induce a large increase in the money supply and prevent the recession , or at least bring it to an end quickly .
13 But if it is not to be , it will not worry me .
14 Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions .
15 I said to the manager , Ghiringhelli , who was already a great personal friend , that it was important for me to go , but if it was not possible then I would forget it .
16 It is not known where he learned his trade , but if it was not in Raunds it could have been in Cambridge , where a Thomas Grumbold ( d .
17 But if it was not mis-observation , there are indeed reasons why the artist and his engraver C.N. Cochin might have illustrated a scroll-waver .
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