Example sentences of "if [adj] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , even if each is to be produced to VGA resolution standards for display on a standard computer system , a single image will consume about 160 kilobytes of data . |
| 2 | If that 's to be counted eccentricity , then Evan was an eccentric . |
| 3 | If that 's to be maintained , more help is needed . |
| 4 | She may also have to face a serious reduction in income , which might necessitate the sale of her house and the loss of her settled way of life by a move to another neighbourhood and to a smaller home , or into yours if that is to be the arrangement you both decide upon . |
| 5 | A ground-based winch then winds the loop and camera unit to which it is attached , up to the pulley if that is to be used as a trip or , as in most instances , remote control of the shutter is used when adequate height is achieved . |
| 6 | Embarrassment , it seems clear , is a major concern of the British psyche , and the dreams the British dream , if opinion-polls are to be believed , tend to be about social embarrassment , with amorous fantasy playing only a disappointingly minor role ; and if that is to be taken in evidence , then it may be said to represent a more powerful obsession than sex . |
| 7 | If that is to be China 's choice , then North Korea is where it should start . |
| 8 | If that is to be so , we have to learn to understand trust we understand , say , concrete and contracts . |
| 9 | If that is to be the case , both systems will have to run parallel , which will be an extra burden on local authorities . |
| 10 | If the channel tunnel is ever to be a genuine national undertaking that brings benefit to all parts of the United Kingdom , and if that is to be achieved within our lifetime , it is important that the Bill goes ahead . |
| 11 | The local authority needs to hold its own electronic information resources in a much tighter harness if that is to be made possible . |
| 12 | If that were to be the case , Professor Lettario Villeri , a noted vulcanologist , said , ‘ the town of Zafferana would run a very real and serious risk of being overrun ’ . |
| 13 | If that were to be the case it could be a return to the profoundly damaging effects that the daily streaming , even in primary and elementary schools , produced in an earlier age . |
| 14 | If that were to be fully reflected in a lower real exchange rate ( the nominal rate adjusted to take account of changes in UK output prices relative to those elsewhere ) , competitiveness would improve significantly and could give a boost to growth . |
| 15 | If that were to be the outcome , it would mean putting the clock back not twelve years , but a hundred years . |
| 16 | If that were to be established , the defenders would be faced with difficulties in relation to witnesses whom they expected to lead but whose Reports were not as favourable as hoped . |
| 17 | How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ? |
| 18 | Er , they would be helped , I think , by this and er , I think if that were to be the case , then I 'd be wholeheartedly behind it . |
| 19 | Er similarly we feel it would be more appropriate if that were to be the case er perhaps should point out there are other schemes where we have shown a series of of lines stars on the key diagram , it 's not just on the Harrogate . |
| 20 | There are no proposals either in er draught directive form or before this house on that matter as far as I know and certainly er if that were to be the proposal it would be objected to strenuously on this side of the house . |
| 21 | If this is to be done , despite the number who are brought up in other religions , it is reasonable to do it largely through the medium of Christianity , simply because Christianity exists as an institution in this country , and is by no means dead . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is clear that there will need to be a significant improvement in the conditions associated with part-time work if this is to be seen as a real alternative for older workers . |
| 23 | fellow interviewers if this is to be a panel or sequential interview ; |
| 24 | If this is to be the structure , it is good to go with it from the outset : once groups are established and running , you may find it difficult for group members to ‘ own ’ such a threatening idea ! |
| 25 | If this is to be your approach see pages 87–92 for the actual process of post-production editing . |
| 26 | But if this is to be called a rational method , it is so , from Stevenson 's point of view , mainly because it consists in letting one 's attitudes be moulded by rational factual beliefs . |
| 27 | Meg Dods ( The Cook 's and Housewife 's Manual , I 826 ) instructs that if this is to be kept as a cold relish the white meat and the coral and spawn should be packed " in a regular manner , in layers , or alternate pieces , so that when sliced it may have that marbled appearance , that look of mosaic work which so commends the taste of the cook " . |
| 28 | However , it does not require magistrates ( or anyone else for that matter ) to secure the information needed if this is to be done effectively . |
| 29 | As I said , whether mental confusion equals dementia , what exact degree of dependency what degree of confusion , what degree of dementia , this does n't tell you but what it does do is help to give us a picture of what is happening , not just in the local authority sector which we 've heard from , not just in the voluntary sector , which we 've heard from , but , if this is to be believed , by an even greater rate of increase in the private sector . |
| 30 | If this is to be taken seriously as meaning that through learning language , rather than geography , history or other social sciences , pupils acquire better understanding of foreign cultures , then teachers need knowledge of the relationship between language and cultural learning . |