Example sentences of "if the [noun] is [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the terrain is undulating it is also important to peg the net tight to the ground in the bottom of the hollows for otherwise rabbits will escape beneath the net .
2 If the air is liquid , what temperature is it going to be at ?
3 If the air is pollution-free , your consumption of it does not interfere with our consumption of it .
4 If the air is damp .
5 It is therefore important to know how well death rates indicate disease rates ; if the link is weak , this would be very significant to resource managers .
6 If the strike is off-centre , the material will not break .
7 It turns out ( though we are not going to prove it here ) that the exact shape of the current loop is immaterial ( not unreasonable if the loop is far away ) and in the general case we only need to replace unc by S , the area of the loop .
8 If the outline is firm , the reader will do the rest of the work .
9 If the expert is negligent he may be sued by either party ( Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1977 ] AC 405 ) .
10 If the hole is shallow you simply go down on hands and knees or full length , put your hand down into the hole and retrieve the line .
11 Small ones rarely cause problems , but if the hole is large enough for intestine to drop through , things could become more serious .
12 But if workmen are hammering outside your door , if the noise is intermittent and/or high-pitched , if you ca n't switch it off at will , you may find such noise psychologically distressing as well as distracting .
13 Oh yeah no problem and as Tony was saying music sessions they tend if the session is good to forget about closing time you know official closing time .
14 If the judge is right , it is an incredible state of affairs .
15 1.7 If the judge is undecided on the other evidence after he has heard both sides then the conviction is conclusive , but the judge is not precluded from making a finding of contributory negligence against the plaintiff or accepting ( in an appropriate case ) a defence of volenti non fit injuria ( Murphy v Culhane [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 533 ) .
16 It does not matter if the cartoon is insulting to men .
17 A general family of transformations — involving raising the data values to different powers was introduced as a guide to correcting straggle : if the straggle is downward , go up on the ladder of powers , and vice versa .
18 The use of the choir ( if the church is monastic ) is retained for the clergy while the pilgrims occupy the nave and transepts .
19 If the change is exothermic T s will exceed T r for a short period , but if it is endothermic T s will temporarily lag behind T r .
20 For administrative reasons it would be undesirable for base rates to change every time money market rates changed , but if the change is large enough , then a base rate change becomes necessary .
21 If the change is permanent , re-sub yourself with your new address , and write to tell me to get rid of your old address .
22 Go much more slowly if the road is wet or icy or first drive more slowly at night , remember it can be especially difficult to see pedestrians or cyclists at night and in poor daylight conditions , do not break , sharply , except in an emergency .
23 If the word is short ( i.e. less than some lower bound ) then attempt some correction .
24 Test holes have been bored to see if the land is suitable for building but no reply has been received .
25 If the land is poor , no amount of good buildings and equipment will compensate .
26 If the land is unregistered , then the contract will have to be prepared by the seller 's conveyancer in order to reflect this fact .
27 You may also take this early opportunity of preparing an epitome of title if the land is unregistered .
28 If the land is unregistered , then it is now common practice to use what is called a " Rule 72 Transfer " .
29 So erm , if you think about it , you could say well okay , if the evolution is all about survival of the fittest and if fitness means surviving longer
30 Obviously the more waste the greater the bioload and even the most efficient filtration system will not prevent changes in water chemistry after feeding , if the aquarium is overstocked or the filtration system is not yet fully-mature .
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