Example sentences of "if there [vb mod] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The idea dates from the 1950s , when it looked as if there would be plutonium left over from the fast-breeder reactors that were being planned — reactors which could produce more plutonium than they consumed .
2 It all seemed a bit twee ; I wondered somewhat cynically if there would be signs saying Does and Bucks on the dormitory doors . )
3 It would suit the purposes of the programme if there would be snow on the ground when the film unit arrived in November .
4 I was just wondering if there would be time to fetch you down here before lunch .
5 Pushing its head out of the way , I thrust the flambeau into its stall , to see if there might be kerosene or paraffin stored there , or at least a good stack of hay .
6 If there can be difficulties in finding the main entrance then make the erection of helpful direction signs a priority .
7 If there must be compromise because people are divided about justice , then the compromise must be external , not internal ; it must be compromise about which scheme of justice to adopt rather than a compromised scheme of justice .
8 If there should be trees out there , swaying in the wind , then he would know that he had lost all sense of time and place and personal identity .
9 He never knew if there should be carbon there or not .
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