Example sentences of "if [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If properly fitted to the shaft the boot has a long life . |
| 2 | Service of a notice of severance ( see Precedent 12 ) would appear to be effective to sever the joint tenancy if properly addressed to the other joint tenant and received at the property concerned . |
| 3 | From the moment children leave the cosy nest of home , even if only to go to nursery school , parents lose the power to choose and control all their children 's friendships . |
| 4 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 5 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 6 | I look forward to the day when we do have a regional tier of government , and erm , a very prominent local politician , not of my party , told me in confidence , that he believes that erm , there will be a regional tier of government sooner or later , if only to react to the pressures from Europe . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Joe ; for the last time , why do n't you come home with me , if only to prove to Alice you 're still on the station . |
| 8 | ‘ R ’ — if only replied to SPRs are to be included , |
| 9 | The Hotel Proprietors Act of 1956 defines a hotel as ‘ an establishment offering food and drink and sleeping accommodation if so required to any traveller who appears able and willing to pay for services and facilities provided ’ . |
| 10 | The most spiritual person , if not called to the group by God , can be a source of disunity . |
| 11 | ‘ For the purposes of all legal proceedings any question as to the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties , or as to the validity , meaning or effect of any Community instrument , shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) . ’ |
| 12 | Section 3(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 expressly provides that the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties ‘ shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) ’ . ’ |
| 13 | All this may seem cut and dried , and potentially restrictive , if not damag-ing to the interests of the Plantagenet king-duke of Aquitaine . |
| 14 | Top notes are , however , very exciting if not used to excess ! |
| 15 | This form of aggression , if not leading to an outright kill , can easily stress the attacked coral or anemone and cause them to bleach and eventually die . |
| 16 | Broadly contemporary with these radial designs is a trend towards simple , geometric representation of a character which , if not restricted to the region , is particularly well exploited here . |
| 17 | They were both gazing out of the window like homesick boys , as if desperately wishing to be elsewhere . |
| 18 | But if it , obviously that bill increases if more add to it . |
| 19 | A diet which is bizarre or extreme may bring about weight loss if strictly adhered to but , as the brain draws on its reserves to make up for the deficiency in vital nutrients , the dieter is likely to become edgy , easily upset and to experience difficulty in making decisions . |
| 20 | The ‘ crisis ’ is now a crisis for at most two or three large US banks , which have good reason to believe they can count on government help if worse comes to worst . |
| 21 | Stability : if well pegged to the ground tent is unmoveable . |
| 22 | If fully connected to a vision of an economic future that is ambitious , is shorn of complacency and seized of the danger of failing to compete internationally , it would be instrumental in revitalising our prospects . |
| 23 | as if about to go to school . |
| 24 | If this could happen with the CEDA merely exerting pressure upon the government from outside , the Socialist and Republican left wondered , what would the CEDA do if actually admitted to the cabinet ? |