Example sentences of "if it [is] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | They play a physically demanding pressing game which is very effective under normal conditions , but they wo n't be able to maintain the pressure if it is very hot . |
| 2 | A change in kind will always be material , e.g. from a house to a shop , but a change in degree of existing use may be ‘ material ’ only if it is very marked . |
| 3 | Is not the heat of a material thing essentially something one is aware of by touching it or , if it is very hot , holding one 's hand , or some other part of one 's body , near it ? |
| 4 | If it is very salty , pour a second lot of boiling water over it . ) |
| 5 | Yet democracy , both in ancient Greece and in the politics of the past two centuries , has never been achieved without a struggle , and that struggle has always been , in good part , a type of class struggle , even if it is very simply characterized , as it was by many Greeks , as a struggle of the many poor against the few who are rich and well-born . |
| 6 | The conclusion that DCF is correct conceptually and , contrary to the arguments of Hayes and Garvin , Hill , and others , does not have a short-run bias may not be very useful practically if it is very difficult to estimate the future benefits to be derived from the project in cash-flow terms . |
| 7 | If it is very diatonic , our memory of the tonic key is not disrupted , and so it is important to preserve correct key relationships . |
| 8 | Take care when removing the surround , especially if it 's very old , as it can be sold if it 's in good condition . |
| 9 | It works best on long , straight hair but if it 's very thick it 'll probably take your hairdresser an afternoon to do the winding . |
| 10 | ‘ Not if it 's very frightening . ’ |
| 11 | Your pistons are aluminium because you want a light weight because it going up and down , and if it 's very heavy when th the connecting rod wants to pull it back down again it will want to carry on straight out through the top of the cylinder head . |
| 12 | If it 's very dark it can have a natural protection equivalent to a SPF 15 suncream . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , ’ said Derek , ‘ it 's not even as if it 's very far away . |
| 14 | If it 's very warm and you have two bored children on your hands , send them to the bottom of the garden in swimsuits with a bowl of cold water and two plastic cups . |
| 15 | Oh another time I if it 's very very early I I wo n't . |
| 16 | If its very if it 's very plain . |