Example sentences of "if it [is] really " in BNC.

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1 If it is really necessary to think of mental states as having qualitative content ( and see Dennett , 1988 , for some powerful arguments that it is not ) , then it follows from functionalism that such qualia do not have causal interactions with other mental states or behaviour and are mere epiphenomena .
2 The report of a nut of Trapa natans , the water chestnut , from Loch Ceann a'Bhaigh , S. Uist ( Heslop Harrison and Blackburn , 1946 ) would , if it is really of post-glacial age , indicate an enormous northward range-extension of Trapa ( see Flenley et al. , 1975 ) and suggest a major climatic warming .
3 If it is really from a hominid , then the date when man 's ancestors first stood up would recede by one to two million years and place the divergence between man-s ancestors and great apes beyond five million years ago .
4 The implication of this for theology is that if it is really theology , it can only take place as God conveys his own Word to us and enables us to hear it ; but the Word itself always remains his and not ours .
5 The idea is highly successful and the company flourishes , but Rachel begins to wonder if it is really possible to tell the future .
6 Woman-centred psychology , like egalitarian feminist psychology , needs to address theory if it is really to change psychological discourses of gender .
7 When you leave , when you marry Ian , I shall try to go it alone , but if it is really too difficult then I 'll get an assistant who , maybe , will become a partner .
8 I know you mean well and I do appreciate all you 're doing , but I really am in the middle of a thought and it 's very difficult for me when you keep … look , if it 's really , really important , then please do interrupt me — but only if it 's urgent , OK ?
9 Luckily , if it 's really bad no one will get to see it , except my teachers .
10 Everyone talks about Tipper Gore and ‘ Smash the PMRC ’ , but I do n't know if it 's really such a bad thing to put stickers on records for kids .
11 Of course , if it 's really painful , forget it , I 'll be fine , and I 'm writing , and if it gets a bit unlively I could perhaps find somewhere else- ’
12 If it 's really bad , make your way to Ostend and cross to England . ’
13 I mean I mean if it , if it 's really grotty I mean
14 If it 's really severe , lie as flat as you can for as long as you can .
15 Whichever wa it does n't matter if it 's really daft if you can think of some way yourself to remember it to remember that kitten has got a K and cat has got a starts with a C.
16 If it 's really so bloody important to you !
17 I feel as if it 's really deep ,
18 And then I , well if it 's really income he needs , I thought he could look at an equities portfolio for the eighty thousand , say , forty thousand in er groceries and forty thousand in pharmaceutical .
19 If your message is business ring the office — ’ he gave the number ‘ — on Monday , if it 's really urgent , you can leave a message on this machine , and if you want money , get lost . ’
20 They tell you , make up your mind or it will be too late , but if it 's really too late , we should be grateful .
21 ‘ Sometimes I wonder if it 's really worth it ! ’
22 ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’
23 If it 's really what you want .
24 Or alternatively , I mean if it 's really that important , erm and and it 's on the Friday , we we could actually send for somebody from here to come out .
25 I 'll come if it 's really necessary . ’
26 So , if it 's really going to cost me fifty pound the cubic metre to pour concrete and happen to have forty pound the cubic metre , then it 'll show up in the plan that mm , I 'm not doing to well here , because there was n't a big enough allowance .
27 And I 'll check the hot water and if it 's really sort of
28 if it 's really charred that 's a bit
29 Cos it sounds as if it 's really good !
30 I do wonder if it 's really w er I mean
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