Example sentences of "if it be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it is work in which we can join , the question needs to be asked : will we respond decisively ? |
| 2 | I do n't know if it is coincidence that I own a red Escort van , have canoed the Fairy Glen on numerous occasions and have had words with the café owner about car parking . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 6 | So considered as an action , Pooh 's observation will succeed if this belief of his is true : that is , if tasting what 's in the pot will in fact make Pooh believe it 's honey if it is honey , and believe it 's not if it 's not . |
| 7 | PPs at the basic level are unlikely to beat even a moderately good occupational pension scheme , and anyone in a good scheme — especially if it is inflation proofed like those in the public services — would be unwise to move out . |
| 8 | To the immune systems of the animals that it may infect , the resultant mutant virus will look as if it is rabies and so will trigger antibodies and generally stimulate immunity against the disease . |
| 9 | You wo n't have to remember if it is function key F10 , Ctrl-KD , or /Keep . |
| 10 | If it is daytime try reading a book , talking , playing cards , etc. but do not nap . |
| 11 | Does a case fall within the exception only if it is collateral in both senses ? |
| 12 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 13 | And if it is part of the head 's job to assist in that process , it should be part of the teacher 's professional equipment to respond to stimuli and opportunities to do more ( J. M. Worrall , conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | The social value attached to a salient feature — in particular , if it is part of a stereotype — may be important in determining whether or not it is accommodated to . |
| 15 | ‘ She 'll want to take a look at those eyes of yours , whether anything can be done about them at the moment or not , and even if it is Boxing Day . ’ |
| 16 | If the level of water in a cistern is too high or too low , it can be adjusted by bending the float arm ( if it is metal ) . |
| 17 | If it is selector trouble this is often possible to rectify by taking the top off the gearbox in situ . |
| 18 | Discussion and questioning will be needed to establish if it is evidence from the past , or if it is a later interpretation . |
| 19 | During the flight you are advised to sleep or nap if it is night time . |
| 20 | During the flight try to sleep if it is night time at your destination and , when it is daytime there , try to stay awake — find somebody to talk to , a book to read or watch the in-flight movie . |
| 21 | The difference in the context of carbon dioxide emissions from all sources in the economy is estimated at between 234 million tonnes if gas is the main fuel and 250 if it is coal . |
| 22 | If the cheapest supplies are from gas , they will purchase gas ; if it is coal , I would expect them to use coal-fired methods . |
| 23 | If it is allright please ask him to ring back at lunchtime when we will be in the House . |
| 24 | We should ask if it is product ( end ) or problem ( origin ) that should be seen as the generic base of what design is ' — not as a challenge to construct a dialectical , interactionist model of design activity , which takes each of these moments seriously as a necessary moment or characteristic of " what design is " , but as an affront to rationalism . |
| 25 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 26 | If it is hand operated somebody needs to be operating it and focusing on agreed events in the classroom . |
| 27 | If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement . |
| 28 | If it is power that the leading families who supply them want , why not simply distribute food to hungry people ? |
| 29 | I do n't know if it is mate cos I , I do it all the time cos yo ya , a lot of it is jumping to intimidate . |
| 30 | But if it is quality and exclusive , sport still has a place on ITV . ’ |