Example sentences of "if it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have warned that private developers could agree to destroy ‘ dangerous waste ’ from throughout Europe and claimed that the council could make more than £1m a year if it modernised the Duncrue plant . |
| 2 | If it released the figures before it would be obvious to everyone that Mr Hyams ' management philosophy had been superior to that of MEPC 's . |
| 3 | And if it if it came an air raid you started scurrying to the hill to get in the tunnel . |
| 4 | Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line . |
| 5 | But he pointed out that drivers had always been liable to pay tax on their allowances if it exceeded the cost of running and maintaining a car . |
| 6 | A private firm is also trying to start a luxury train — the Occident Express , I suppose — but if it happens the fare will be over 1500 pounds . |
| 7 | They found that a severe event was of most aetiological significance if it threatened a role , person or idea to which a woman was particularly committed ( established in an interview one year before ) or if it matched a long-standing major difficulty in the woman 's life . |
| 8 | The strikes ended on Jan. 23 , the day on which the government rushed legislation through the People 's Assembly enshrining the right to strike , but obliging workers to give 15 days ' notice of stoppages , and authorizing the Assembly to suspend a stoppage if it threatened the national interest . |
| 9 | ‘ If it summoned the Ship , ’ said Gurder . |
| 10 | Though not as deadly as the sea wasp , this jellyfish can cause severe irritation if it stings a human . |
| 11 | It would seem reasonable to call a drug an analgesic for a rat if it delays the time when the rat licks its feet when parked on a hot plate . |
| 12 | A new drug could become a potential blockbuster if it treated a common ailment and generated $100m-plus in annual sales ( see table ) . |
| 13 | Britain has been muttering that if it perceives a ‘ consensus for democracy ’ in Hong Kong , it will start ‘ talking tough ’ to Peking at a diplomatic level , and perhaps even adopt the Legislative Council proposals for 1995 in the teeth of Chinese opposition and without regard to ‘ convergence ’ with the Basic Law . |
| 14 | It 's not very common during pregnancy , and even if it occurs the effect on the baby can either be slight or very serious , when it 's a tragedy . |
| 15 | The third component should be written off against profit if it represents an overpayment or transferred to reserves if an underpayment . |
| 16 | If it afforded the guardians a little light relief , the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously . |
| 17 | The House of Commons would make a great mistake if it accepted the proposition that this is the right way for it to operate . |
| 18 | Not to answer the summons made matters worse , as it had always done , and particularly if it concerned a mortgage . |
| 19 | ‘ The only reason for the Prime Minister to make a statement was if it concerned a matter of grave constitutional importance . |
| 20 | Even if it took every penny of his redundancy money . |
| 21 | Its leaders knew there was a serious risk of trouble if it took a mass march into Gqozo 's lair . |
| 22 | If it took a couple of weeks to trace and arrange to visit all the closest relatives of the victims of a train disaster , say , those most likely to become severely depressed might already have done so . |
| 23 | Because it would n't really matter that much if it took an hour for the police officer to come . |
| 24 | But even it would do itself a favour if it took the Tippex to its business stationery and removed that redundant word ‘ Centre ’ . |
| 25 | ( E.g. if fine-class phonemic descriptions unambiguously described spoken utterances , it would still be pointless to use them if it took the processor weeks to find them in the acoustic input and half the time it got them wrong . ) |
| 26 | My film adaptation of Anthony Delano 's richly comic book slip-Up ’ How Fleet Street caught Ronnie Biggs and Scotland Yard lost him ’ cost the not unastronomical sum of £600,000 to make , so should it turn out to be money down the drain the BBC will have to face some embarrassing questions about why it embarked on it in the first place if it thought the story might be defamatory . |
| 27 | In both these situations , the buyer is assured of a return of the original price plus interest and is not taking any significantly greater risk than if it made a loan secured on the property concerned . |
| 28 | Major C R Anson of Anson Airways promised to buy the prototype if it made a record flight to Australia where it would be operated . |
| 29 | So I did the CD , put it out and thought , ‘ Hey , if it sells a couple of thousand , I 'll be smiling all the way , ’ because I just did it so I could have something to hand people . |
| 30 | It may also have a capital gains tax ( CGT ) liability if it sells a capital asset in excess of its original purchase price . |