Example sentences of "if it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it came to it ? |
| 2 | Would you lie low , if it came to it ? ’ |
| 3 | The EC could absorb the 16.5 million East Germans , if it came to that , more easily than it could the two countries whose applications already lie on the table in Brussels — Austria with her backward deck-cargo of neutrality , and Turkey , with her GDP well below that of Portugal . |
| 4 | If it came to straightforward riot control , the most appropriate force would probably be the 12,000-strong People 's Police Alert units , under the control of the ministry of the interior . |
| 5 | He appealed this week for last-minute talks to avert a horrific war , and his officials have implied that , if it came to a fight , Egyptian forces would not penetrate Iraq itself . |
| 6 | If it came to constitutional change , he would prefer it to involve the introduction of direct presidential elections — no doubt hoping that the first directly elected president would be none other than himself . |
| 7 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 8 | It was true that Dimity appeared to fall in readily with any of Ella 's demands , but if it came to a matter of principle , then Dimity was unshaken . |
| 9 | If it came to a straight choice between a dolphin and Henry ( and in Henry 's view things had already got that serious ) he would go for Henry every time . |
| 10 | But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed , well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon . |
| 11 | This might impede her if it came to a fight , but that was unlikely . |
| 12 | But he was not too worried ; he had had enough of worry for one morning ; if it came to the worst he would just report it stolen . |
| 13 | If it came to a straight cash contest , Blackburn can leave the rest standing . |
| 14 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 15 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Here you have the sea so I think we have ways and means of — if it came to it — of stopping them from entering the harbour landing . |
| 17 | As well as cashing in on the publicity , Hughes hoped the judge might be persuaded to grant Mitchum parole or postpone his jail term — if it came to that — until he had finished the film . |
| 18 | They 'd rather settle for a return of their money , if it came to that . |
| 19 | But if it came to an argument — well , I looked at Rich and I could n't help myself . |
| 20 | If it came to it , she would sell up and move away , taking Ben with her . |
| 21 | ‘ If that were the only stumbling-block , I 'd put all my weight behind you if it came to a showdown with the pater . |
| 22 | Even if it came to the point . |
| 23 | And you know that at the same time as you could clout them you 'd actually die for them also if it came to the point . |
| 24 | Jehan was confident that he could beat Sidacai if it came to a fight . |
| 25 | And so , if it came to that , would George , whose only worry when the tree toppled was who was going to pay for the damage . |
| 26 | I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape . |
| 27 | Mm and what would happen if it came to the end of the quarter and you had so much money accumulated to pay on your Co book , for stuff that you 'd got over the quarter , and you just could n't pay it ? |
| 28 | If it came to violence , he was n't going to do too well . |
| 29 | Susan hoped the skill would come back to her if it came to guns . |
| 30 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |