Example sentences of "be [vb pp] if [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strain could , however , be eased if renewed American co-operation in atomic development work could be negotiated . |
| 2 | Position of seats can not be guaranteed but will be given if possible |
| 3 | the guardian , not so much of particular Home Office policies , as of a certain Home Office approach to life which I was convinced had to be broken if future Home Secretaries were to avoid the St. Sebastian-like fate of Brooke and Soskice . |
| 4 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 5 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 6 | The principle of induction would certainly be justified if inductive arguments also possessed it . |
| 7 | This form is to be completed if cross-reference reports on an individual entry or a range of entries is required . |
| 8 | The values of stocks held [ in Germany ] are to be adjusted if necessary to values equivalent to those if the stock were held in the UK . |
| 9 | The values of stocks held [ in Germany ] are to be adjusted if necessary to values equivalent to those if the stock were held in the UK . |
| 10 | Half-pay was to be granted to disbanded officers , to enable them to be recalled if necessary . |
| 11 | Where there is a possibility that the anaemia may be exacerbated by drugs such as NSAIDs or anti-coagulants , these should be stopped if possible . |
| 12 | There is also continuous recording of all deals so that they can be checked if necessary . |
| 13 | The litter component will also help to maintain nutrient status which can also be manipulated if careful thought is given to the mixture of species ( both tree and crop ) to be grown in juxtaposition . |
| 14 | A new sense of harmony is unlikely to be developed if bored parents have to wait endlessly in long queues to see teachers . |
| 15 | Surgery should only be considered if primary endoscopic treatment fails . |
| 16 | That could be resolved if financial insitutions were willing to invest a little more in cash dispensers in shopping centres . |
| 17 | The use of steps or step-stools by elderly people living alone is dangerous and should be discouraged if possible , as their grip and balance are often impaired ; but a one-step , non-slip footstool , with four legs and a chrome-plated tubular steel handrail at the front to hold on to , is very safe and stable . |
| 18 | A singing teacher says the problems of the world could be solved if international leaders sat |
| 19 | In an action for recovery of land , the particulars must give : ( 1 ) a full description of the land ; ( 2 ) the net annual value for rating , or , if the land does not consist of one or more hereditaments having a separate net annual value for rating : ( a ) where the land forms part of a hereditament having a net annual value not exceeding the county court limit ( see under " Limits of County Court Jurisdiction " ) , the net annual value of that hereditament , or ( b ) in any other case , the value of the land by the year ; ( See as to NAV — Chapter 29 ) ( 3 ) the rent , if any , of the land ; ( 4 ) the grounds on which possession is claimed ; ( 5 ) in a case under s 138 of the 1984 Act ( proceedings to enforce a right of re-entry or forfeiture for non-payment of rent ) , the daily rate at which the rent in arrear or mesne profits are to be calculated ; ( 6 ) in proceedings for forfeiture the name and address of any underlessee or mortgagee entitled to claim relief against forfeiture and a copy of the particulars of claim for that person ( Ord 6 , r 3(2) ) ; ( 7 ) a claim for arrears of rent and mesne profits should be included if applicable ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 20 | Other importable file formats can only be loaded from within the TableCurve environment , so suitable data need only be typed into an ascii file with a word processor or line editor to be used , and a path to any directory on the disk can be included if necessary . |
| 21 | The title must be brief yet reflect the precise area covered by the report ; a longer sub-title can be included if necessary . |
| 22 | If the bride 's mother has remarried and she and the bride 's stepfather are hosts : Mr and Mrs David Green … her daughter ( the brides surname may be included if different ) . |
| 23 | If a stepparent is to be the sole host : Mr David Green ( or Mrs Charles Brown ) … his ( her ) stepdaughter Jennifer ( again the bride 's surname may be included if different ) . |
| 24 | If the host is some other relation to the bride : Mr and Mrs James Fullerton … their niece/ward or his ( her ) cousin/goddaughter Jennifer ( Brown ) ( again the bride 's surname may be included if different ) . |
| 25 | To return to the main point : we introduced surface dyslexia as the pattern of acquired dyslexia which would be expected if neurological damage had affected the lexical procedure for reading aloud and spared the non-lexical procedure . |
| 26 | In all experiments on toroidal discharges neutrons have been observed in about the numbers to be expected if thermonuclear reactions were proceeding . |
| 27 | Or , conversely , is there positive clumping of particular cone types , as might be expected if local patches of cones were descended from a single precursor cell ? |
| 28 | An upper jaw from Samburu Hills appears to have gorilla-like morphology of its teeth combined with thick enamel , which is very much what would be expected if thick enamel is identified as an ancestral hominine character . |
| 29 | Moreover , there is little seismic evidence for the intermediate and deep earthquakes below the Himalayas that would be expected if active subduction is , in fact , occurring . |
| 30 | This rule can not effectively be pursued if strict mens rea principles are applied , however appropriate these may be to other areas of the criminal law . |