Example sentences of "and if it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 If it curbs strikes , fight it and if it creates jobs spurn it .
2 Look for any safety warnings and if it says NOT SUITABLE it means what it says .
3 A a and if it says Intercity it then it then it really ought to be maroon or the
4 So my , my tax office is in Cardiff , now the quick way in to your tax office , where ever it is , and if it changes , is you get the telephone number , you get the reference room of Salaries or Pension Department , you ring your tax office , quote your name , the tax office reference although that 's n these days is n't important but you must quote your national insurance number , by doing that you get put through to the person who presses a button and says , oh yes you 're Mr or Mrs so-and-so , what can I tell you ?
5 The bud ( e ) has been burrowed into by the tortrix moth , and if it opens at all will be badly damaged .
6 But I 'm very young , and if it goes wrong , I can always do something else . ’
7 She could hear Mary Deare droning on : ‘ Her light is going faint , and if it goes out that means she is dead .
8 And if it goes down another one ?
9 And if it goes the other way , and he 's called guilty of murder , then , worse , he 'll hang . ’
10 So Steve and myself are er have done a done a bid that we should know today whether or not it 's going to the main group , and if it goes to the main group , there 's a great chance it 'll be accepted .
11 And if it goes more than that , I said , it can go , I said .
12 For two hours our own guns have been bombarding us , and if it goes on I shall take my company and bombard the gunner with these grenades ! ’
13 just pushing it in and and if it goes that 's it , you , you want to question every thing
14 The present drought is already one of the worst to affect southeastern Australia in that time , and if it persists until May it will match anything in the record .
15 A junior conveyancer is equally obliged to his or her own client , and if it takes that member of the profession a little longer , or if they need to consult with senior colleagues before agreeing to a particular course of action , then so be it .
16 And if it takes you a matter of seconds , you really need to address your security .
17 And if it happens , it will be the start of an avalanche .
18 Such negative marketing does more harm than good to our credibility , and if it happens again next year , we will not attend .
19 And if you turn over onto page four , and at last pick up both the graph and the figures that are shown there and if it helps members , I can also put up the figures on the I suspect not , I think there 's , it becomes a little small for people .
20 And if it stays blocking the lane , they ca n't get any more machines in . ’
21 They 're obviously going into a difficult area and if it breaks out into open conflict , there will be slight risk , but at the moment it 's fairly routine for us .
22 ‘ We now have this ludicrous situation where if a fire broke out in one end of a particular street in Prestatyn , Rhyl fire engines will go to it and if it breaks out in the other end of the street Prestatyn will go to it , ’ added Coun Edwards .
23 So if it holds they 'll replay it and if it breaks
24 The search for spirituality can become diverted also into cults or fascination with the occult , and if it avoids these dangers it can become simply another form of aesthetic experience and move away from the major religious traditions , so that the arts become a kind of substitute for religion .
25 We can only do what we do and if it rubs off , then fine .
26 In general , if one individual is able to make its future actions plainer than another and if it derives benefit from doing so ( which does not seem implausible in a social context ) , then we should expect evolutionary change in the effectiveness of such signals .
27 And if it turns out that the right mood has arrived at last , there are plenty of ideas waiting for attention .
28 He considers religion without morality to be inconceivable , and if it denies any of the virtues we normally associate with morality , such as , truth , mercy and goodness , it does not deserve to be called religion .
29 When you go into hospital the first thing they do is to stick a scalpel or a needle into the burns and if it hurts it 's not that bad .
30 For example , if the notion of human rights is a meaningful one ( itself in hot dispute ) , and if it extends to all humans , including the severely and terminally brain-damaged , then how could we logically fail to extend the notion to at least some animals ?
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