Example sentences of "if [Wh det] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If what is said is contradicted by what is seen — that is when the words do not ‘ match ’ the facial expression — then , to the astute observer , it is the words which will be disregarded , and what is seen will a believed . |
| 2 | However , I am assured by those who know that public persons — premiers in particular — do not become reconciled to criticism , and despite affecting not to be , they remain immensely conscious of what is being said and are troubled if what is said is not to their liking . |
| 3 | Quite apart from the fact that they would appear to be unorthodox and a distortion at its best of Christian theology , I believe it must be said of all these suggestions that , if what is intended is that they should give an equal place to women or to the ‘ feminine ’ within the Christian religion , they fail . |
| 4 | But if what is sought is merely a gross comparison between the damage of corporate and ‘ conventional ’ crimes , then the current level of official information available provides sufficient facts to get the ratio in perspective . |
| 5 | ‘ If what is written about the boy is true — if he is but a fraction as talented as is said … well , it would be a great waste to kill him . ’ |
| 6 | As the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano observes : ‘ If what is written is read seriously and to some extent changes or nourishes the consciousness of the reader , a writer has justified his or her role in the process of change : with neither arrogance nor false humility , but with the recognition of being a small part of something vast ’ . |
| 7 | A final point on this type of clause : if what is regarded as an initially reasonable figure is inserted in standard conditions and remains unchanged for a number of years it may well have become unreasonable through the impact of inflation , either in an absolute sense , or because average contract values have increased . |
| 8 | If what is proposed is not ‘ development ’ , the ‘ developer ’ does not have to worry , but not every planning officer or outside adviser always checks this first . |
| 9 | He began on a note of defiance : " If what is meant by that is that the President of the Republic has personally taken the decisions which it was incumbent upon him to take , that is entirely correct . " |
| 10 | Moreover , even if what is needed is a review of the present state of laboratory-based and clinical aspects of the new reproductive technologies , it would be more appropriate to use the resources of universities , government agencies , and professional societies for this purpose . |