Example sentences of "if it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Will he support the Federal Reserve if it again becomes necessary to douse the embers of inflation ?
2 You can reinforce the message by holding the leash close to the ground which will make it harder for the dog to stand up if it persistently tries to do so .
3 Neither politicians at court nor governors in the colonies were expected to live on their salaries ; having outside interests would not cause any trouble if it simply supplemented their salaries , though it would be used as an additional reason to attack them if they followed policies the king disliked .
4 Rehydration can occur within four hours if the spadefoot is in water , but it can also take place , albeit more slowly , if it simply sits in or on damp soil .
5 If it simply goes back to the parliament 's corridors , lots of hard work will be wasted . ’
6 Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist .
7 This is obviously a wrong maxim , he points out , if it simply commends doing what one is most inclined to do .
8 Mass education will be of little value if it simply increases the number of people who are pursuing their own selfish ends .
9 As with any other expert 's report the accountant 's report will have to be disclosed as a condition precedent to calling him : the defendant 's solicitor will be entitled to object to the expense of such evidence if it simply deals with calculations the plaintiff 's solicitor could make himself .
10 If Michael Ryan is n't around , if it simply looks impossible , the whole thing , I 'm on the next boat back to Belfast and over the border and safe in Dublin before you know it . ’
11 Even if it eventually transpires that the Lorenz equations do not satisfy the conditions necessary to justify the rigorous analysis ( but see { 33 } ) , it is none the less true that a great many ( infinitely many ) homoclinic orbits do occur in the system though perhaps not distributed densely through all r-intervals .
12 For example , one of the galleries might want the Picasso if it also gets the Cezanne but not the Turner ; but it would not insist on the Picasso if it got the Turner ; but would want both if it did not get the Cezanne .
13 If it also represented self-confidence , Ken would have been a happy man .
14 Great suffering is usually identified with unhappiness for most people , if it also generates feelings of hopelessness , meaninglessness and despair .
15 A fall in oil prices lowers all energy prices and encourages economic growth but if it also re-establishes the dependence which made the two oil shocks so effective in curtailing growth , then nothing useful has been achieved .
16 But this is hardly a convincing argument when produced by an organisation that collects some £130 million , even if it also proposes to give those of its members whose works are performed outside ‘ significant venues ’ a flat fee of £75 a year .
17 It may mean changing your own procedures , but if it also means changing your bank balance for the better it may be well worth it .
18 The Empire army may include the Tzarina if it also includes at least one unit of Kislev troops .
19 A business which wishes to exclude liability vis-ρa-vis its business customers therefore needs two different sets of terms , if it also deals with consumers .
20 Your detector will periodically switch itself off and on if this happens , and this can be very annoying … particularly if it automatically tests the batteries each time it comes on !
21 For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified .
22 If an SFA member which has private customers is itself asked to agree to be a market counterparty of another SFA member , it can agree only if it reasonably believes that its own customers will still be protected .
23 The positioning of the reference card does need to be fairly accurate if it nearly fills the space allotted .
24 The use of OPENOUT destroys the contents of the file if it previously existed .
25 And patting the horse , even if it completely ignores us , releases our tension .
26 Knowing where to look can be a danger if it completely stops us from looking elsewhere as well .
27 B : Oh he got a fine If it later transpires that Harry got a life sentence too , then B ( if he knew this all along ) would certainly be guilty of misleading A , for he has failed to provide all the information that might reasonably be required in the situation .
28 The problem can be partially overcome if the bat beams the sound by means of the equivalent of a megaphone , but only if it already knows the direction of the target .
29 The offeror may consequently be able to offer shareholders " roll-over " tax relief if it already holds , or will in consequence of the securities exchange hold , more than 25 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the target ( see para 23.2.1 below ) .
30 If it already runs a back to nursing course then it will also have established a policy geared towards attracting you back to work .
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