Example sentences of "if it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would cheerfully go into the alchemy business , if it existed and made lots of money … |
| 2 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 3 | The old woman from the shop asks her if it fits and Marie does a couple of turns in front of the mirror . |
| 4 | He does n't buy the suit and then ask later if it fits and if it is what he wants . |
| 5 | No that 's what happens if it happens but how would you avoid it ? |
| 6 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 7 | In an extreme case , the LEA may intervene — if it considers that there has been a breakdown of discipline at the school . |
| 8 | The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account . |
| 9 | If it considers that a Member State is making improper use of the powers provided for in this paragraph , the Commission ( or another Member State ) may invoke an accelerated enforcement procedure against the Member State . |
| 10 | On issue , the court does not fix a return day but serves on the Crown copy of the particulars of claim , and a notice ( N 390 ) of entry of plaint , and of the effect of paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 5 ) of Ord 42 , r 6 , namely the rights of the Crown if it considers that the particulars of claim do not contain sufficient information and the action itself is stayed . |
| 11 | It also has a residual power to make an appointment if the child has sufficient understanding to give instructions himself and wishes to do so or if it considers that it would be in the child 's best interests to be legally represented ( s41(3) ( 4 ) ( a ) and ( b ) ) . |
| 12 | Thus if the goods are damaged or stolen this loss falls on the seller if it occurs before property has passed ; otherwise it falls on the buyer . |
| 13 | This is a genuine surgical emergency if it occurs and the unfortunate victim has to be whisked off to hospital . |
| 14 | Then he said : ‘ If it sounds as though I 've said that before , you 're right . |
| 15 | Branson himself said that he welcomed the ruling , if it accepted that the fare proposals were predatory , but that he was ‘ obviously disturbed ’ if the decision had been taken as a political move to stop Virgin applying in the US courts for remedies under the anti-trust laws . |
| 16 | again if you follow the manufacturer 's instructions , if it says when using this paint allow adequate ventilation |
| 17 | Thirdly , a court might decline to allow judicial review if it thought that the alternative dispute-settling body possessed relevant expertise which the court lacked ; or , fourthly , if the case raised issues which could be considered by the alternative body but not by the court on judicial review ; or , fifthly , if the alternative body 's procedure was better suited to resolving the case than judicial review procedure . |
| 18 | What may in the first instance be attributed to physical causes and treated by an herbalist may , if it persists or grows more severe , be redefined as caused by mystical forces requiring treatment by a diviner ( see Horton 1970 : 142 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 21 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 22 | Any new module needs to have a distinct identity and market — SCOTVEC feels that it would be confusing to employers to have a proliferation of modules and titles and so the Catalogue sub-committee will not accept a new proposal if it thinks that the same outcomes can be achieved by suitable fleshing-out of an existing module . |
| 23 | Children are found in need of care , protection and control if the court establishes that they are not receiving the sort of care a good parent may reasonably be expected to give and they are falling into bad associations , are exposed to moral danger , or the lack of care is likely to cause suffering or seriously affect their health or proper development , or if it establishes that they are beyond the control of their parents . |
| 24 | If it requires that the person to be taxed is resident in the United Kingdom that condition of residence would not be satisfied if one or more of the trustees is not resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | It will be incompatible if it creates or strengthens a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the Common Market or in a substantial part of it . |
| 26 | ‘ If a company is serious about stress then it has to address the issues raised , ’ commented , a chartered clinical psychologist working as a consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick , especially if it emerges that certain internal working practices and management are the major factors in staff stress levels . |
| 27 | The guard is a part of the machine , so go back and claim a new one if it breaks while still under warranty . ’ |
| 28 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 29 | IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ? |
| 30 | ‘ If it goes as we expect , then your task , when they are close enough , is to split me a way into the ranks of the two central battles of pikemen . ’ |