Example sentences of "if it [is] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is to do this in a more precise , less trade-distorting way , it is bound to be less helpful to big and efficient farms than to small ones . |
| 2 | But if it is to do with relationship it needs witnesses . |
| 3 | Not even the most centralised system of government , such as that instituted in France , by Napoleon , can entirely avoid deconcentration if it is to do its job in a tolerably successful manner . |
| 4 | But , if it is to do with that , someone or other must have a pretty good intelligence system to get on to me so quickly . ’ |
| 5 | Personally , I do not share that view but whatever the reason , stubbornness must not be allowed to succeed : the dog must do what he is commanded to do , not in his own time , when he feels like it , but immediately ; and if it is done correctly , he should receive praise and lots of it . |
| 6 | I think the solution is certainly to breed animals in zoos but , if it is done , a great deal of effort must be made to ensure the conditions in which the animals are kept are good , and there are some zoos now which are successful in keeping animals so that their welfare is good . |
| 7 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 8 | Praising people , if it is done authentically , is a behaviour which is generally welcome and tends to encourage people to do well . |
| 9 | You need to impress on him that it will only work if it is done properly — that there must be absolutely no cheating . |
| 10 | The study found that the impact of conversion on local employment is minimal , particularly if it is done by the farmer 's family rather than a local company . |
| 11 | Secular employment is as sanctified as preaching if it is done ‘ as unto the Lord ’ . |
| 12 | While it may be frowned on by purists , it is a practical way round the problem of cutting on dialogue , and if it is done with sensitivity it is not too obtrusive . |
| 13 | Releasing the emotional threads is somewhat like cutting the umbilical cord : if it is done too soon , both parties risk severe injury through loss of blood , whereas if it is left too long , it becomes an obscenity , a viscous , unnatural-looking projection of the human body . |
| 14 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 15 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 16 | Well if it 's to do with anything you 've seen here please make it in the right quarters not at me . |
| 17 | Mrs Dennison looked up from her plate a little flushed and said : ‘ I 'm always suspicious of the excuse that a sin is justified if it 's done to benefit someone we love . |
| 18 | ‘ You can get that feel with man-made fabrics too — a big well-cut , microfibre parka can be real earthy if it 's done right . ’ |
| 19 | I hate to be the party-pooper , again , but rabble-rousing sexist nonsense is not to be forgiven , even if it 's done with Blade 's A1 golden retriever smile . |
| 20 | POSC believes non object-oriented methods of integrating data can take weeks or months — if it 's done at all due to the complexity of what 's involved . |
| 21 | If it 's done properly , and I 'm not talking about fucking balaclavas and funny accents , there 's no reason why he should know who hit him . ’ |
| 22 | We either ignore it , but if it 's done in public you feel threatened , or you feel that you are showing weakness if you just ignore it . |
| 23 | Ah well it 's definitely , it 's sounds like a , if it 's doing it that it sounds like an inflammation on the nerves right enough . |
| 24 | ‘ If a child ca n't see how it 's performing , ’ demanded Mr Stannard , ‘ how 's it to know if it 's doing well or not ? |
| 25 | Into me but it 's , I do n't know if it 's doing me good |
| 26 | if it 's doing so well |
| 27 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 28 | if it 's doing that for everyone and there 's a mountain of scrap paper in there |