Example sentences of "if there [be] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 2 | The latter requires the agreement of both the appellant and the authority and even where this is so , the Secretary of State can decide that a hearing is desirable — for example , if there is much local feeling on the issue . |
| 3 | This similarity in the way DOS commands and programs are invoked can lead you to question if there is much functional difference between a DOS command and a program . |
| 4 | In good hot summers , dill will grow rampantly and strongly , but may need support if there is much wind . |
| 5 | If the image being decompressed contains a great deal of data , as will be the case if there is much varying information frame to frame , decompression will take longer and less time will be available for processing . |
| 6 | To quote Piesse again , " If there is much legal jargon and intricacy of arrangement [ the client ] may feel he is the victim of some art practised perhaps for the draftsman 's own purposes or at least with neglectful indifference to its effect on ordinary people " ( p54 ) . |
| 7 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 8 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 9 | This did not mean that he was above sacrificing aesthetic principle — if there is such a thing , and if he had it — to the purely partisan pleasures of Morte aux païens . |
| 10 | Northway is a typical example ( if there is such a thing ) of the little rural mills of this region , though unlike many others it is in remarkably good condition . |
| 11 | If there is such a place as an ideal situation , Donnington Brewery must surely be in it , surrounded as it is by beautiful scenery , an abundance of wild life and a remarkable air of peace and tranquillity . |
| 12 | It has come through to me as a firm conclusion that , if there is such a thing as premonition , it is something which is instantaneous — a flash of intuition … . |
| 13 | But I have sometimes thought there might be a problem in the afterlife , if there is such a thing — one hopes but I am not convinced — when one is supposed to be reunited with one 's loved ones . |
| 14 | A phone call to the local authority social services department should produce the right contacts for this , if there is such a group functioning near them . |
| 15 | If there is such a thing as the literary equivalent of an incendiary bomb , then this is it . |
| 16 | If there is such a thing as a simulation in the same relation to suffering as imagination to perception , it is in response not to a real but to a fictitious situation ; it is the emotion of the actor revelling in the part of a tragic hero . |
| 17 | The language of book-collecting , if there is such a thing , is a hotch-potch in which the chief ingredients are borrowed from the language of bibliography , borrowed , that is to say , at second-hand from the various book-productive and book-distributive trades . |
| 18 | So the third factor was friendship or , if there is such a word , colleagueship . |
| 19 | ‘ Farrah had the right abductor … if there is such a thing . ’ |
| 20 | With great difficulty I have ‘ unplied ’ the end ( if there is such a word ) and sure enough , there are four strands wound together . |
| 21 | ‘ Ambient techno ’ suggest that the label and if there is such a thing , then it 's definitely all here . |
| 22 | IF THERE is such a thing as a born artist , Joan Miro was one . |
| 23 | Effective deterrence , if there is such a thing , is just as likely to violate retributive justice and proportionality as rehabilitation does . |
| 24 | If there is such continuity between waking skills in integrating visual material and in the coherence of dream reports , why is it that " dream logic " follows rules of its own , characteristic of Bleuler 's " A-thinking " or Freud 's primary process thinking ? |
| 25 | However , if there is such a pasty , it will have one or more seats in excess of its proper entitlement . |
| 26 | It is simply because , if there is such true consent , the essential element of dishonesty is not established . |
| 27 | If there is such an outlet in the neighbourhood , it will be a more satisfactory source than a mail-order nursery , because you can see what you are buying , you can check that it is the plant as named on the label , and you can make sure of getting a strong healthy specimen free from pest or disease . |
| 28 | I can assert of the oldest tree in the park ( if there is such a tree ) that it is an oak , but I can also say of the sentence " The oldest tree in the park is an oak " that it means the same , or that it expresses same thought as , say , its French or Chinese translation , irrespective of whether it says anything true . |
| 29 | ‘ If there is such a lady , it would be enough to be friendly . |
| 30 | If there is such an emergency , why is it that there is no analogous Bill for Scotland ? |