Example sentences of "if [pron] believe that [noun] [be] " in BNC.

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1 If you believe that life is full of joy , then you feel happy and excited when the post arrives or the phone rings , rather than feeling fearful or gloomy .
2 If you believe that Hollis was a Russian agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw but , as so often happens in the intelligence world , the same set of facts can be tinkered and tailored with so as to fit any preconceived belief .
3 If you believe that racism is essentially a product of economic or political structures , then you will concentrate all your efforts on trying to change these .
4 If you believe that abortion is wrong for any reason whatsoever then there is no justification for the termination of a pregnancy on the grounds of identified handicap .
5 If we believe that integrity is a third and independent ideal , at least when people disagree about one of the first two , then we may well think that fairness or justice must sometimes be sacrificed to integrity .
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