Example sentences of "[adj] if [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , we will need something like this if travel to other stars , let alone to other galaxies , is to be a practical proposition in the future . |
| 2 | What good is this if core tasks cease ? |
| 3 | Next to it he had written : ‘ Use this if golf joke goes well ! ’ |
| 4 | We are not aware of any such evaluation in progress , in Britain or the United States , and it will be increasingly difficult to undertake this if screening is adopted as part of clinical practice . |
| 5 | It would only be possible to say this if assertion ( b ) were known to be true , and that all those who never consulted analysts and therapists were ‘ normal ’ . |
| 6 | If , as Goldstein and Cuttance ( 1988 ) assert , the best single indicator of a pupil 's future success in examinations is her/his ability at intake , it is essential to do this if exam results are to be used to compare schools . |
| 7 | The Orc Boar Boyz option really does commit you to the attack , and things can go wrong if animosity strikes or if the supporting troops do n't perform up to par . |
| 8 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |
| 9 | Losses would be twice as high if energy producers imposed a carbon tax and kept the revenues for themselves , or if a tax were levied by a world agency which then shared out the revenue in proportion to each region 's population . |
| 10 | Their power can be considerable , and knowledge of them is sometimes painful if attention is drawn to them . |
| 11 | Fellatio ( kissing , licking or sucking a man 's penis ) is risky if semen or pre-cum ( a light fluid which is secreted before a man ejaculates ) gets into cuts or sores in the mouth . |
| 12 | Would n't it be so much easier if money was ‘ on tap ’ for us to use whenever we like . |
| 13 | All the characters would find decisions much easier if evil were unquestionably either just Boethian or else just Manichaean . |
| 14 | This point helps to explain why there do not appear to have been many actual dismissals for pilferage ( we assume that we would have been told if there had been an abnormally high incidence of these ) , but we would still have expected there to be some if pilferage has been common , particularly since store security is not under Fred 's control . |
| 15 | Thus , assuming that a single 65W tube costs £2 , the expected hourly depreciation cost over its expected lifetime is 0.027ph-1 ; this compares with the energy consumption of 0.21ph-1 if electricity is charged at 3.2pkWh-1 . |
| 16 | One fifth of England will have been lost to urban sprawl by 2050 if development continues at the present rate , according to the Council for the Protection of Rural England . |
| 17 | One 60-year-old campesina woman felt that her life would have been very different if family planning had been available in her day : |
| 18 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
| 19 | Of the non-participating countries ( i ) the Greek government announced on July 12 , 1990 , its intention to do so in 1993 if government fiscal measures were successfully implemented ; ( ii ) the Prime Minister of Portugal , Aníbal Cavaço Silva , was known to favour early participation in the ERM although there was division within the government as to the exact timing ; and ( iii ) the United Kingdom government had declared its intention to join the ERM but had not given any commitment as to when . |
| 20 | Irrespective of this , theories and assumptions must be stated and analysis be rigorous if progress is to be made . |
| 21 | It would be intriguing if orientation detectors play the same fundamental role in the pattern perception of mammals and of insects . |
| 22 | A close working relationship is crucial if policy is to develop smoothly and clearly . |
| 23 | Do n't take everything out of the freezer until you need it because partially defrosted food can be dangerous if refrozen . |
| 24 | There is some support for the proposition that such a loan , if made to a person fully capable of repaying the same and , for instance , charged against property in the United Kingdom , gives the taxpayer minimal benefit from the case of O " Leary v McKinlay [ 1991 ] STC 42 where Vinelott J at p51 , dealing with a Schedule E beneficial loan , stated the following : If an employer lends money to an employee free of interest or at a favourable rate of interest and if the employee is free to exploit the money in any manner he chooses his employment can not be said to have been the source of the income derived from the exploitation ; the employer is the source of the money and the taxpayer is assessable to tax under Sch E on the benefit to him of obtaining the loan on the terms on which the loan was made ; but if the loan is repayable on demand that benefit can not be quantified and form the basis of an assessment under Sch E. It is arguable if property is held by a non-resident trust for A for life and B absolutely that if the trustees lend money to A at interest then if A allows the trustees not to pursue him in his capacity as borrower for the interest that no benefit will arise . |
| 25 | No fee is payable if request for search is made by post . |
| 26 | ( 6 ) Interest payable if completion is delayed . |
| 27 | Speaking at the launch of the MRC 's annual report , Dr Johnson said the consequences for infertility treatment were serious if research was banned . |
| 28 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 29 | But that list is very far from being exhaustive and does not touch on the much wider range of topics possible if aquarium facilities are available . |
| 30 | A rational and constructive debate on animal research will only be possible if animal rights groups such as BUAV stop using misleading propaganda . |