Example sentences of "[adj] if the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer seems to be that this is regarded as quite proper if the advantage is mutual — possibly less so if it is not . |
| 2 | Coping strategies which are sometimes suggested , like making a mental agreement with yourself or even an actual arrangement with the other party , to stand over an arm 's length away and promise not to move from your spot , are sensible if the temperature really soars . |
| 3 | If what was a secret at the time that the contract was entered into subsequently becomes public knowledge then it would be unrealistic if the court were simply to examine the question of reasonableness at the time when the contract was entered . |
| 4 | Many of the cases involve compassionate assistance , of the kind which may be necessary and justifiable if the right to self-determination is to have any meaning for those who are weak or bedridden ( e.g. responding to a request to bring pills ) , but not all are like this . |
| 5 | It could go even more wrong if the forces encouraging lending or determining the risk of bankruptcy were to change . |
| 6 | Corporate finance that looked right under the old rules can look drastically wrong if the rules change |
| 7 | Norton SysInfo can also get the processor type wrong if the processor is older than the program . |
| 8 | A report in the weekly Moscow News did not make clear if the insurgents were Armenians or Azerbaijanis . |
| 9 | But it is not clear if the latter records indicate passage or are merely wide-scale wanderings by birds with no permanent winter site . |
| 10 | It was n't clear if the mighty Roseanne was reshaping Jake 's jawline or just being friendly . |
| 11 | But it is not yet clear if the Echo technology will be used in production release software from Apple , as there are at least two separate ongoing efforts within Apple to move the Mac environment over to the PowerPC , one using a large amount of translation , the other a large amount of emulation . |
| 12 | But it is not yet clear if the Echo technology will be used in production release software from Apple , as there are at least two separate ongoing efforts within Apple to move the Mac environment over to the PowerPC , one using a large amount of translation , the other a large amount of emulation . |
| 13 | For instance , in Sibree v. Tripp , Parke B. says , ‘ It is clear if the claim be a liquidated and ascertained sum , payment of part can not be satisfaction of the whole , although it may , under certain circumstances , be evidence of a gift of the remainder . ’ |
| 14 | In contrast , it is not clear if the basolateral membrane voltage in mammalian ( rabbit ) parietal cells reflects Cl - , K + , or both types of channel . |
| 15 | As most recorded cases of this antedate the main period of enclosures in the mid fifteenth century , it is not clear if the conversion of land from arable to grazing in the period of population decline contributed to this . |
| 16 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 17 | When gonococcal stricture involves the urethra , there is obstruction to the outflow of urine , and , instead of the normal powerful stream ( sometimes defined as adequate if the opposite wall of the urinal can be reached ) , there is a meagre dribble at best , and at worst nothing at all . |
| 18 | However , much simpler filtering is adequate if the output signal is a stepped type . |
| 19 | Among the factors which they are required to take into account in reaching a decision are the seriousness of the offence , and whether their own powers of punishment would be adequate if the defendant were to be convicted ( section 19 , Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 ) . |
| 20 | Treatment was considered adequate if the oesophageal lumen could be dilated to 15 mm and there was complete relief of dysphagia . |
| 21 | The first is that initial support of 60% is not high if the policy turns sour — if , for example , a war lasted more than the few days or weeks that Mr Bush seems to think it will take . |
| 22 | The proportion of premature births was almost three times as high if the interval was less than a year . |
| 23 | The relationship between birth interval and frequency of still births seems to resemble " U " or " J " shaped curves , inasmuch as the still birth ratio is very high if the preceding birth interval is short ( less than a year ) and decreases after one completed year up to a five year interval but , if the next birth follows only after a longer interval , the chance that it will result in a stillborn baby increases again . |
| 24 | Iran entered reservations , on the grounds that this level of overall output was too high if the reference price target was to be achieved . |
| 25 | Secondly , the transaction fees will need to be quite high if the investment made by Reuters and the CBoT/CME of between 40 and 50 million dollars is to yield a positive return . |
| 26 | Generally a place is public if the majority of the public have access to it . |
| 27 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 28 | On April 4 , the state governor , Lt.-Col. John Madaki , a Christian , was reported to have threatened to execute Mallam Yahaya in public if the demonstrations continued , and on April 17 some 2,000 protesters called for the death of Madaki . |
| 29 | The weaker the AC electric field , the longer it takes to build up the power of those ions , but the build-up is unavoidable if the particle mass , the magnetic field strength and the AC signal frequency satisfy the formula for resonance . |
| 30 | Explosions of some sort were almost unavoidable if the principle of nationality was to be extended beyond the states which embodied it in 1880 . |