Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books may also be withdrawn if their content becomes out-of-date even though they are still being used . |
| 2 | Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government . |
| 3 | Two local union members , and a district union official employed by the union , threatened BOAC that labour would be withdrawn if R were not removed within three days as required by a resolution passed at a members ’ meeting . |
| 4 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 5 | In the former case there is no express threat of proceedings to be withdrawn if the defendant pays up promptly because he believes himself to be liable . |
| 6 | However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders . |
| 7 | On April 20 , however , Angolan radio warned that the government delegation might be withdrawn if UNITA continued " to intensify its military actions " . |
| 8 | However , " viewers ' religious feelings " were to be respected by both public and private broadcasting and a licence could be withdrawn if programmes threatened " national culture or state security and defence " . |
| 9 | No one can be healed if at one level ( often on an unconscious level ) they do not wish to be healed , or if they can not trust , or let go of any fears that may be blocking the flow of healing energies . |
| 10 | Polythene bags should be perforated if used |
| 11 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 12 | It would be diagnosed if the person complains of or shows such things as : poor appetite and weight loss ; disturbed sleep pattern ; loss of energy and an inability to experience pleasure ; feelings of guilt and self-reproach ; difficulty in concentrating ; suicidal thoughts ; and behaviour that is very greatly slowed down or , alternatively , agitated and restless . |
| 13 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 14 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 15 | Similarly , I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion . |
| 16 | How would the algorithm need to be altered if numbers were stored in fractional form ( as in problem 2.2 ) ? |
| 17 | Does the Minister agree that that — and the practice of sending vexatious summonses to people who have paid their bills , and who are being forced to pay £12 a head for the privilege of receiving such a summons — must be altered if people are to have any confidence in the system ? |
| 18 | First , it failed to take account of the fact that British industry at the time was undergoing traumatic upheavals and that the impact of this upon firms had to be recognized if the need to decentralize in the first place was to be understood . |
| 19 | If a summons has not been served , it may be amended if the plaintiff files an amended request " notwithstanding that the amendment consists of the addition or substitution of a defendant " . |
| 20 | Even for this latter , the standard formulae must be amended if φ is anything over , say , 0.1 . |
| 21 | Remember too that in times of industrial strife the photograph could be blacked if the photographer is not an NUJ member . |
| 22 | The strain could , however , be eased if renewed American co-operation in atomic development work could be negotiated . |
| 23 | According to Bundesbank officials , they first suggested on September 11 that Britain 's problems would be eased if the pound shifted its position inside the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 24 | The growth of quangos fits in with the idea that the burden on ministers could be eased if government departments concentrated on the development of policy and ‘ hived off ’ large blocs of routine administration . |
| 25 | By the end of 1944 Morgenthau seemed persuaded that the task would be eased if Britain were to serve as a junior partner in pursuit of these objectives . |
| 26 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 27 | It should never be undertaken if in any doubt . |
| 28 | No political action may be undertaken if it makes a difference to the likelihood that a person will endorse one conception of the good or another , or to his chances of realizing his conception of the good , unless other actions are undertaken which cancel out such effects . |
| 29 | Data-gathering should only be undertaken if we intend to act upon the information which has been accumulated . |
| 30 | Photography is extremely expensive and should only be undertaken if it is necessary — which is not the same as being marginally useful or pleasant . |