Example sentences of "if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the silicon chips coming off a production line begin to fail , ordinary optical-microscope pictures of the minute circuitry can often help to sort out what is going wrong . |
| 2 | If the terrain is undulating it is also important to peg the net tight to the ground in the bottom of the hollows for otherwise rabbits will escape beneath the net . |
| 3 | It was a relief to be on something like solid ground again , even if the terrain did resemble the jumbled building bricks of a gigantic child . |
| 4 | If the sufferer thinks and talks of nothing else , friends and acquaintances will become bored and talk to someone else , which will not help tinnitus or help improve speechreading skills . |
| 5 | Decisions regarding a move to other accommodation should , if possible , not be rushed , specially if the sufferer has recently been bereaved . |
| 6 | Decisions should not be rushed , specially if the sufferer has recently been bereaved . |
| 7 | Decisions regarding a move to other accommodation should , if possible , not be rushed , specially if the sufferer has been recently bereaved . |
| 8 | If the sufferer loses his or her employment , this may be exactly the stimulus that ultimately leads him or her to seek recovery . |
| 9 | The price paid is that the air in the lung is saturated with water vapour , which is lost when the animal breathes out ( although some will be retained in the nasal passages if the air is cooled down before it leaves ) . |
| 10 | When the Davy Lamp is taken into air that contains more than 5 per cent of firedamp , or if the air passing the lamp is suddenly contaminated to that extent , the air inside the lamp explodes and puts out the light but the mesh prevents the explosion being transmitted to the air outside the lamp Thus although the miner is put in the dark he is alive to tell the tale . |
| 11 | If the air outside is polluted , an air filter may be a useful addition to the oasis ( see p 335 ) . |
| 12 | Of course you could always just turn it off — but that 's not always possible , especially if the air pump is being used to run a sponge or box filter . |
| 13 | If the air needed clearing , then our first conversation did exactly that , for it saw each man strongly protesting his innocence and strenuously denying any involvement in the murder . |
| 14 | If the materials used to build walls , roofs and other parts of a building allow water vapour to penetrate , then condensation can occur within the structure as well as on its surface if the air 's moisture content is high and the structure 's temperature is low . |
| 15 | It is difficult to judge if the Air Force and NASA got good value for the $ 1,700 million they spent — $ 13.17 million per flight . |
| 16 | The years were long , the company was colourful , and if the air was raw , well , did n't that lend a zest of danger to the enterprise ? |
| 17 | Only a small amount of sand is sucked up if the air flow is kept low . |
| 18 | When it comes to total processing power , however , the AS/400 will always be limited by the commitment to remain air- , rather than water-cooled — despite the fact that IBM 's rivals in the mainframe world seem to be able to deliver performance matching that of IBM with air-cooled machines , even if the air does have to be gale-force . |
| 19 | Monarchs and rain do n't mix because , although the butterflies ' body fluids can be supercooled ( protected inside an insect 's body , they ‘ forget ’ to freeze even when the temperature drops below zero ) any drops of rainwater or dew on the insect 's outside will turn to ice if the air gets chilly . |
| 20 | If the air around the St Lawrence Ground is thick with optimism , the rise of Mark Ealham has much to do with that . |
| 21 | If the air becomes too humid , fungus may germinate in their stores of dried vegetable food and ruin the crop . |
| 22 | If the air is liquid , what temperature is it going to be at ? |
| 23 | If there was a tempest about — if the air felt thundery in any way — he would n't go near the bees . |
| 24 | If the air force chiefs could guarantee a quick kill and low casualties , both president and Pentagon could avoid the ‘ Vietnam nightmare ’ , losing public support in a long drawn-out struggle far from home . |
| 25 | If the air is pollution-free , your consumption of it does not interfere with our consumption of it . |
| 26 | All of a sudden she was aware of an intensity in the atmosphere , as if the air between them itself became charged . |
| 27 | If the air traffic controllers want to save a lot of anguish then they should close for the night . |
| 28 | Some years ago the technical director of Hyatt International Hotels was reported as saying that ‘ if the air conditioning works , the telephone system works and the lift installation works , there is a good chance that the hotel works ’ . |
| 29 | If the air is damp . |
| 30 | A is a criterion for B if the truth/occurrence of A is necessarily good but defeasible evidence for the truth of B , and in the absence of contrary indications sufficient evidence . |