Example sentences of "if by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if by retribution , the sick electrician made a remarkable recovery and the pumps resumed their efficient , reliable operation . |
| 2 | For example , if by trial and error I discover that one particular way of ironing a shirt results in the job being completed more quickly , the reinforcement arising from removing a noxious event ( I hate ironing ) will very likely result in that technique becoming well established . |
| 3 | The two men with whom he had shared the compartment from Moscow stood away from him , as if by choice . |
| 4 | Indeed the term polis describes a certain kind of political society rather than state , if by state we mean a structure of government . |
| 5 | If by neutralisation is meant establishing Great Power guarantees for the neutrality of states or regions , then Soviet interest in this process or regime certainly was not confined to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 6 | If by manufacture , are products produced from raw materials or by assembling purchased components ? |
| 7 | Squawking madly in what appeared to be a family squabble over the direction they should take , they suddenly closed ranks , as if by order , and formed a perfect vee behind their leader . |
| 8 | ( iii ) Conveyance or transfer pursuant to court order or by agreement — wife paying some consideration to husband ( Eg Precedents 56 and 57 ) If by order of the court ( or by agreement ) and within the provisions of s83 ( above ) then provided the certificate in ( i ) above is contained in the instrument , no stamp duty is payable . |
| 9 | As Arno Mayer ( 1971 , p. 45 ) commented , ‘ as if by reflex , the counter-revolution borrows its central ideas , objectives , styles and methods from the revolution ’ . |
| 10 | as if by way of explanation that a cousin of hers should be married to a bailiff , she now added , ‘ My cousin was very young when she married . |
| 11 | I wonder if by way of introduction , the county might wish to comment on that . |
| 12 | Erm , the other important point I think , if by way of introduction , is in paragraph two , and that is , just to make it quite clear that this is a transfer of funding where people previously went to the Department of Social Security and claimed Income Support in order to assist them in accessing services that were provided by the voluntary and private sector . |
| 13 | And , as if by way of celebration , summer 's arrived . |
| 14 | well if by way of suggestions , in , no , in a way because they are the plaintiffs |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't seek him out , but if by mischance he should loom up before me I should waggle my fingers at him . ’ |
| 16 | It only shows itself if by mischance you get two haemophilia genes , two recessives , at that point in your , in your erm you 're in very serious trouble . |
| 17 | Will the Attorney-General please assure the House that such action will also be taken against people who do not normally reside here , such as Louis Farrakhan — if by mistake he or anyone like him is allowed in — if they come to this country to try to stir up racial hatred in this decent land ? |
| 18 | If by law the monopolist was forced to charge a fixed price P C , the monopolist would face a horizontal demand curve P C E ' ; up to the output Q ' ; . |
| 19 | In another corner was an equally decrepit cabinet which displayed a handful of publicity stills that were changed twice weekly , along with the dayglo signwriting on the marquee , as if by legerdemain . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if by attack you mean kill , ’ said Rincewind , ‘ I do n't think he 'd do that . |
| 21 | If by chance there were no illustrious literary figures to listen to , everyone went to bed early . |
| 22 | They had arranged between themselves that if by chance Miriam was seen entering the house by day , she could always pretend she was visiting the dentist . |
| 23 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
| 24 | If by chance you have already visited Craigendarroch under the terms of this special invitation , I very much regret that we are unable to make the offer a second time . |
| 25 | Even if by chance we happened to conceive of just these members of the series , it is surely not in virtue of that fact that they count as correct continuations . |
| 26 | ‘ Did Pickwick sign himself in ? ’ asked Oliver , wandering as if by chance after her . |
| 27 | Unmarried nephews are spoken of , as if by chance , and the names of youthful widowers off-handedly mentioned . |
| 28 | If by chance then I wake , hot-headed and drunk |
| 29 | But if by chance some slightly tripping air should occur , then there 's a universal stamping ; you hear the entire parterre moving , noisily and awkwardly , to follow a certain member of the orchestra . |
| 30 | Sometimes he said good things as if by chance . |