Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death penalty was retained for repeated murders , while a new defence of diminished responsibility , imported from Scotland , allowed a charge of manslaughter to be substituted for murder if a defendant ‘ was suffering from such abnormality of mind … as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts … ‘ . |
| 2 | AN INTERNATIONALLY important wildfowl refuge is threatened with destruction if a bill now before parliament is passed . |
| 3 | According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot . |
| 4 | Note that modules can only be entered into LIFESPAN if a Design Change ( DC ) is currently Active on the package to which they belong . |
| 5 | Something similar to this can happen in discussion if a speaker does not want to let another interrupt . |
| 6 | Why should the fact that D was engaged on causing damage to property at the time ( even damage to D's own property ) make his conduct into an offence punishable with life imprisonment when , if D were engaged on some other activity , it would not be punishable as such and would only amount to manslaughter if a death happened to be caused ? |
| 7 | After using the probe on the sheep 's belly and looking at the monitor screen , Derek can tell within seconds if a ewe is pregnant . |
| 8 | Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end . |
| 9 | The probability of smoking cessation increased by 40% if a person smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day . |
| 10 | Facing the marginal cost schedule LMC , a competitive industry produces at E. If a monopoly can produce at the lower cost LMC ' ; it will equate this to MR to produce Q M at a price P M . |
| 11 | And on the subject of conspiracies , what future does Swedish winger Anders Limpar have at Highbury if a 20-year-old from up the Piccadilly Line at Wood Green is now ahead of him in the pecking order ? |
| 12 | the name and place of the publisher and printer required by law if a publication is to be published . |