Example sentences of "[noun] if [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to meet the chief constable of Essex to discuss proper implementation of section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986 in the Thurrock parliamentary constituency .
2 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase the penalties for the unlawful occupation of private or public land by traveller families ; and if he will make a statement .
3 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to visit Mucking Flats in south-east Essex , to discuss industrial growth in the area .
4 Pretending to be worried about the painters and the incriminating evidence against them — ‘ It 's very , very important for them ! ’ — Porfiry asks Raskolnikov if he has any recollection of passing an open door on the lower landing and seeing two men at work inside .
5 Go and ask mummy if she wants any tea .
6 Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ?
7 He will be able to declare a ballot void if it appears third parties have interfered by voting when not entitled to do so , tampering with ballot papers , interfering with voters or exerting undue influence .
8 Co-operative R&D may also reduce the costs of doing research if it eliminates wasteful duplication of R&D projects , and , to the extent that co-operating firms apply their research in a wider range of output markets , cooperative R&D ventures may undertake more productive research .
9 ‘ He should not , ’ I said , ‘ invite people to join a committee if he has any doubts about their integrity . ’
10 In this case the judge held that a man is not guilty of rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman who does not consent to it if he believes she does consent , whether his belief is based on reasonable grounds or not .
11 Under present law , whether a man administers a threat or not , he can be liable for rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman knowing that she has submitted out of fear .
12 If the decision applies in this context , then a defendant will be guilty of rape if he has sexual intercourse with a non-consenting woman without giving any thought to the possibility that she might not be consenting even though the risk of this was obvious .
13 The Office of Fair Trading director general Sir Gordon Borrie has warned brewers he will use powers available through the Competition Act and Fair Trading Act if he believes long-term supply agreements are being used to frustrate the loosening of the tie .
14 To serve and accept serviceof documents on the child 's behalf and to explain the contents to the child if he has sufficient understanding .
15 The G M B if it passes this motion we welcoming a proposal to extend majority voting in the Council of Ministers to new areas .
16 It is important to put a purchaser on notice that he will only get a good receipt if he pays any purchase money to two trustees or to a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) .
17 Run along to the kitchen and ask Mrs Geary if she has some bread-soda with a bit of fizz in it — we shall have fun , sha n't we ?
18 The best policies will also provide transport to another resort if yours has insufficient snow .
19 Indeed , he points out that traditionally the IEEE has not been swayed by big name support if it feels another technology is more meritorious .
20 Brightly coloured coats , shirts and trousers should be tailored to a tight fit ; an elaborately decorated scarf should encircle his waist and hold a dagger : ‘ With a monthly salary of one hundred rupees let him allot ten rupees for the belt and the embroidered badge if he spends fifty rupees on a fur it will not be prodigality . ’
21 To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he has any plans to visit Blackpool .
22 What does a claimant do then they 've got no money then for six weeks if it takes six weeks .
23 But goodness can choose to change its nature if it has true freedom of will .
24 A person who is allowed to enter one part of a building only , will become a trespasser if he enters another part " When you invite a person into your house to use the stairs you do not invite him to slide down the bannisters " ( The Calgarth [ 1927 ] P 93 per Scrutton LJ ) .
25 To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he has any plans to increase the amount of earnings disregard before benefits for lone parents are affected .
26 If the information turns out to have a quality of confidence , then there is no reason why the hacker can not be sued for breach of confidence if he uses that information or discloses it to others .
27 A diagnosis of AIDS may cause a crisis if it reveals hidden sexuality or drug-using behaviours .
28 This fellow 's excuse for putting his shovel into the public purse is that he is executive producer of the Wogan show , something he keeps to himself in public places if he has any sense .
29 It does not cover the dismissal by the vendor prior to the sale for the reason that the purchaser will either not buy the business if it contains certain employees or alternatively will pay a lower price ( see Wheeler v Patel [ 1987 ] ICR 631 ) .
30 A constable has a right to search for a weapon if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the suspect might present a danger to himself or others , for example because he was acting violently or was drunk or suicidal .
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