Example sentences of "[noun] if it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Indeed , he points out that traditionally the IEEE has not been swayed by big name support if it feels another technology is more meritorious . |
4 | But goodness can choose to change its nature if it has true freedom of will . |
5 | A diagnosis of AIDS may cause a crisis if it reveals hidden sexuality or drug-using behaviours . |
6 | There are some newspapers which simply will not use a picture if it has any brand identification whatsoever . |
7 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
8 | Although the threat of competition from institutions offering conveyancing may have receded for the moment , solicitors must not be complacent about the threat from the institutions because the Government may again consider encouraging outside competition if it seems political mileage may be gained . |
9 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |
10 | Oxfordshire District Health Authority has confirmed it will want to buy services from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre if it achieves self-governing status . |
11 | An improvement in environmental quality is also an economic improvement if it increases social satisfaction or welfare . |
12 | Such responsibilities as education and social services are carried out by North Yorkshire County Council but could become those of Richmondshire if it wins unitary status under any local government changes . |
13 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
14 | John Redwood , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , saw no mileage in his current job as local-government minister if it meant non-stop council-bashing . |
15 | Unison will be formed next year if it gets similar backing from unions Cohse and Nalgo , and a secret ballot of the members of all three in November . |
16 | Representatives of the NAC met the Guild Council on 21 October and made it quite clear that the NAC could not continue to recognize the Guild as the youth section of the Party if it retained sympathetic affiliation to the Young Communist International . |
17 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |