Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] [conj] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Another says that if the diner happens to put an elbow out , it can be put back at once .
2 This means that if a man is truly brought to faith in Christ , he is not dependent on human teachers to lead him on , helpful though these may be .
3 This means that if a person is threatening another 's property in such a way that he is likely to cause another to act in self defence , he commits no offence .
4 This means that if a person intends to cause a policeman to react unlawfully , and uses threats , abuse or insults in an attempt to cause the policeman to overreact , he commits the offence if the other ingredients are proved to have occurred .
5 This means that if a ruler 's commands did not deserve obedience , resistance to them might be justified .
6 This means that if a job problem arises they do not simply impose a favoured solution .
7 This means that if a reaction , in theory , can be divided up into a number of steps the enthalpy change for the overall reaction equals the sum of the enthalpy changes for each step ( see figure 5.9 )
8 In practice this means that if an order is made transferring the home , the wife 's maintenance will be consequently reduced .
9 This means that if an individual is embedded in such a network , s/he is more liable than one whose network is relatively looseknit to be vulnerable to pressure exerted by everyday social contacts .
10 This means that if an individual provides an opportunity to his trust to make a gain and the trust makes a gain the individual can be taxed under s776 .
11 This means that if the ice is not too steep then the first of the down points will come in contact as well as the front points , creating a more stable platform .
12 If we assume that the number of professional programmers , these are people who are competent to use and develop software , is roughly proportional to the number of commercial computers in operation , this means that if the trend continues , in ten years time , there will be a need for roughly a hundred times as many computer programmers than we 've got as present .
13 This means that if the cheque has been stolen or obtained by fraud , they will have to suffer the loss if they accept it .
14 Basically , this means that if the account goes into the red , you are both liable for the whole amount .
15 Effectively , this means that if the file has been ‘ cut ’ into m sections , the effective packing density of the file — from the point of view of records colliding and causing synonyms — is :
16 This indicates that if the court 's desire is to protect the public from persons who take vehicles without the owner 's consent , that is by a sense of general deterrence , then this particular criterion of the Criminal Justice Act will not be applicable The question posed for the courts must be whether taking a vehicle without consent can ever , as an individual offence , be so serious that a non-custodial sentence can not be considered .
17 S 459 of the Companies Act 1985 provides that if a company 's affairs are being or have been conducted in a manner which is unfairly prejudicial to the company 's interests , then the members may obtain relief through the courts .
18 Section 320 Companies Act 1985 provides that if a director of a company or its parent or holding company , or a person connected with him , enters into a contract with the company , under which the director or person connected with him agrees to purchase the company or assets ( other than cash ) of the company exceeding a certain value , then the contract must be approved in a general meeting by ordinary resolution .
19 This suggests that if a planning phase of speech is disrupted , then the following phase which forms part of the same semantic cycle will no longer be fluent because the prior semantic planning necessary for fluent speech has not been completed .
20 This suggests that if the Government wanted to equip all schools with a CD-ROM workstation , it would need to spend over £300 million — an unlikely prospect at anytime but more especially in the ‘ value for money ’ 1990s .
21 As noted above , the decision in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 shows that if a person settles claims without relying on their standard terms , those terms may be judged unreasonable and the person may be prevented from relying on them .
22 and what that means that if an organization which has not sponsored something in the arts before decides to do so the government will give a similar amount of money er at a lower ceiling of a thousand and up to a maximum of forty thousand was it ?
23 Section 1 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 specifies that if an instrument is to be a deed , this must be clear on the face of it , and that the requirement for individuals to seal is abolished .
24 But the Wills Act 1968 provides that if a will is already duly executed with two other qualified witnesses , the attestation of any person who would have been caught by this rule must be disregarded .
  Next page