Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition GDR citizenship would only be lost if a citizen renounced it . |
| 2 | It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement . |
| 3 | It had been learnt that progress could not be made if a member state objected strenuously to a particular part of a programme . |
| 4 | In the type of market situation examined here , it can not be justified if a cost-leadership policy based on a belief in the experience curve is pursued . |
| 5 | The principle that no man can be a judge in his own cause may also be infringed if a person has so actively identified himself with the temperance cause , by his actions in campaigning against the granting of certificates , that it would be contrary to elementary justice that he should act as a member of a licensing board . |
| 6 | Both results are , of course , consistent with the competitive nature of commercial activity and can not , it is submitted , realistically be avoided if a measure of justice is to be accorded to the inventor whose endeavours remain unused by the employer . |