Example sentences of "[adv] if it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , he says , is what the Next Steps is all about : ‘ It will succeed only if it changes the way business is done and accounted for . ’ |
| 2 | Likewise , football was to be consumed like any other consumer product — only if it offered the prospect of excitement — often as a TV spectacle in the comfort of one 's own home . |
| 3 | Resistance unity , in his view , served a purpose only if it served the interests of his " state " . |
| 4 | The first : ‘ quality is conformance to requirements , ’ means that a product or service is of quality only if it meets the customer 's requirements . |
| 5 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 6 | This is important for the biologizing of consciousness : consciousness will evolve only if it improves the survival chances of creatures endowed with it ; and it will have survival value only if it accurately reports what is actually ‘ there ’ . |
| 7 | There is the Government 's view , which seems to see a large market as an end in itself , and there is the view expressed by my right hon. Friend , which sees a large market as successful only if it improves the quality of life of our citizens . |
| 8 | Indeed reason would infer the existence of a wall , especially if the town became a civitas capital , and even more so if it became the capital of the late-formed province of Valentia . |
| 9 | So if it starts the word and you 're not sure go for a C. |
| 10 | The implications of the medical diagnosis in so far as it is likely to affect the child 's education will need to be considered and attention given to the prognosis , especially if it involves the possibility of progressive deterioration of sight . |
| 11 | Tourism is still an option , especially if it uses the farm environment , says a study . |
| 12 | Such a pretty yet elegant pressed flower picture as this one would make an ideal gift for a girl 's eighteenth birthday , especially if it matches the decor of her bedroom . |
| 13 | If the application to amend is only made at the hearing , if it will prejudice the opposing party , especially if it shifts the burden of proof it may be disallowed ( see Emin v Mustapha ( 1982 ) The Times , 24 October ) . |
| 14 | A statutory definition more restricted than existing law could also be rendered reasonably precise , especially if it abandoned the idea of public benefit and rejected many charities now falling under the fourth head . |
| 15 | If after a bite or sting the conscious level is impaired or if swelling is severe and rapid especially if it affects the mouth and throat or if breathing becomes difficult . |
| 16 | But her Pakistan people 's party must wait until tomorrow to find out if it has the power that comes with control of the key state of Punjab . |
| 17 | The result was most timely for the West Indies even if it left the South Africans in a state of some shock . |
| 18 | If the decision is illegal it can be quashed ; otherwise the court can not ( with one exception ) intervene , even if it thinks the decision to be wrong in some respect . |
| 19 | Even if it measures the use of redundancy up to ten words either side of the deletion , this is still not the same as measuring comprehension : as we saw in the Bailey and Harrison study , redundancy and comprehensibility can be very different aspects of a text . |
| 20 | It 's not very common during pregnancy , and even if it occurs the effect on the baby can either be slight or very serious , when it 's a tragedy . |
| 21 | ‘ It is a very encouraging set of measures , even if it lacks the boldness some had hoped for , ' said a spokesman . |
| 22 | Reason told her that it would be less painful to remove the bandage with a sharp tug , even if it broke the skin , than to peel it off slowly . |
| 23 | ‘ I always wanted to ease it off , even if it prolonged the agony . |
| 24 | Now they are impatient with a government that cut their pay by 10% ( even if it restored the cuts later ) . |
| 25 | Not as wild boar running free and doing untold damage to the countryside , as in Italy , France and Germany ; but as farmed wild boar which should ease your mind , even if it causes the farmers untold headaches . |
| 26 | It is fair to say , however , that this argument could be countered by the statement that the landlord should not expect the tenant to comply with unreasonable requirements and recommendations , even if it means the landlord changing insurers . |
| 27 | Bishops were unlikely to help them , for " Whatever the cost , even if it means the destruction of the church , [ bishops ] try to preserve that power and significance which prelates possessed in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries " . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , Newman 's was an important interpretation , even if it influenced the rhetoric of higher education more than the reality ( Bell 1971 ; see also Slee 's 1986 , interpretation in relation to the growth of history as a discipline ) . |
| 29 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 30 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |