Example sentences of "if one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If one aphid multiplied at this rate for 1 year ( 52 weeks ) how many aphids would be produced ?
2 However , if one error is fatal , two can not be worse , so by causing a recombination element R has given itself an evens chance of survival , whereas without recombination it had none .
3 Would a rescuer be denied an action on the ground of ex turpi causa , e.g. if one burglar was injured attempting to assist another who had been placed in danger by the dangerous condition of the house they were breaking into ?
4 If one strand of Reagan 's economic strategy — deregulation — was pursued principally by administrative means , a second — the establishment of a sound monetary policy — was , in the main , beyond the executive branch 's sphere of influence .
5 If one edge looks looser ( or higher ) than the other , stop and check the comb .
6 Thus , it does not follow that if one foot is in the training strap , the other must use the front high wind strap .
7 But from Ferrari 's point of view , this must have seemed like grave disrespect : if one legend runs a company , it has an inbuilt interest in creating accompanying , subsidiary legends .
8 But this season we are sticking together , keeping our discipline and if one goal is enough , so be it . ’
9 If one part of the bay could support a certain amount of aquatic life , then why should n't other parts be able to do the same ?
10 ‘ But if one part of the pie is rotten , ’ he concluded , ‘ how do you know the rest is true ?
11 RUDOLF Diesel 's patent may be 100 years old , but if one company could be said to have re-invented the concept in recent years for the small hatchback it must be Volkswagen .
12 If one company is not competitive enough , another is likely to pick up its business and the ailing firm is left to secure its own survival .
13 First , if one company has an inspired management team it may be more productive to allow this team to run both businesses .
14 So we suggested that for the production phase it might be better if one company was to build one wing and the other company the other er and that 's .
15 The increased probability of recall of " concrete " as compared with " abstract " words is thus due to the availability of two codes as compared with one ; if one system fails , the other may succeed .
16 If one case gets lost , disaster is minimised
17 As one respected Republican leader put it , " McCarthy should keep talking and if one case does not work out he should proceed with another . "
18 because if one division , we know how many , each d i if we 've got for each division the number of agreements , the number of sessions , the number of staff we 've got three common factors , different numbers obviously
19 If one surface , A , is closer than another , B , then the image of A relative to B on the retina of the right eye is slightly to the left of the image on the left retina .
20 If one firm takes a stand against an accounting treatment that other firms allow , that firm will be at a competitive disadvantage .
21 If one firm believed that the other would bid according to the agreement , it is in its interest to bid slightly more than £10 an acre for the entire acreage .
22 What happens if one firm refuses to sign a report ?
23 If one interpretation of the social contract was that it promised the development of the ‘ social wage ’ of state benefits and services in exchange for sacrifice on the side of wages and salaries , this became increasingly problematic after the government turned to the International Monetary Fund to help finance the balance of payments and bolster the pound .
24 how can he have VD if one bollock 's in the Albert Hall ?
25 As it was difficult to know if one artefact or site was earlier or later than another , there was rarely any way of even estimating the time that had elapsed between the occupation of different sites , or parts of the same site .
26 If one pit had a bad patch another pit would cover it , th them days have gone now it 's er one pit against another .
27 did the Consultant have difficulty here I suggest but if one giver of strategy is demolished by public consultation then that 's fortunate but in the second demolish then your whole strategy tumbles down .
28 In these two examples , the first would be slightly under-hedged if one contract was written against 1000 shares and in the second case over-hedged as two contracts might be written against each 1000 shares held .
29 If one activity needs to be very closely content-focused ( maybe , for example , at the opening of the topic where the children are put clearly in the picture as to what the topic is to be about ) , another needs to be constructed to allow pupil exploratory work .
30 If one activity is not taxed and everything else is , resources tend to shift to that activity in excess of what would happen if people had free choice .
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