Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [conj] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Many commentators predicted that a majority of women voters , regardless of party loyalty , would be alienated by a decision to overturn Roe v. Wade , and that this could damage Bush , who believed that abortion should be available only to rape victims or if the woman 's life was in danger , and whose judicial appointments , the latest of whom was Clarence Thomas , might have created an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court .
2 Insider trading on undisclosed information causes a more gradual adjustment in share prices than if the information is made public ( Manne , 1966 , p.87 ) .
3 According to section 15 of the 1982 Act , if the union is sued for inducing breach of or interfering with contract , or for intimidation by threats to interfere with contract , or for conspiracy to commit these torts , then the act in question shall be taken to have been done by the union only if it was authorised or endorsed by a ‘ responsible person , ’ which means the principal executive committee , any person authorised by the rules to endorse acts of the kind in question , the president or general secretary , any other employed official , or any committee to which an employed official reports , but an act by an official or a committee to which he reports shall not be taken as authorised or endorsed if the official or committee was prevented from authorising or endorsing the act by union rules or if the act has been repudiated by the president or general secretary .
4 The effects of load torque and inertia are separated at the beginning of acceleration interval by allowing the motor to move several Steps with all phases unexcited ; a system with high load torque and low inertia decelerates but if the load torque is small and the inertia high the velocity remains substantially constant .
5 In addition , diagnostic delay causes considerable distress to families and may result in subsequent bitterness if the child 's symptoms are not taken seriously by family or health professionals or if a second affected boy is born .
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