Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to meet the chief constable of Essex to discuss proper implementation of section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986 in the Thurrock parliamentary constituency . |
2 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase the penalties for the unlawful occupation of private or public land by traveller families ; and if he will make a statement . |
3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to visit Mucking Flats in south-east Essex , to discuss industrial growth in the area . |
4 | Go and ask mummy if she wants any tea . |
5 | He will be able to declare a ballot void if it appears third parties have interfered by voting when not entitled to do so , tampering with ballot papers , interfering with voters or exerting undue influence . |
6 | Co-operative R&D may also reduce the costs of doing research if it eliminates wasteful duplication of R&D projects , and , to the extent that co-operating firms apply their research in a wider range of output markets , cooperative R&D ventures may undertake more productive research . |
7 | ‘ He should not , ’ I said , ‘ invite people to join a committee if he has any doubts about their integrity . ’ |
8 | In this case the judge held that a man is not guilty of rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman who does not consent to it if he believes she does consent , whether his belief is based on reasonable grounds or not . |
9 | Under present law , whether a man administers a threat or not , he can be liable for rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman knowing that she has submitted out of fear . |
10 | If the decision applies in this context , then a defendant will be guilty of rape if he has sexual intercourse with a non-consenting woman without giving any thought to the possibility that she might not be consenting even though the risk of this was obvious . |
11 | The Office of Fair Trading director general Sir Gordon Borrie has warned brewers he will use powers available through the Competition Act and Fair Trading Act if he believes long-term supply agreements are being used to frustrate the loosening of the tie . |
12 | Working within this international world it is , of course , a great help if one speaks several languages , but my own experience has been that it is not the ability to speak another language , rare enough this essential tool of international business is amongst British people , but the experience of having lived and worked with people in another country which is the decisive factor . |
13 | To serve and accept serviceof documents on the child 's behalf and to explain the contents to the child if he has sufficient understanding . |
14 | It is important to put a purchaser on notice that he will only get a good receipt if he pays any purchase money to two trustees or to a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
15 | The best policies will also provide transport to another resort if yours has insufficient snow . |
16 | Indeed , he points out that traditionally the IEEE has not been swayed by big name support if it feels another technology is more meritorious . |
17 | Brightly coloured coats , shirts and trousers should be tailored to a tight fit ; an elaborately decorated scarf should encircle his waist and hold a dagger : ‘ With a monthly salary of one hundred rupees let him allot ten rupees for the belt and the embroidered badge if he spends fifty rupees on a fur it will not be prodigality . ’ |
18 | But goodness can choose to change its nature if it has true freedom of will . |
19 | A person who is allowed to enter one part of a building only , will become a trespasser if he enters another part " When you invite a person into your house to use the stairs you do not invite him to slide down the bannisters " ( The Calgarth [ 1927 ] P 93 per Scrutton LJ ) . |
20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he has any plans to increase the amount of earnings disregard before benefits for lone parents are affected . |
21 | If the information turns out to have a quality of confidence , then there is no reason why the hacker can not be sued for breach of confidence if he uses that information or discloses it to others . |
22 | The point implicit in the hon. Gentleman 's question is : what is the point of putting up the top rate of tax if one raises less revenue ? |
23 | A diagnosis of AIDS may cause a crisis if it reveals hidden sexuality or drug-using behaviours . |
24 | It does not cover the dismissal by the vendor prior to the sale for the reason that the purchaser will either not buy the business if it contains certain employees or alternatively will pay a lower price ( see Wheeler v Patel [ 1987 ] ICR 631 ) . |
25 | A constable has a right to search for a weapon if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the suspect might present a danger to himself or others , for example because he was acting violently or was drunk or suicidal . |
26 | Freedom of expression was treated in the same way : ‘ Any man may … say or write whatever he likes , subject to the risk of , it may be , severe punishment if he publishes any statement ( either by word of mouth , in writing or in print ) which he is not legally entitled to make ’ . |
27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss commuter services in north-west Kent ; and if he will make a statement . |
28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to appoint a rail ombudsman to investigate customer concerns . |
29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to accelerate the proposed work on the A13 between the M25 and outer London . |
30 | There are some newspapers which simply will not use a picture if it has any brand identification whatsoever . |