Example sentences of "[noun sg] if it [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |
| 2 | Procedures for conciliation and mediation between the two sides of industry should be encouraged , and contractual relations established at the European level if it is deemed desirable . |
| 3 | He would run the United States like a business , with little regard for the Constitution if it interfered with his plans , declare martial law to combat the drug problem , eliminate Social Security or the entire defence budget if it was thought necessary to meet the government 's deficit , and remove the power of Congress to raise taxes . |
| 4 | ‘ during the hours of darkness ’ This point is proved in accordance with local custom if it is found necessary . |
| 5 | This is the haunt of the Natterjack toad , a protected and endangered species with the delightful and befitting name of Bufo Calamita — certainly it would be a calamity if it were to become extinct . |
| 6 | Erm it 's obviously right and proper that a local planning authority if it 's releasing green field sites has to justify why those sites should be released . |
| 7 | P. L. Forey offers us a somewhat smug polemic directly on this view ( ’ In itself the scenario is harmless ’ ; ‘ the cause of that ( taxonomic ) pattern if it is considered desirable to know it ’ etc ) . |
| 8 | However , the therapist must be careful not to give the client an entirely free choice if it is believed that one , or a combination , of the client 's difficulties are central in maintaining the others . |
| 9 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 10 | The Pratt Green Trust seeks to represent the interests of the churches in this area , but needs wider support from the Church if it is to make much progress . |
| 11 | Parreira , Gilmar , Calazans and many others maintain the championship has enormous potential if it was to run all year with matches just on Sundays , as in Italy . |
| 12 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |