Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] if it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomas Tierney , a local teacher , and PRO for the group , said it was founded to enable local residents to block the proposal if it presented any environmental dangers . |
| 2 | It appears the US policy was to assist the coup if it appeared likely to succeed ; but to back away as soon as it seemed doomed to fail . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 5 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 6 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |
| 7 | What I 'm against is the inference that we do n't put any other matters erm that comes up on the subject if it arose prior to the to June . |
| 8 | Have you got a spare T'shirt to put on at the end if it gets cold ? |
| 9 | The appellate court may then make the order if it thinks fit . |
| 10 | ‘ Is there , ahem , anything in your personal life which would embarrass the party if it became public ? ’ |
| 11 | Representatives of the NAC met the Guild Council on 21 October and made it quite clear that the NAC could not continue to recognize the Guild as the youth section of the Party if it retained sympathetic affiliation to the Young Communist International . |
| 12 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 13 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 14 | If you work for a large company , with plenty of in-house techies to repair a computer if it goes wrong , or you are competent — and confident — enough to fix it yourself , then you could be justified in buying cheap and taking a risk . |
| 15 | A diagnosis of AIDS may cause a crisis if it reveals hidden sexuality or drug-using behaviours . |
| 16 | There are some newspapers which simply will not use a picture if it has any brand identification whatsoever . |
| 17 | ‘ That , ’ he said , ‘ will make it growl — it will fight a lion if it gets that down it . ’ |