Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] if a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are agreeably surprised if a child shows a grasp of a phenomenon , such as how a machine works , which they themselves have only recently mastered . |
| 2 | Thus if at this moment someone said something to me about " that ugly little statue on your fireplace " and accompanied this with an appropriate gesture , I should have little difficulty in identifying the object to which he is referring , but identification may not be so easy if a reference is made to an object that is not accessible to immediate perception , or of which I have no knowledge whatever . |
| 3 | A language is said to be recursively enumerable if a program could be written that would print out each sentence of the language . |
| 4 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 5 | We believe that it would be more sensible if a proportion of the compensation would be met by people like pension fund managers if for no other reason that it would encourage them to er keep their own house in order erm and you know it 's not a bad er principle to operate in these areas . |
| 6 | It would be potentially embarrassing if a JS competition was won by a JS employee . |
| 7 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 8 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 9 | I would be very surprised if a property on at nine fifty would be dropped much below nine hundred because , obviously they have a , they have a certain that they need to get and I I 'd be surprised if they 'd go sort of much below fifty pounds less a month than they 've advertised it for . |
| 10 | But they can not be too remote if a school — primary or secondary — is working to a curriculum blueprint which has been sought by successive governments and if we now accept that schools have only a limited choice in any broader expectations which society imposes upon them . |
| 11 | This is especially true if a piece of evidence with a very strong and obvious bias is used , or if two contrasting views of the same event are chosen and the pupils encouraged to compare the two . |
| 12 | See Lord Wilberforce in Stenhouse and Lord Reid in Esso : " … an agreement in restraint of trade is not generally unlawful if the parties choose to abide by it : it is only unenforceable if a party chooses not to abide by it " . |
| 13 | This is further complicated if a helicopter radio with some form of collective/tail rotor mixing is used , since this will increase the tail rotor pitch to compensate for the increased power and pitch being used . |
| 14 | Balance is also important if a display is to achieve the desired effect . |
| 15 | The size and type of netting is equally important if a fruit cage is to last and serve its purpose . |
| 16 | Although no-one brought anything back to be replaced , it can happen it just is n't funny if a trick lighter fails to squirt water after all . |
| 17 | The structures must be able to withstand bad weather , including gale force winds , ensuring there is no distracting and perhaps alarming flapping of canvas on windy days , which is particularly important if a PA system is to be used . |
| 18 | ‘ Be pretty funny if a gardener 's ladder did n't have earth on it , ’ commented Cook . |
| 19 | This is very important if a UK business is to ensure that it is not charged VAT at the standard rate on the supply of these goods where the customer 's VAT number subsequently proves to be false or otherwise incorrect . |
| 20 | He specifically disagreed with Diplock LJ 's judgment in Gledhow quoted above and he particularly said that there was no such thing in this area of law as a contract which was void or invalid ab initio because an unreasonable restraint was only unenforceable if a party attempted to enforce it . |
| 21 | Herbert 's decision to take Orders was almost inevitable if a career at Court was not possible . |