Example sentences of "be [conj] if [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trading implications of these partial derivatives are that if the spot price or the risk-free interest rate is expected to rise , F - S grows bigger ( that is , the basis weakens ) and , if F > S , the basis will widen ; while if dividends are expected to rise , F - S gets smaller ( the basis strengthens ) and , if F > S , the basis will narrow . |
| 2 | One aspect of microcomputers which users find frustrating is that if the school librarian or teacher has access to only one type of microcomputer e.g. a BBC-B or an IBM PC , there is no compatibility between the machines . |
| 3 | Thus the implication is that if the State Department issues a mild statement in response to an issue which is provoking inflammatory articles and speeches in the press and Congress ( for example , over the Agrarian Reform Law ) , then it is simply that the government is hiding its ’ real' intentions in order to deceive . |
| 4 | The received wisdom is that if the leadership crisis does erupt , it 'll happen this time next year . |
| 5 | Is the Minister aware that feeling within the industry and the related sales industry is that if the VAT gap between this country and Ireland and between this country and France is not narrowed significantly we could lose a considerable part of our breeding industry and our entire sales industry , which are the most prestigious in the world ? |
| 6 | 'Cos the thing about rate cards is that if the rate card is there you do n't have to go and get special authorisations or , you quote them the rate card . |
| 7 | Their view is that if the office furniture division were sold for £23m ( the amount of capital employed in the business ) , the group 's borrowings of £49m and gearing of 57% would be nearly halved ; that Athena 's high operational gearing offers scope for cost cutting ; that an expected upturn in the UK small business sector would benefit Ryman ; and that Dillons , the group 's core business , has performed relatively well , considering that around one-third of its sales are made in the difficult terrain of central London . |
| 8 | However illuminating such an analysis might be , the difficulty is that if the theory dependence of the whole notion of prestige is not explicitly acknowledged , patterns of linguistic differentiation are seen as emerging inevitably from a supposedly objective analysis of social structure . |
| 9 | The thrust of this was that if the passenger liability suits went against Pan Am , the airline would seek to recover the cost of the compensation awards from the government on the grounds that the Flight 103 disaster had been due to the misconduct of government agencies . |