Example sentences of "be [adj] [that] if a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It should be clear that if a child is placed in an ethnically insensitive white community he or she will fail to develop the mechanisms necessary to survive in a racist society .
2 Hammond Wilde had been adamant that if a tie for first place forced a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off he would not allow the leaders to disappear out on the course .
3 It is possible that if a metaphor ceases to mean what it used to mean in another society then we should abandon it .
4 British law is clear that if a person causes an injury in this way rather than in retaliation , they can be found not guilty .
5 It is clear that if a method of examining use is to be devised which does not lean entirely upon the librarian 's judgement , that method must be sophisticated enough to take into account the many variable factors .
6 Looked at from a White House perspective , it is clear that if a president is to be effective in achieving his objectives he needs unity and discipline within the executive branch .
7 the language properly conceived , and perverse forms of speech and thought : among the vast mass of the Population , it is certain that if a child is not learning good English , he is learning bad English , and probably bad habits of thought ; and some of the mischief done may never afterwards be undone .
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