Example sentences of "if [pron] [is] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So if somebody is offered premature retirement and they accept the offer , that form 's automatically sent to you you do n't actually need to apply .
2 Because it is the mating act in cats that induces ovulation , it is possible in this way to start the female cat 's ovulation as if she is carrying male sperm .
3 So if one is considering Free Range Egg production , knowledge and attention to detail at all times is vital .
4 Regional studies seem more appropriate if one is to assess colonic permeability .
5 Although surprisingly few of our colleagues have died ‘ in the field ’ , it is nonetheless fitting that field-work should have assumed the character of a tribal ordeal or initiation rite the performance of which , under appropriate conditions , is virtually indispensable if one is to gain professional status .
6 Er the other thing is if anybody 's taking premature retirement , you should also notify the Treasurers the County Treasury at County Hall , because re-employment earnings can have an effect have an effect on the erm enhancement that you receive .
7 In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour .
8 It is as well to appreciate that a body in free fall from a fixed starting event will follow different geodesics if it is given different starting velocities .
9 The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function .
10 The disciplines of active life in the sense of worldly help to others , or the necessity for study , are to be like " stikkes " laid on the burning coal that represents man 's innate desire for God and needs to be nourished if it is to provide full light and heat ( 35 – 9.397 – 449 ) .
11 Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards .
12 The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires .
13 If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors .
14 The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel .
15 He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more .
16 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 .
17 At the moment paid employment ( even if it 's making rubber ducks for export ) brings status and income , whereas work , which we all do to keep going and may well do voluntarily in our communities , carries neither income nor status .
18 It 's not as if he 's taking voluntary retirement .
19 Where 's your father if he 's seen real kangaroos ?
20 I wave some smoke away and ask if he 's selling roast chestnuts .
21 He suggested that in the days before his election Yeltsin had had to clarify and adjust his policy on a number of key issues , but commented : " If he is playing political games , then perhaps we are in for difficult times . "
22 Nor will he necessarily be able to prevent his share of the equity from being diluted even if he is offered pre-emptive rights ; he may not be able to afford to buy more shares but can not prevent the new issue being made unless he has voting control .
23 Mr Smith will need to find a few more if he is to become Prime Minister .
24 If anyone is offering decent odds it could be worth a few quid
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