Example sentences of "if [pron] is [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone is screened for genetic disorders , for which there may be no cures , what are those people then to do , and who is to have access to the information — prospective employers , insurers ? |
| 2 | In figure 7.6 the capacitances to earth are represented as lumped together from nodes A , B , C and D. Notice that if nothing is done about these capacitances , they act in pairs across the arms of the bridge ; for example , the reactance of C A in series with that of C B is in parallel with the impedance Z 1 . |
| 3 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 4 | ‘ It is impossible that she can give her full concentration to this case if she is sitting under that sort of threat , ’ he said . |
| 5 | the respondent 's observations must be received at the Association 's offices within 14 days ; if none is received within this time the Director and honourary officers will have to consider such evidence as is available to them . |
| 6 | The second question was : If everything is determined by some fundamental theory , then what we say about the theory is also determined by the theory — and why should it be determined to be correct , rather than just plain wrong or irrelevant ? |
| 7 | If something is couched in general terms then it is too vague and ill-defined . |
| 8 | If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five . |
| 9 | In this calculus one combines functions as if one is dealing with algebraic quantities . |
| 10 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 11 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 12 | If one is talking about second adult rebates , of course it is true that we need to try to simplify the proposals , to overcome the administrative difficulties brought to our attention by local authority associations . |
| 13 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 14 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 15 | If it is lived in that world , the vow of celibacy witnesses to other women and indeed to men . |
| 16 | The microcomputer should have a form of security e.g. by bolting it to a desk if it is to remain in one place all the time , perhaps next to the library catalogue . |
| 17 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |
| 18 | If it is invested in physical capital for the public sector or used to retire outstanding government debt , it is not at all imprudent . |
| 19 | Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting . |
| 20 | Whatever type of path you intend to lay , you will have to give it a proper foundation if it is to last for any length of time . |
| 21 | It soon recovers its stable position if it is pushed to one side or the other . |
| 22 | In fact , the level of independence of inputs required for this sort of system to produce double dissociations is only likely to be achieved if it is composed of complementary modules . |
| 23 | Unused cement from open bags will last longer if it is transferred to well-sealed plastic bags . |
| 24 | Money supply is endogenous ( determined within the model ) if it is determined by aggregate demand and hence the demand for money : banks simply expanding or contracting credit in response to customer demand . |
| 25 | Consequently , for She may own a Porsche , the following diagram can be proposed : The relation is the same for She may leave tomorrow except that the actualization of the infinitive 's event would be future ( if it is realized at all ) : The role of the modal auxiliaries is thus to specify the kind of potentiality which the potential event expressed by the infinitive has — possibility , probability , necessity , etc. — and the type of coincidence involved here is that between an event conceived as a potentiality and the form of potentiality which it is conceived as having , i.e. between two potentialities . |
| 26 | The recipe is also delicious if it is made with smoked salmon pieces , but the trout is a little more unusual . |
| 27 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 28 | An assertion made on a stage in the context of a play will be judged by different standards from those it would be judged by if it is made in daily life . |
| 29 | A decision is ‘ correct ’ if it is made by that person within the legal system to whose opinion on the existence of fact or law effect will be given by the executive . |
| 30 | If it is based on average capital costs , it favours short-term projects and those with large initial cash receipts against long-term projects . |