Example sentences of "if it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new drug could become a potential blockbuster if it treated a common ailment and generated $100m-plus in annual sales ( see table ) . |
| 2 | Its leaders knew there was a serious risk of trouble if it took a mass march into Gqozo 's lair . |
| 3 | Fortunately , one or two civil servants realise that the government could build up trouble if it allows a whole generation to grow up with a dislike for nuclear weapons . |
| 4 | She screwed up her face at the name as if it left a nasty taste in her mouth , adding : ‘ Ca n't abide that man . |
| 5 | The Whitbread brewing group was ruffled by stories it would be forced , under US legislation , to sell its US drink importing operations if it continued a trans-Atlantic restaurant build-up . |
| 6 | She cut another cross , wondering vaguely if it had a religious significance . |
| 7 | It 'd be really awkward having a name like that if it had a short neck . ’ |
| 8 | For the present , in the daytime , he was abruptly fed up with the lot : himself , his insufficiency , the toll that his financial state seemed to be taking of his wife , and the colossally polite head of his stepson , hanging over him now as if it had a miniature keg of brandy around its neck . |
| 9 | There was something funny about it , as if it had a deliberate mistake you were supposed to spot or something . |
| 10 | It achieved this , he noted , by pretending to be injured , dragging itself along the ground as if it had a broken wing . |
| 11 | Yeah but this this this dog will only drink it if it had a little bit of lemonade in . |
| 12 | If it becomes a major instrument for redistribution of income then it is involved in the political arguments over equality and social justice as well as in meeting basic need . |
| 13 | There is little agreement on the ethics of recording without permission in situations like these , but Labov 's general principle seems to offer a sensible guideline ; it is that the researcher should ‘ avoid any act that would be embarrassing to explain if it became a public issue ’ ( Labov 1981 : 33 ) . |
| 14 | BRITAIN could face a decade of high unemployment if it became a full member of the European Monetary System without a sharp fall in the pound , according to a pressure group , the Campaign for Work . |
| 15 | BRITAIN could face a decade of high unemployment if it became a full member of the European Monetary System without a sharp fall in the pound , according to a pressure group , the Campaign for Work . |
| 16 | In May a former deputy director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency said that the USA would be violating the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile ( ABM ) Treaty if it deployed a newly-tested missile tracking device as part of its " Star Wars " defence system . |
| 17 | If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated . |
| 18 | If it involves a specific effect , like graduated colours or 3D , it 's better to pay for the features than to come up with a make-do solution . |
| 19 | Pentrite can explode without a detonator if it receives a severe blow or strong friction . |
| 20 | Coaxing is another and sycophancy is another — you put your own interpretation on it but if it gets a good show , then it 's all a matter of semantics . |
| 21 | If it gets a bad reputation , people wo n't come and they will suffer . |
| 22 | A theory is a good theory if it is an elegant model , if it describes a wide class of observations , and if it predicts the results of new observations . |
| 23 | But the OFT could outlaw the plan if it uncovers a back-door deal between the banks to penalise customers who stay in the black . |
| 24 | That is , a question involving calculation was deemed to be practical only if it involved a real-life situation . |
| 25 | The emancipators thought a commune could serve administrative and judicial purposes only if it embraced a coherent area of peasant settlement . |
| 26 | It was held that ‘ an act of the parties or … an act of the courts ’ was necessary to revoke consent , and it was suggested that an agreement to separate , particularly if it included a non-molestation clause , would suffice . |
| 27 | It 's not a sum you 'd throw away ; but you 'd be happy if it bought a new handbag , a train fare to London or a tankful of petrol . |
| 28 | In general , a newly proposed theory will be acceptable as worthy of the consideration of scientists if it is more falsifiable than its rival , and especially if it predicts a new kind of phenomenon not touched on by its rival . |
| 29 | Never allow a water pump to suck in air if it feeds a long length of pipework to a system of tanks or ponds . |
| 30 | The cases perhaps support the principle that an alternative remedy will oust judicial jurisdiction if it performs the same function as the available judicial remedy ; but if it performs a different function , the court will have a discretion to refuse a remedy . |