Example sentences of "if it [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 2 | Clearly the maintenance of discipline within a school is in all pupils ' best interests if it helps produce an environment conducive to learning , and it seems appropriate to leave with teachers the decision of how to achieve that objective , acting on the guidance provided by HMI , the Elton Report and so on . |
| 3 | Growling like a mother cat may make a cat owner feel ridiculous , but if it helps to restrain a cat from tearing at a valuable chair , it is well worth a try . |
| 4 | And even if it does capture a market , there is always the risk it may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals , such as tempeh and tofu , once the initial suspicions of meat alternatives are overcome . |
| 5 | See Dentdale in summer when the hay meadows are on fire with wild flowers and the roadsides are crowded with the pale lilac of the bell flowers and you will find it hard to disagree with one early writer 's description of Dentdale as " an earthly paradise " , even if it does have a vampire buried in its churchyard . |
| 6 | I mean it is , it is ridiculous because we 've had that November party down there , and if it does need a bit of planning , you just put the heat on a bit early anyway |
| 7 | ‘ And do n't want to , ’ she said coldly , ‘ if it involves playing a bit-part in your tortured and tangled love-life . ’ |
| 8 | But this is a plot development — the plot development — and , if it involves turning a couple of Aled Jones types into Oliver Reeds , why let logic get in the way ? |
| 9 | If it fails to provide a justification for its actions , proceedings will open in the European Court . |
| 10 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 11 | If it fails to contain a panacea we will be back into Europe with the begging bowl . |
| 12 | But despite this general rule Parliament can if it wishes confine a decision on a question of law to a particular inferior court and provide that the decision shall be final so that it is not to be challenged either by appeal or by judicial review . |
| 13 | See if it 's got a scale on it . |
| 14 | I 'm keen on trout if it 's got a sauce . |
| 15 | Pick out the right folder , if it 's got a tab on it . |
| 16 | C K is a almost almost certainty for the ending it if it 's at the end of the word and it makes a c sound go for C K if it 's got a vowel just in front of it . |
| 17 | I 'd rather go in the shop and see it cos sometimes , especially if it 's got a pattern on turn out to be better than the catalogue cos when it comes , it do n't look the same , and then the same colour do you ? |
| 18 | Couples , second in the Sony rankings to Faldo , is still coming to terms with the adulation heaped on him after Augusta but is prepared to run the gauntlet again if it means winning a second Major . |
| 19 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 20 | If it has to tell a story , he wrote , it will be the story of the machine inside the ghost , of the ghost animated by the machine . |
| 21 | It will run initially for three months but may become permanent if it seems to fulfil a need . |