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

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1 If it detects any sudden absence of juice , it automatically kicks in with its battery , allowing you to shut down gracefully with no loss of data .
2 No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers .
3 When it 's a mizza , of course especially if it creates 25 new jobs .
4 Nzo had said on the ANC 's 78th anniversary on Jan. 8 that the ANC would continue its armed struggle , and would only participate in any process of negotiations if it enjoyed equal political opportunities with all other participants .
5 therefore investigated recognition memory for conversation in a ‘ soap opera ’ and found that the surface form of an utterance was remembered if it carried some pragmatic meaning .
6 Our experience of electronic technology prepares us to accept the idea that unconscious machinery can behave as if it understands complex mathematical ideas .
7 But , such survival or strength or erm or sporting prowess , will only be selected if i if it promotes ultimate reproductive success .
8 Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections .
9 He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject .
10 He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school .
11 If it fails this latter test then it is difficult to attach the label of intelligence to it , for surely the raison d'etre of a commercial building is the provision of an environment that maximises comfort and organisational efficiency at a reasonable cost .
12 Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions .
13 " Pictures for the People " was a grand slogan , and if it extracted some national treasures from London for display in Middlesbrough and Huddersfield , it might even do some good .
14 If the book does have one central purpose it is to shed light upon the process of the changing system of higher education in Britain , and if it reaches one clear conclusion it is that both Oxford and Cambridge have performed admirably in recent years .
15 even if it means that this year Yeah yeah .
16 It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press !
17 If it has one significant advantage , other than its relatively low cost , it is in its ability to grow back into the complete XPS system should the user ever require such capabilities .
18 But if it has that civil capability it is all too easy to turn it to less than peaceful purposes .
19 It may also be prudent to advise the client that the standard terms may not be suitable for all transactions and that , if it has any regular business partners , or long-term contracts , it may be better to have a specially negotiated contract for that customer/transaction .
20 On the other hand there may be publications on your media list which will be interested in showing the packaging , particularly if it has any unusual features or uses new techniques .
21 Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern .
22 This filter examines every character to see if it has some special meaning or if it is to be translated into another character or sequence of characters .
23 An ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1990 , led by the Earl of Cranbrook , had concluded that the state could sustain a harvest of 9.2 million cubic metres a year , if it undertook widespread conservation measures [ see ED 41/42 ] .
24 Hire purchase , credit sale and conditional sale advertising had to give a comprehensive picture of costs ( if it mentioned any financial terms ) , and any interest rate it quoted had to approximate to a true annual rate of interest , but the formula used was different from the one in the Moneylenders Acts .
25 ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for .
26 Tomas Tierney , a local teacher , and PRO for the group , said it was founded to enable local residents to block the proposal if it presented any environmental dangers .
27 The very work that solicitors are called to perform , which includes doing certain nasty things to people , can not be expected to make them universally popular , ; so the profession can retain public respect only if it observes high ethical standards , which not all practitioners do .
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