Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The proposed shoe factory , for example , would make a return on capital of around 15% if it sold running shoes for 1,000 roubles a pair . |
2 | Such a gene could pay for itself if it motivated little girls to in fact compete with their brothers for what their brothers might otherwise er get uncontested . |
3 | THE only way men could be relied on to take the proposed male contraceptive pill would be if it enlarged certain parts of their anatomy in the way the female pill enlarges breasts . |
4 | A museum will be able to register as a ‘ museum of France ’ if it respects certain rules concerning the management of its collections and the level of service given to the public . |
5 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
6 | I hate to think what effect it would have on our deficit if it included realistic costings of the value of their time . |
7 | Over the next 12 months , it will buy another 1.89% in the open market , and gets an option on a further 4% for another $150m from Olivetti 's shareholders ' syndicate by June 1994 ; that adds up to 9.92% , which if it paid current prices for the shares it buys in the market would represent a total investment of about $330m . |
8 | The Commission is only likely to open proceedings if it has serious concerns about the impact of the merger on competition in the EC . |
9 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |