Example sentences of "if it [verb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , if an application is made to the court for an order requiring the trustee to summon a meeting to consider a resolution for his removal as trustee , the court may , if it thinks no sufficient cause has been shown for the application , dismiss it but not until after an ex parte hearing of the applicant ( r 6.132(2) ) .
2 In 1976 the general tenor of the Report had gained a general welcome even if it secured no specific action to strengthen local independence .
3 The chimpanzee in the laboratory would be unlikely to solve the box-stick-and-banana problem if it had no initial interest in the bananas .
4 So even if it makes no particular appeal to you , read I beg you , this chapter .
5 If it conveys no clear meaning to you , avoid it .
6 In emergencies , such as a burst pipe or major leak , turning off the stopcock should be the first thing you do even if it has no immediate effect .
7 The firm can rely on the intermediary if it has no reasonable grounds to doubt what he says .
8 The claim is therefore that denunciatory punishment is justified even if it has no good consequences such as educating the public conscience and thereby reducing the amount of crime .
9 The right side remains right even if it has no ultimate hope at all .
10 None the less , the question we have posed is an important one even if it has no ready answer ; important because it directs our attention to the ways in which disciplines acquire , develop and , not to be forgotten , discard knowledge .
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