Example sentences of "if it be [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 2 | The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel . |
| 3 | At the moment paid employment ( even if it 's making rubber ducks for export ) brings status and income , whereas work , which we all do to keep going and may well do voluntarily in our communities , carries neither income nor status . |
| 4 | She said the Church could not afford to refuse to ordain women if it was to win more supporters . |
| 5 | more public expenditure : the King 's Fund researchers provided a tentative estimate that spending would have had to be just under £400 million higher in 1987/88 if it was to match 1981/82 levels , taking into account changing demand and technology ; |
| 6 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |
| 7 | It could n't be any plainer if it were raining floppy discs . |