Example sentences of "if there have been [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If there 've been a whole series of articles articles about health or about food or something like that , no way are they going to do anything else on the subject , unless it 's , it 's brought in a very fierce readers ' letters column or something like that , in which case they may be open for another slant .
2 ‘ That 'll be nice , ’ Martha replied , as if there 'd been no earlier ruction .
3 It was grey , and strangely motionless , as if there 'd been a sudden rush of concrete to his head ,
4 ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place .
5 If there 'd been the least sign of magical activity we 'd know about it . ’
6 If an effective will to de-alienate Northern protestants in their attitudes to the republic existed , and if there had been a real change in the Irish catholic hierarchy 's position on such matters , then they would indeed have taken positive steps to support FitzGerald 's attempt to introduce such constitutional changes .
7 The Navigation Acts were complicated and applying the regulations would have been harder if there had been a great deal of trade between the colonies , but in the seventeenth century most of the trade of each colony on the American mainland or in the West Indies was with England rather than with other colonies .
8 He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ .
9 If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that .
10 Brian Langley , chairman of Athletics Canada , said : ‘ We would have been informed if there had been a positive test on any Canadian athlete . ’
11 He sued the defendant for procuring a breach of his contract with X. The action was dismissed because there was no contract , since the identity of the plaintiff was , in the circumstances , material to the formation of the alleged contract ; and alternatively , even if there had been a valid contract , the principle stated above would prevent the action from lying .
12 He tried to remember if there had been a particular shop nearby but he failed .
13 The music panellist said : ‘ If there had been a full panel meeting and if we had known certain things which were kept from us the decision might have been different .
14 One senior source said : ‘ Clearly if there had been a fundamental disagreement ( between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor ) then the Government would n't have raised interest rates . ’
15 If there had been no political factor in the equation , it is unlikely that Profumo would have been ruined in the way he was and tortured for years by a newspaper interest which has survived until the present day .
16 Nevertheless , the Foxton project was mysteriously improbable even if there had been no internal combustion on the way .
17 Experience was regarded as " limited " in variety if among the youngest age group it was little or nothing ; among unmarried subjects over the age of 20 if there had been no sexual intercourse nor other stimulation to orgasm by another person ; and among older or married people if sexual intercourse , with its preliminary manual love-play , had been the only sexual activity .
18 And if there had been no synthetic drugs to control the resistant strains , would the decline of streptomycin have been taken to prove that antibiotics were a waste of time because organisms adapted to them too easily ?
19 The study went on to estimate what fuels would have been used in electricity generation if there had been no nuclear power , concluding that the world 1987 total of 1660,800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity generated by nuclear power had displaced 1,790 million barrels of oil , 185 million tonnes of coal and 3,103,000 million cubic feet of natural gas , and had meant the avoidance of purchases of OPEC oil to the value of US$30,700 million in that year alone .
20 Lessingham looked at Hilary and said coolly : ‘ It would have been if there had been the slightest point in it .
21 The assumption will normally be met for long positions in shares , but for short positions the potential losses are infinite and , if there has been a substantial rise in the index , a short seller may be required to put up additional funds before delivery .
22 This may not be obvious if there has been a major problem and a solution has evaded many attempts to reach it .
23 You may not be insured for theft or malicious damage by a lodger and usually you can only claim for theft if there has been a forced entry from outside .
24 If there has been a prolonged spell of dry weather , leaks and damp are more difficult to detect and you should be doubly suspicious of stains , water marks and white crystals if you see them .
25 Whilst these conditions prevail the Board of Inland Revenue will allow a modest extension of the 12 month period if there has been a continuing intention to sell . ’
26 Clearly there needs to be some measure of self-control in these situations , but it is easier if there has been a clear and prior agreement that disputes will be handled in this way .
27 Can you tell me if there has been a supplementary update disk issued to enable KX-P1124i to be used to its full potential .
28 Even if something has , in the first instance , been pillaged , rather than just been given as a gift or whatever , the statute of limitation could perfectly well have run out , and indeed , in Germany , if there has been a good-faith purchase in between , the period is ten years ’ .
29 If there has been no solid social formation there in the first place , it follows that the child can very easily be completely out of control at an early age and almost impossible to reclaim .
30 State if there has been no such contract .
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