Example sentences of "but [adv] if [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 2 | The agreement may provide for the amount of any fees to which it applies to be increased , but only if a percentage is specified . |
| 3 | There is also a transient expression of c -fos , but only if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction , suggesting that the c- fos protein is necessary for the generation of the most persistent form of LTP ( LTP3 ; see Box 1 ) . |
| 4 | The amendment differed from the original Human Life bill by allowing abortion in cases of incest , and after rape , but only if the rape was reported within seven days . |
| 5 | " No doubt there may be cases in which the draftsman 's ineptitude will succeed in defeating the court 's efforts to find a meaning for the provision in question ; but only if the court is driven to it will it find a provision is void for uncertainty " ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 per Megarry J ) . |
| 6 | Odd-Knut agreed , but only if the bottle was found tomorrow rather than today . |
| 7 | It remained technically possible for an Australian to be knighted , but only if the Queen were to make an award within her own personal order ( the Victorian order ) , an honour which was also available to non-Commonwealth citizens . |
| 8 | Guillaume believed in Modigliani 's gift and felt convinced that the price of his work would appreciate , but only if the painter was allowed to develop in peace . |
| 9 | The only help now offered is a cold-weather payment of £6 a week — but only if the temperature is an average zero degrees for seven consecutive days . |
| 10 | Or , like he , if the little girl 's riding him , he always goes with her then as well , but even if the girl 's not on him , he takes him for a walk like a big dog so I mean , they 're lovely people , you could n't wish to have him with nicer people , erm , you know they are , they really are nice |
| 11 | Even if the contract is terminated , the offending party can still rely on the clause if reasonable to do so , but even if the contract is affirmed , he can not rely on the term unless it is reasonable to do so . |
| 12 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 13 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 14 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 15 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 16 | But even if the proposition be true , it could not be the case for more and better education because of the nature of education itself . |
| 17 | But even if the answer is merely uncertain , the decisions will continue to be left to the unelected institutions , who will plough their course without significant interference . |
| 18 | A figure of that sort , roughly twice the value of East Germany 's 1986 exports and imports combined , is bound to cause incredulity , but even if the figure were halved , it would still be a remarkable indication of what has happened to a country which in the first half of the 1980s claimed to have established itself among the top ten industrial nations . |
| 19 | ‘ But even if the estate was still intact , there 's hardly a living in farming nowadays . |
| 20 | But even if the note was deleted ( and Ramsey deleted it in a later edition ) , Raven could not have voted for Ramsey with enthusiasm . |
| 21 | But even if the analysis is internally consistent , as a prescriptive policy it appears intellectually naïve in the light of historical evidence , especially that for the period between the wars . |
| 22 | But then if a thing is so patently right … you have to take the decision and risk it . |
| 23 | Say , for instance that transport costs are high relative to competitors ' , but yet if the enterprise were to be run down this would cause large-scale local unemployment . |