Example sentences of "if [pron] is [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF THERE is one thing Joe Jackson particularly dislikes , it is being made a fuss of . |
| 2 | Maybe without fully recognising it , the government has , in fact , started talking to the ANC — for if there is one thing Mr Mandela has made clear throughout his long incarceration , it is his unwavering allegiance to the movement , whose foremost leader he remains . |
| 3 | If there is one family type in contemporary Britain , it is one that is not isolated from wider family connections . |
| 4 | The advancing delta front , especially if there is constructive wave action and longshore drift as on the Rhone delta , will be fringed with spits and bars , which may cut off coastal lagoons . |
| 5 | However , if there is little labour mobility , the result in Section 5.2 will hold : employment will move procyclically while wages and membership will be sticky . |
| 6 | ( iii ) Combining ( i ) and ( ii ) , we note that , if there is little labour mobility , in a business cycle employment will move pro-cyclically , and wages and membership will tend to be relatively stable . |
| 7 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 8 | Crosby will be anxious to find out if there is any cup hangover at Filbert Street tomorrow night . |
| 9 | If there is any file access failure while the list is being produced , the program execution is terminated with a similar message . |
| 10 | If there is enough wind strength to take the lifting kite to almost any height , there will be a temptation to make a high release . |
| 11 | If there is marked chest pain . |