Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | If it persists long enough to block out sunlight for an period , it will have the effect of wiping out phytoplankton , with potentially-disastrous effects for all marine life further up the food chain . |
2 | If until 1832 the working class seen in a Marxist perspective as a proletariat was emergent and potential , if it had yet fully to identify itself , the Reform Bill of that year finally distinguished it from the rest of society . |
3 | But whereas before he had seen Scouting as a gateway of opportunity to the big time , 20 years on , the movement seemed narrow and provincial somehow , more concerned with preserving an America that was fast slipping away , if it had ever truly existed , than with helping to shape the country 's youth to face an uncertain future . |
4 | His attention returns to literature ( if it had ever really left it ) and to the role of the self in relation to discursive contexts . |
5 | If terminal five does n't get the go ahead , if it does n't automatically mean that we 're faced with expansion at Stansted erm this is one of the reasons |
6 | If it does n't then do n't . |
7 | It is worth noting that the Compact will not be fulfilling all of its objectives if it does not regularly ask participating companies to contribute to a wide variety of activities in the Compact schools . |
8 | Make a reference on the face of the profit and loss account as to the position of the statement of retained profits if it does not immediately follow the profit and loss account . |
9 | Even if reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exemption clause to the notice of the buyer , it will not be incorporated if it does not clearly cover the particular transaction in question . |
10 | The freeze on spirits duty acknowledges , if it does not yet rectify , the wholly unjust domestic tax regime against which the Scotch whisky industry has had to struggle for years . |
11 | This may help to explain , even if it does not wholly excuse , the extraordinary silence of the laws of war so far as nuclear weapons are concerned . |
12 | Any model of the mind which allows for such a possibility is not a simple one , and hints at , if it does not actually affirm , the existence of the unconscious . |
13 | Should the venture fail , the debts can be shared among several companies ; if it succeeds not only does the value of the stock rise but group companies can reap the rewards of the innovation in their own production facilities . |
14 | Well it was if it 's only just come through from the fryer |
15 | The Purchaser should investigate the Business , if it has not already done so |
16 | Unless the owner stipulates to the contrary , the property passes on delivery , if it has not already passed , and the buyer obtains a voidable title . |
17 | If it has not already come , First Interstate should be expecting a telephone call soon . |
18 | The wood fibres are blown apart , but remain glued together at many individual points by the set resin , or connected by viscous strings of it if it has not quite set . |
19 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
20 | In his view the SFO should adopt a code of conduct enshrining these ideas if it did not already have one . |
21 | In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions . |
22 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
23 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
24 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |
25 | In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable . |
26 | Furthermore , as Yevele had shown at Canterbury , the defensive value of the round tower was becoming better appreciated ; even if it did not always deflect a cannon shot aimed at it , such a tower could withstand an impact better than could a straight-facing surface . |
27 | That the two City teams were housed together reinforced , even if it did not fully explain , the notable enthusiasm for a purist model of the developmental ideal within these teams . |
28 | Peter Rogers knew he had hit a gold mine , even if it did n't always seem to the performers that he was totally on their side . |