Example sentences of "if it [is] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If it is a first baby , then both mother and father are inexperienced and are learning how to cope with the demands of the new infant as well as with the disruption in their own lives .
2 The caller from the agency may plead and cajole you into agreeing to accept the job , especially if it is a last minute booking and they are desperate for someone .
3 A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job .
4 When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data .
5 Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own .
6 Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response .
7 If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing .
8 Any rule chosen from the conflict set has its weight reduced by the factor K. If it is the last rule of a successful search , so its action leads immediately to a goal , then the reward C is added to its weight .
9 Even if it 's a first marriage the husband 's side of the family would miss out altogether .
10 Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit .
11 I give you my word there will be one , if it 's the last case I am allowed to handle . ’
12 You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’
13 If it 's the last thing I do , ’ I said , ‘ I 'll see you in the street and I 'll kick you back . ’
14 And that is why I 'll see Greg Martin if it 's the last thing I do . ’
15 ‘ Yes , take a rucksack and see India , if it 's the last thing you do in your life . ’
16 If it 's the last thing I do in this life … ’
17 And I remembered an early line from ‘ Othello ’ where Iago says something like , ‘ I 'll get that bloody Moor if it 's the last thing I do in my life . ’
18 I thought , ‘ If that 's good enough for Shakespeare , it 's good enough for me ’ , and so King Rat starts , ‘ I 'm going to get that bloody bastard if it 's the last thing I do in my life . ’
19 I 'm going to find them , if it 's the last thing I do ! ’ he said to me , and he hurried out of the house .
20 If it 's the last thing I do , I 'll get it out of you . ’
21 I 'm going to track him down if it 's the last thing I do . ’
22 ‘ I 'll force that little bastard out of your head if it 's the last thing I do ! ’ he bit out , hatred on his face as he took her , made love like the enemy he was .
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