Example sentences of "if it [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Security Council vote on Croatia , a unanimous 15-0 , came after a lengthy debate in which Russia called for sanctions against the former Yugoslav republic if it failed to honour a peace agreement signed a year ago . |
| 2 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 3 | Growling like a mother cat may make a cat owner feel ridiculous , but if it helps to restrain a cat from tearing at a valuable chair , it is well worth a try . |
| 4 | If it fails to provide a justification for its actions , proceedings will open in the European Court . |
| 5 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 6 | If it fails to contain a panacea we will be back into Europe with the begging bowl . |
| 7 | But if it troubled to open a history book or to read some political analysis it would see that the thing most needed by a government under pressure at home is an enemy without . |
| 8 | If it has to tell a story , he wrote , it will be the story of the machine inside the ghost , of the ghost animated by the machine . |
| 9 | It will run initially for three months but may become permanent if it seems to fulfil a need . |