Example sentences of "if it [be] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 2 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 3 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 4 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 5 | I paused , to see if it was having any effect . |
| 6 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 7 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |