Example sentences of "is [adj] [adv] if [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sharper increase in relief expenditure once the boom of the early 1790s gave way to the food crises of the mid 1790s , with only brief respite before the hyper-crisis of 1800 – 1 , is unmistakable even if the wartime inflation from 1793 is taken account of . |
| 2 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 3 | Again , it would have been professional suicide for a civil servant to describe the indignities of derangement and to represent himself as having been mad , unless the facts were as well known to his colleagues and masters as he says they were ; while to try , on the other hand , to put his known condition in a better light , as Hoccleve does , is sensible only if the fact of his illness was well known but his recovery less well recognised , which is what he claims . |
| 4 | Why is this so if the curriculum is to be based on research ? |
| 5 | This is n form of working memory , as the cue is meaningful only if the animal remembers where it has just come from . |
| 6 | It is true that exercise should stretch every part of the body , but it is safe only if the body is in a stable , well-balanced position in the first place . |
| 7 | Circularity results only if information is used in justifying the choice which is available only if the choice is resolved in one way rather than another . |
| 8 | 4 ) What back-up in terms of advice and maintenance is available e.g. if the microcomputer breaks down , can it be attended to locally or will there be a delay ? |
| 9 | This is zero only if the distribution is monodisperse , that is , all molecules are of the same size , and we have which is . |
| 10 | To meet force with force is successful only if the defender is as strong as the attacker . |
| 11 | A change in kind ( for example , from a house to a shop ) is material , but a change in degree is material only if the change is very substantial . |
| 12 | In paragraph 8(b) of his affidavit the coroner states that a verdict of natural causes aggravated by lack of care is relevant only if an inquest is held and that here he was concerned with the antecedent question whether an inquest should be held at all . |
| 13 | This is true even if the question has been prescribed by someone else ( perhaps in an examination ) ; in such cases , you reformulate the question in your first paragraph to demonstrate that you have understood it and can develop arguments from it . |
| 14 | It is very doubtful whether the occasional smack meted out against a background of a loving , accepting home , does anyone much harm ; but this is true only if the punishment is not too severe or excessive . |
| 15 | Here again there is a question of balance : if society has democratically determined that taxes shall be collected and revenues so received spent in certain ways , non-payment of taxes is punishable even if the defaulter is objecting on conscientious grounds to aspects of staff spending — on arms , for example . |
| 16 | This is permissible indeed if the charges are at fixed positions . |
| 17 | This is valid only if the rate of interest is constant for all future time periods , that is , if the yield curve ( which will be discussed in the next section ) is flat . |
| 18 | This is valid only if the sum in question is paid into court ( Ord 9 , r 12 ) . |