Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] if [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also possible that surface dust is mobilized by electrical forces : indeed , such forces are of great importance to the minority of scientists who believe that very little lava if any has flowed from the lunar interior . |
| 2 | If I was her I would have said that was a bloody compliment if ever there was |
| 3 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 4 | Peter , as you know , I 've taught this course , tutored some of the students in it , and I find it myself a very challenging and interesting course if only because the students are always unearthing new facts and figures about energy which catch me by surprise . |
| 5 | The presence of carbon-bearing rocks similar to those studied here would raise the rock conductivity to moderate values if dry and to high values if also saturated with brines , producing values similar to those observed for the crustal high-conductivity zones by magnetotelluric methods . |
| 6 | When you 're in the Alps , having a car allows you to drive to different resorts if either poor snow or long queues in yours is a problem . |
| 7 | Yet , as industrial growth slows or ends , union leaders may resist further automation if too many jobs appear to be evaporating . |
| 8 | The New OED Computer Group will then inform you as to what further action if any you are to take . |
| 9 | The New OED Computer Group will then inform you as to what further action if any you are to take . |
| 10 | The New OED Computer Group will then inform you as to what further action if any you are to take . |
| 11 | Other materials such as blown mineral wool and blown polystyrene beads do not have this disadvantage if expertly installed , but the beads can be a nuisance if ever the wall needs to be pierced . |
| 12 | These might be studied by ‘ serious composers ’ , as they would probably yield new and interesting effects if skilfully combined with other instruments such as low flutes , clarinets , etc . |
| 13 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ ( a worryingly hubris-tinted title if ever there was one ) is an album full of perfectly competent , if uninspired songs about love , decay , child abuse and space travel . |
| 14 | We normally start with the part that could possibly give problems : in this case , the wc ; the rest can be done another day if absolutely necessary . |
| 15 | The method involves making important assumptions about the nature of the migrations and the rate of change in the style of the English pottery if potentially ‘ early ’ vessels are not to be confused with those of the following centuries . |
| 16 | It is too late for British Telecom to return to its old ways if only because the public now knows that it does not have to put up with a telephone system built for the 1950s . |
| 17 | The two boats rubbed and banged at the gunwales , and when Pascoe — a Cornish giant if ever there was one — jumped from one to the other , both craft rocked violently . |
| 18 | There are many walkers , both locals and visitors who would like to use this road if only it were safe to do so . |
| 19 | The continuity thesis is not without some merit if carefully defined . |
| 20 | But when the edge had dulled it was no problem and on the harder wood a burn mark could be left in a few seconds if very little pressure was applied with the cutter just spinning on the surface . |
| 21 | The American claims to be acting purely as a private citizen but clearly his fact-finding mission has some clout if both Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew agreed to speak to him . |
| 22 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there is really another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . ’ |
| 23 | In our network 's submission on the consultation document we welcomed the opportunity for user expertise to be used in this way if properly supported and paid for . |
| 24 | The essential discipline of an English School is the literary-critical ; it is a true discipline , only in an English School if anywhere will it be fostered , and it is irreplaceable . |
| 25 | The list of editors makes interesting reading if only for the number of composers it contains : Saint-Säens was eventually joined by Vincent d'Indy , Paul Dukas , Auguste Chapuis , Reynaldo Hahn , Alexandre Guilmant , Henri Busser , Georges Marty and ( surprisingly ? ) |
| 26 | Aggressive corals such as the large polyp forming Euphylia bubble corals ( Plerogyra species ) and large carpet anemones ( Stoichactis species ) have stings that can cause a painful rash if carelessly handled , giving some idea of the powerful weapons they possess . |
| 27 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |
| 28 | However , there is no offence against this regulation if only the tail pipe ( i.e. the piece leading the gases into the atmosphere from the end of the silencer which is the furthest from the engine ) is defective , as the gases will have passed through the silencer . |
| 29 | But as far as possible , the best British artists should join a global chorus if only in temporary , experimental ways . |
| 30 | Taxable ‘ gains ’ can arise from such policies if more than one death benefit is paid , even where the policy has no investment content and no surrender value , because of the rule dealing with partial surrenders of the rights conferred by a policy . |