Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] if a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An internal memo , circulated to all staff at the 850-bed Addenbrooke 's Hospital , Cambridge , lays down guidelines for action if a terminally-ill patient 's heart stops . |
| 2 | The death penalty was retained for repeated murders , while a new defence of diminished responsibility , imported from Scotland , allowed a charge of manslaughter to be substituted for murder if a defendant ‘ was suffering from such abnormality of mind … as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts … ‘ . |
| 3 | Of course if a number of horses are being fed in a paddock , their feedbins should be spaced well apart and there should be one for every horse . |
| 4 | the need to plan operations as efficiently as possible for a given level of resources ( or budgeted level of income if a statutory authority is expected to largely generate its own income ) ; |
| 5 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 6 | If such mutations should occur in the CAG cluster of the N-Oct 3 gene it might easily lead to loss of function by aberrantly expanding the bona fide transcription activation domain , or to loss of DNA-binding if a frame shift is introduced . |
| 7 | One possible reason could be that in addition to a general sense of guilt associated with the organs of sex and reproduction , there is the added fact that most surrogate mothers belong to the economically disadvantaged classes ; and it is arguably a case of exploitation if a woman is driven to use her reproductive organs to escape from a state of poverty . |
| 8 | Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better . |
| 9 | The exhumation of the body , which was buried at Great Casterton church , was ordered , but the Stamford and Rutland officials refused to co-operate , probably out of embarrassment if a different judgement were to be found . |
| 10 | A similar incongruous matching of the very tall girl with one of the shortest boys in MacMillan 's Elite Syncopations reveals that he , too , understands that old music-hall and pantomime practices are a wonderful source of inspiration if a British audience is to laugh and enjoy the occasion as the dancers do . |
| 11 | It will lead to renewed demands that the judge should fix the amount of damages if a jury has decided that defamation has been proved or at least be given power to lay down minimum and maximum limits for juries . |
| 12 | May be of use if a small chip has come off a bone . |
| 13 | Doctors are only of use if a — a person wants to be cured . " |
| 14 | For example , the lord was entitled to payment on succession of land to an heir , and to the right of escheat if a tenant died without an heir , which meant that land reverted to him . |
| 15 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 16 | The mouth may be in need of care if a person has suffered from one or more of the following : |
| 17 | The use of earplugs can simulate the effect , and help one to appreciate the implications for safety if a person does not hear the whistle of the boiling kettle , or the sound of a pot of food boiling over , or the noise of approaching traffic . |
| 18 | A minimum safe speed for most gliders is the minimum cruising speed , but this is only safe at height , where there is time for recovery if a stall occurs . |
| 19 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 20 | The value of the property will be taken into account if a DSS subsidy is required for private or voluntary care . |
| 21 | Apart from the aesthetic considerations , those governing the welfare of plants and livestock must be taken into account if a healthy balance is to be subsequently maintained . |
| 22 | AN INTERNATIONALLY important wildfowl refuge is threatened with destruction if a bill now before parliament is passed . |
| 23 | Section 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( P. & C.E. Act ) provides that he should be informed at once that he is under arrest if a decision is taken to prevent him leaving at will . |
| 24 | Note that modules can only be entered into LIFESPAN if a Design Change ( DC ) is currently Active on the package to which they belong . |
| 25 | For example if a person who has £3,000 capital receives a monthly pension of £200 paid into their bank account , this should not be assessed as an increase in savings unless it remains unspent at the time the next payment is due . |
| 26 | Length is stored as exact length ±1 , so for example if a word has 5 letters , then bits 4 , 5 and 6 will be set . |
| 27 | However where demand is known to be variable , for example if a large share of output is exported , any major internal expansion carries the danger of periodic over-capacity with consequent higher average costs just as the market is weakest . |
| 28 | For example if a baby is receiving 6 hourly bolus doses of morphine , these should continue to be given 6 hourly , but the amount given ( mcg/kg ) should be reduced over two days . |
| 29 | At the same time look for referral opportunities , for example if a group hobby has been identified then who does your client do that hobby with ? |
| 30 | ( For example if a UK bank has a credit balance in its NOSTRO account , this will be ‘ reflected ’ by a debit balance in the mirror account of the same value ) . |