Example sentences of "[be] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As stated in the prototypical CKR , Sea Waybill Rule 4 provides that the sea waybill will be subject to the application of any international convention or national law if such a source of law is compulsorily applicable or would have been if a bill of lading ‘ or similar document of title ’ had been issued .
2 At least there were no lights on Kernick Head , which there would have been if the operation was still in progress .
3 What presumption it would have been if the man had assumed this without hearing from Christ .
4 The court has power to make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the transaction had not been entered into and also , in this case , for protecting the interests of persons who are the victims of the transaction : subsection ( 2 ) .
5 ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not entered into that transaction . ’
6 ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not given that preference . ’
7 The court can make such order as it thinks fit to restore the position to what it would have been if the company had not given that preference .
8 Detailed studies of the cost of such tied aid have indicated that the resultant prices to the recipient country are typically 20 per cent more than they would have been if the country had a free choice in its supplier .
9 Maybe not as hectic as it would have been if the sun had got his hat on .
10 Nevertheless the court went on to discuss in some detail what the position would have been if the appeal could properly have been entertained , expressing the opinion that ( i ) ( Silke V.-P. differing ) there was no ground to intervene in the Barclays ( Asia ) case ; and ( ii ) ( all members of the court concurring ) there was no ground to intervene as regards the order in which the cases should be decided .
11 It talks about one budget covering for the two centres and it also talks about two heads of centres which is more practicable and more rational than any other s situation that would have been if the merger decision would have stayed .
12 I find that whenever I notice some sentence in context , I immediately find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different .
13 From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’
14 They are if the chap
15 An example of 4.3C would be if a person 's withdrawn , defensive personality made it difficult for her to establish close friendships , and if those same characteristics of personality , rather than her lack of friendships , made her prone to depression .
16 The only exception would be if a child 's life was in danger .
17 What do you think the difficulties could be if a Christian went out with a non-Christian ?
18 How cross you used to be if a goose 's feather 's were n't drawn straight ! ’ ,
19 Imagine how surprised you 'd be if a dodo popped up in your back garden .
20 ‘ Then one day a learned educationist visited the island and met the boy and was astonished at his understanding of many things and at the knowledge which he had developed round these things , and the educationist said to himself how wonderful it would be if every child in the land had the learning which this boy had built around the simple experiences which he had had with the bees , pigeons , flowers , vegetables , forestry and visits to York and Malham .
21 Where would we be if every patient did that ?
22 I remember as a young man walking up and down the main street of the 1951 South Bank Exhibition for the sheer pleasure of it , and thinking how marvellous it would be if every town could have a street like this .
23 In particular , in this type of assessment it is important not just to think in terms of incremental cash flows above those currently being received , but also to bear in mind what the problems will be if no investment is undertaken .
24 If punishment is inflicted , it is claimed , the incidence of crime will be less than it would be if no penalty were imposed .
25 That is the position as it was before this Bill and as it will be if the whole of the Bill is passed , because subsection ( 2 ) only restates the existing position .
26 However , if the demand shock is iso-elastic ( as it would be if the firm 's production function were Cobb-Douglas ) , both the MD and the WD curves are unaffected .
27 What measures of success might there be if the goal of changing client behaviour in some way is no longer centre stage ?
28 No doubt this will provide much heated debate for the pub ; but the real test will be if the system is accepted by those climbing new routes in the future .
29 There may be economies in using higher educational facilities as locations for events and academics as consultants ; and some of these resources may be cheaper than they would be if the company had to provide them as a call on the payload .
30 In view of the importance of birth in determining the status of the child , a good solution might be if the question were decided in favour of the surrogate mother , and the child were adopted by the commissioning parents .
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