Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 2 | The asset is likely to be replaced with a technologically superior asset and as such the replacement cost of the asset held will be difficult to establish even if it was still appropriate . |
| 3 | His nationalisation and fury at British exploitation made it impossible for him to compromise even if it was clear that this policies were self-destructive . |
| 4 | ( We only asked them to comment here if it did not meet expectations — either they all had low expectations or the conference was a high standard . ) |
| 5 | I ca n't have meant to come here if it 's private property . ’ |
| 6 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 7 | And here , we began to wonder aloud if it would n't be preferable , in the long term interests of America 's domestic car makers , to leave the planned invasion of Europe to MPVs , luxury cars and convertibles . |
| 8 | And that led me the think of phetam , and to wonder again if it really did confer super-powers . |
| 9 | But they promise solemnly to retire forever if it ever happens , so you can enjoy their sharp and amusing little ditties in the secure knowledge that you 're not creating a Barron Knights for the '90s . |
| 10 | The first pruning after planting is the important formative prune — the plant can not be expected to grow right if it does not start right . |
| 11 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 13 | I did n't really look at him , though I immediately smelled alcohol on his breath , and thought , that firm is n't going to last long if it 's sending out drunken drivers to pick up clients . |
| 14 | It was obliged to do so if it was to operate within a competitive market where there were a sufficient number of firms producing the same or a substitutable commodity so that each firm was incapable of influencing the price of the commodity by adjusting its output . |
| 15 | Shell has specified that the detector will be deemed safe to use only if it can withstand intensities of up to 8 v/m . |
| 16 | what , what I propose to do anyway if it 's agreeable to you |
| 17 | You need to use THEN if it is followed by : or you wish to exit from a function as a result of the test . |
| 18 | Under that section , the constable would be empowered to seize only if it is ‘ necessary ’ to do so in order to prevent the evidence being concealed , altered , lost or destroyed . |
| 19 | Allowing suppliers representatives to control stocks is liable to misuse even if it appears to be attractive |
| 20 | The company is now in a regulatory climate where no objection would be made to either of its corporate investors , NEC Corp and IBM Corp , each with around 5% , greatly increasing their stakes in the company — to perhaps 25% each — but IBM has no cash to spare even if it wanted to get more involved with a company forever at the mercy of the shifting tides of French policy and NEC Corp , which two or three years ago would have jumped at the opportunity of making Bull a European and US outlet for far more of its products , faces a price war in its cash cow personal computer business back home and faces such a hard time that it has just seen its debt ratings cut — at a time when cheap capital is no longer available in Japan . |
| 21 | The company is now in a regulatory climate where no objection would be made to either of its corporate investors , NEC Corp and IBM Corp , each with around 5% , greatly increasing their stakes in the company — to perhaps 25% each — but IBM has no cash to spare even if it wanted to get more involved with a company forever at the mercy of the shifting tides of French policy and NEC Corp , which two or three years ago would have jumped at the opportunity of making Bull a European and US outlet for far more of its products , faces a price war in its cash cow personal computer business back home and faces such a hard time that it has just seen its debt ratings cut — at a time when cheap capital is no longer available in Japan . |
| 22 | Convention be interpreted as meaning that there must be a connection between the actions against the various defendants ? ( b ) If question ( a ) must be answered in the affirmative , does the necessary connection between the actions against the various defendants exist if the actions are essentially the same in fact and law ( einfache Streitgenossenschaft ) , or must a connection be assumed to exist only if it is expedient to hear and determine them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings ( for example , in cases of ‘ notwengide Streitgenossenschaft ’ ( compulsory joinder ) ) ? |
| 23 | Holidays at the seaside or in the mountains were by now out of the question , but for young people it was still a wonderful summer : the war seemed far away , and there was enough to eat even if it was rationed . |
| 24 | We 're the one 's who unashamedly say , Europe has to go forward if it does n't go backwards . |
| 25 | While there is at present no firm indication that Christie 's will be following suit , the auction house will have to act quickly if it does decide to raise the rate in order to get the new terms out for the renewed contracts for American consigners which will be issued in the New Year . |
| 26 | Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards . |
| 27 | Graydon will have to move fast if it is to enable to NCM to compete with TI 's credit limit underwriting on UK exposures . |
| 28 | to say well if it 's a lot of it 's erm maybe there 's quite a lot of figure work or something |
| 29 | It was hard to tell now if it was Luke 's sweat or hers that drenched her rug . |
| 30 | He aims to please even if it means putting his principles in cold storage and his policies in the mixer . |