Example sentences of "[noun] if [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite an achievement but Ernie would put all that to one side if his 18-year-old son Mark could get to the top as a racer — although Mark gives every indication that he will stick with the short circuits and avoid the roads . |
| 2 | Like the other members of the Lanistes-dwelling ( that is what ‘ lanisticola ’ means ) group they are never going to win a beauty contest if their rock-dwelling cousins have entered , but their charm lies in their interesting divergence from the Mbuna norm , and in their much-less boisterous nature . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) Equally , an offeror company may not wish to launch a bid if its own results are poor . |
| 4 | Every effort will be made to ensure that the information held is accurate and up-to-date and it is in your own interest to tell the Personnel Department if your personal circumstances change ; for example , if you get married or move house . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’ |
| 6 | The proposed areas are included among 40 National Scenic Areas , which affords them some protection , but the Commission feels that they urgently need much better management and investment if their natural beauty , range of species of wildlife and cultural values are to be preserved . |
| 7 | It 's no good blaming the chef if our own broth tastes disgusting , or is simply bland and boring — because we not only chose the recipe , but stirred in each ingredient with our own hands ! |
| 8 | DROPPING your aitches is something of a crime if My Fair Lady is anything to go by , and the game that her fair ladyship the Queen was playing in last week 's Echo Memories had indeed committed that crime . |
| 9 | A company does not have to pay any ACT if its franked investment income ( FII ) exceeds its franked payments . |
| 10 | LASMO North Sea will discover in May if its latest bid to secure further exploration rights in UK waters has been successful . |
| 11 | By spending money on the unemployed , the old , and the poor ( who in the UK are entitled to supplementary benefit if their total income from whatever source falls below a certain minimum level ) , the government seeks to ensure that the distribution of income and welfare that a totally free market economy would otherwise have produced is at least truncated : there is a minimum standard of living below which no citizen should fall . |
| 12 | You will get no help if your assessed contribution towards the cost as shown on certificate AG 3 is more than the value of the voucher you were given . |
| 13 | Though golf should be subjected to the same criteria as other sports , and a bit of enthusiastic reaction is part of that , it must retain its decorum if its special flavour and reputation for sportsmanship under duress is not to be undermined . |
| 14 | Similarly , if a child with bacterial diarrhoea is taken to a health clinic and prescribed a necessary course of antibiotics , the mother might be unwilling to give them to the child if her hot/cold classification of the antibiotics conflicts with her classification of the type of diarrhoea . |
| 15 | This suggests that patients might be discouraged from taking overdoses if their general practitioners were seen is more willing to discuss psychological and social difficulties , or if other mental health professionals were available in health centres . |
| 16 | Possibly a little bracing if your nearest stretch of coast is in Britain . |
| 17 | Second , a charge to capital gains tax arises on the settlors in respect of gains of new trusts if their close relatives can benefit . |
| 18 | In the long term , all West Germany 's Western neighbours and partners would feel a great deal more relaxed about a coming-together of the two Germanies if her immediate neighbours to the East were capitalist democracies , themselves gradually integrating into a larger Western European community . |
| 19 | There are no charges for Switch transactions if your current account remains in credit . |
| 20 | Ruddock , 25 , signed a three year deal when he moved to Spurs from Southampton for £750,000 12 months ago , and claimed Venables promised him a renegotiated contract if his first season went well . |
| 21 | YOU can also sue in the courts for breach of contract if your new employer breaks your terms and conditions , even if you have only just joined the firm . |
| 22 | Suddenly , however , he turned into an American citizen , a necessary formality if his expanding US empire was to remain legally his . |
| 23 | Public sector borrowing is very highly inflationary in a recession and you should n't raise taxes if your underlying PSBR ( Public Sector Borrowing Rate ) is OK . |
| 24 | Of course if your first name is Sebastian and your last name is Coe , then the scientists ' method is a good one to follow , but if you 're just an average slob like me , then my method is not a bad alternative . |
| 25 | Opting for a diesel car can be a canny move if your annual mileage is around 10,000 a year or more . |
| 26 | They do n't turn their nose up at a job for a lesser mag if their last assignment was for Elle or something . ’ |
| 27 | Any signatory of the convention is required to register a formal difference with the secretariat if its own laws preclude it from observing a standard while failure to implement a recommended practice only stimulates a request that the secretariat be informed . |
| 28 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 29 | For example , and engineer trained in remote-sensing techniques in the West would be unable to use his knowledge if his own country lacks the computer equipment to make sense of the data . |
| 30 | I wish my right hon. Friend luck in his negotiations over the common agricultural policy , but I do not believe that if it were modified , as a result of my right hon. Friend 's efforts , to suit all our needs , the British farming industry would be able to take sufficient advantage of the improved conditions if its own marketing arrangements had not also been improved . |