Example sentences of "[verb] if a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you know if a date is set for Harriet 's funeral ? |
| 2 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 3 | Let er me hear the question and I shall know if a background is required . |
| 4 | The situation would be resolved if a transfusion were required . |
| 5 | It is often difficult to establish if a site is liable to flooding and it can be easily overlooked during the site investigation . |
| 6 | President Chadli Benjedid , at a March 13 press conference , said that there was no question of dissolving parliament at present , but that this could be considered if a consensus were to emerge on the matter ; legislative elections were due in 1992 but could be brought forward if necessary , and Chadli accepted the possibility of the ruling National Liberation Front ( Front de libération nationale — FLN ) finding itself in a minority after such elections . |
| 7 | One other possibility that is sometimes considered if a camera is available in an institution is local production of teaching materials . |
| 8 | What happens if a company is sold to one private sector owner but is transferred to another within a year ? |
| 9 | You can imagine what happens if a child is undergoing surgery or is on a life support machine when the electricity is cut . ’ |
| 10 | Everyone knows what happens if a manager is not successful . |
| 11 | I do n't think that the erm go into this properly and I do n't , I think will have dealt with it in lectures , but essentially there 's a common law principle that says if a matter is more prejudicial than evidential it should not be read . |
| 12 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 13 | Questions on the calendar were generally well done if a calendar was provided . |
| 14 | The above examples demonstrate what can be done if a ballet is to communicate meaning beyond that of distinguishing between the world of the flesh and that of the spirit . |
| 15 | A particular sort of slavery , what we might call moral slavery , occurs if a person is forced to act according to someone else 's moral values . |
| 16 | Usually the fish soon desist , their curiosity satisfied , but the fish or snail should be moved if a snail is unduly stressed ; inactive and , literally , withdrawn . |
| 17 | Similarly , choice of the appropriate parts to bolt together must be made if a child is copying a model from the drawings usually supplied with a kit ( involving size , shape and matching ) . |
| 18 | Erm the deduction will only made , be made if a suspension is held on our computer . |
| 19 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 20 | They are , of course , required for the older works in the repertoire and probably in newer story ballets where all ages should be seen if a plot is to have credibility . |
| 21 | I thought he was looking at the station as if , to see if a train was in or something |
| 22 | Passport holders of other countries should check to see if a visa is required . |
| 23 | I ca n't help agreeing with my brother that if some of the townspeople did a good day 's hard work , they would be too tired to lie and listen to see if a cock was crowing in the night or the early dawn . |
| 24 | Fletcher checked his mirrors to see if a car was following . |
| 25 | The record has to be checked at once — to see if a booking is available , for example — and this means that the file has to be referenced without preparatory sorting or processing . |
| 26 | Other delays can arise if a country is experiencing a foreign currency shortage ( insufficient export revenues ) and some form of currency rationing exists which prevents importers from settling their debts on the due dates . |
| 27 | Such a gradient would arise if a substance were synthesized at one end , or along one edge , of a region , and destroyed at the other . |
| 28 | That possibility might arise if a plaintiff were at liberty to make a claim against a number of defendants with the sole object of ousting the jurisdiction of the courts of the state where one of the defendants is domiciled . |
| 29 | It is rare , if not unknown , for the same voices to be heard if a sentence is too severe , although the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal frequently reduces sentences for just that reason . |
| 30 | He would doubtless provide if a commission was to come his way a superb set of illustrations to Dante Alighieri 's The Divine Comedy . |