Example sentences of "[verb] if it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Are there erm , insurances in force covering the property , say if it caught fire , etcetera ? |
2 | The Board 's determination would , said the court , be accepted if it had warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law . |
3 | His writings , particularly his Homilies on Ezechiel , composed while he was pope , show that he thought the contemplative life of monks would be best validated if it bore fruit in action . |
4 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
5 | Furthermore , national liberation could only be supported if it took place in a revolutionary way ( as Marx had argued on Germany and therefore gone on to oppose Bismarck 's route to German unity ) , not leaving ‘ intact the foundations of the power of the ruling class ’ . |
6 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
7 | Panamanian commercial lawyers said that such a treaty should be resisted if it contained clauses covering tax evasion , as this would destroy the country 's off-shore banking sector [ see p. 37771 ] . |