Example sentences of "[conj] if it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If externalism is a sound stance , then the argument from error is irrelevant ; for it does no more than elaborate on a defective ( though traditional ) approach to epistemology or if it does more , it succeeds only in showing how that defective approach must lead to scepticism . |
2 | But if it does n't ease off , or if it gets worse , you must see your doctor . |
3 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
4 | The rule in Adam v Ward offers consolation to victims of attacks made under the " coward 's cloak " of Parliamentary privilege : they may reply in kind , through newspapers which will only be liable for the defamatory content of their reply if it is irrelevant to the subject-matter of the attack , or if it defames other persons who bear no responsibility for the attack . |
5 | The only thing if it 's a bargain or if it looks nice or you need something new . |
6 | It is not even certain that the Diet ( parliament ) will reform the electoral system this summer , or that if it did much would change as a result . |
7 | This based on the deeply entrenched conviction that if it looks naughty it must be very fattening , while if it looks innocent or healthy it can not be . |
8 | He liked to please the family and if it wished ill to the starveling cat then so did he . |
9 | Cost her what it might , she would break off her engagement , and if it meant social ruin , so be it . |
10 | just pushing it in and and if it goes that 's it , you , you want to question every thing |
11 | And if it goes more than that , I said , it can go , I said . |
12 | But I 'm very young , and if it goes wrong , I can always do something else . ’ |
13 | If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find . |
14 | A junior conveyancer is equally obliged to his or her own client , and if it takes that member of the profession a little longer , or if they need to consult with senior colleagues before agreeing to a particular course of action , then so be it . |
15 | This is a very efficient heat-transfer mechanism , and if it existed all the way into the region of the atmosphere which radiated to space then by today the Jovian interior would have lost almost all of its heat of formation , and any remnant could not be a significant source of internal energy . |
16 | The search for spirituality can become diverted also into cults or fascination with the occult , and if it avoids these dangers it can become simply another form of aesthetic experience and move away from the major religious traditions , so that the arts become a kind of substitute for religion . |
17 | He considers religion without morality to be inconceivable , and if it denies any of the virtues we normally associate with morality , such as , truth , mercy and goodness , it does not deserve to be called religion . |
18 | And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event . |
19 | This potential demand is estimated to be of the order of 600,000 , and if it becomes clear that the housing market has bottomed out and house prices are rising once more , it could provide significant support to the housing market . |
20 | It 's got Gene Simmons written on it , it 's got a cool name , and if it feels good when you play it , that 's valid enough . |
21 | You could use this technique at the start and at the end of every massage if you wish and if it feels right for you . |
22 | Bill has plenty more photographs and stories about his walk and if it proves popular hopes to bring out a hardback guidebook . |
23 | So if food consumption decreases there is a danger of malnutrition and if it continues one of obesity ( with attendant heart problems ) . |
24 | And if it does that you 're in real trouble . |
25 | The electric you say oh the electricity can go round there and if it gets light , |
26 | It may be difficult , but it is not complicated , and if it gets complicated there is something quite wrong . |
27 | The commission would draft a new constitution to be put to a referendum , and if it won popular support , multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held before the end of the year . |
28 | So of course we got emotional , and if it looks real then that is great , that is the way it should be . |
29 | And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible . |
30 | If the book does have one central purpose it is to shed light upon the process of the changing system of higher education in Britain , and if it reaches one clear conclusion it is that both Oxford and Cambridge have performed admirably in recent years . |