Example sentences of "[noun sg] if it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomas Tierney , a local teacher , and PRO for the group , said it was founded to enable local residents to block the proposal if it presented any environmental dangers . |
| 2 | I hate to think what effect it would have on our deficit if it included realistic costings of the value of their time . |
| 3 | It appears the US policy was to assist the coup if it appeared likely to succeed ; but to back away as soon as it seemed doomed to fail . |
| 4 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 5 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 6 | Hall argued , however , that even this least satisfactory outcome would be worth while if it meant some of the long-term unemployed in the inner cities obtained jobs , and were thus able to climb up the skills and income levels . |
| 7 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 8 | Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions . |
| 9 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |
| 10 | What I 'm against is the inference that we do n't put any other matters erm that comes up on the subject if it arose prior to the to June . |
| 11 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
| 12 | John Redwood , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , saw no mileage in his current job as local-government minister if it meant non-stop council-bashing . |
| 13 | But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary . |
| 14 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 15 | ‘ Is there , ahem , anything in your personal life which would embarrass the party if it became public ? ’ |
| 16 | Representatives of the NAC met the Guild Council on 21 October and made it quite clear that the NAC could not continue to recognize the Guild as the youth section of the Party if it retained sympathetic affiliation to the Young Communist International . |