Example sentences of "[adv] if it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only , only if it creates inflation . |
| 2 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 3 | The United States has said it will guarantee ten billion dollars in loans to Israel only if it stops building settlements in the occupied territories . |
| 4 | P.S If this letter does nt get there I 'm gon na give up , so if it does will someone acknowledge it so I know it has'nt been a waste of time . |
| 5 | Reality 's raw challenge , especially if it engaged muscle and pluck , was his more favoured companion . |
| 6 | Especially if it goes smash . |
| 7 | Where a defamatory remark is made baldly , without reference to any fact from which the remark could be inferred , it is not likely to be defensible as comment , especially if it imputes dishonesty or dishonourable conduct . |
| 8 | Processing this , especially if it contains greyscale information , is going to need a significant amount of power which probably explains why the Printware device contains two Motorola 68000s . |
| 9 | Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists . |
| 10 | It is unlikely to be possible easily or cheaply for the Purchaser to come to its own conclusions as to whether or not these Acts apply even if it has access to the contractual document . |
| 11 | There 's life in the old dog yet — even if it has trouble learning new tricks . |
| 12 | General Leclerc , as a soldier , was not , at least not to begin with , and believed not only that the reconquest of Tonkin , even in part , was impossible but that a negotiated settlement was essential even if it conceded independence . |
| 13 | The trouble is that the French and German governments , swayed by their domestic farming electorates , have been unwilling to accept radical reform of CAP , even if it means access to foreign markets in which the EC is better able to compete . |
| 14 | She would stab him to death if he dared bring that hideous hag in here , even if it involved blood spurting over the recently redecorated ceiling . |
| 15 | And that will hit Britain hard if it becomes community law . |
| 16 | Yet if it goes hand in hand with a commitment to redistributing power and wealth , literacy becomes one of the tools a government can use to create a new society . |
| 17 | You see a young man in a doorway sharpening his fingernails with a razor-blade , perhaps a common Neapolitan pastime , and useful too if it helps winkle those stray bits of salami from between your teeth . |