Example sentences of "[adv] if it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the same reasons , a person who has HIV infection should inform their GP of this only if it becomes relevant for diagnosis or treatment . |
| 2 | All experience showed that an attack had some prospect of success only if it had numerical superiority in a ratio of at least 3 : 1 . |
| 3 | for it is difficult to see how the native could have any interest in the project of unveiling what can go on existing only if it remains veiled . |
| 4 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
| 5 | The very work that solicitors are called to perform , which includes doing certain nasty things to people , can not be expected to make them universally popular , ; so the profession can retain public respect only if it observes high ethical standards , which not all practitioners do . |
| 6 | for art historians , incomplete schemes or dismembered works such as altarpieces have the attraction of needing detective work ; but a critic takes an interest in a reconstruction only if it throws new light on surviving art . |
| 7 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 8 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |
| 9 | The Article 22 proposal for EEC funding of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers how they can achieve the objectives of development plans is to be welcomed but only if it includes environmental considerations as suggested by several witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee . |
| 10 | So if it tastes edible it gets eaten . |
| 11 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 12 | It is preferable to smack the dog with your hand rather than use a rolled-up newspaper which the dog may see as an extension of the game , especially if it gets excited and a tug-of-war ensues . |
| 13 | By the third year , the young orang is much more venturesome and will leave its mother for short spells , especially if it meets other youngsters who are willing to play . |
| 14 | Even a small reduction in the susceptibility of a crop to a pest can be important , especially if it complements other control techniques in an IPM programme . |
| 15 | the work involved in revision , especially if it seems advisable to publish the scheme , or if the scheme needs drastic revision to adapt to the changing remit of a special library or information service ; |
| 16 | You should always seek veterinary advice without delay in this case because the condition of a young puppy can deteriorate very rapidly if it becomes dehydrated . |
| 17 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 18 | The matter crosses delicate and dangerous ground , and it might be better for us both if it remained unexplored . ’ |
| 19 | but I do n't think sometimes I think well if it looks nice but some of them brides on there that just hangs do n't it ? |
| 20 | The suggestion of fatherly closeness was essential , even if it seemed awkward and difficult to illustrate . |
| 21 | In my ignorance of electricity I would have believed her , even if it sounded unusual . |
| 22 | Yeah but even if it says virgin it can still |
| 23 | The more cross-holdings there are , the less chance of success for any outside raid on Hongkong Land , even if it had semi-official backing from the Chinese government . |
| 24 | Picture yourself having chosen each option in turn , and see whether it feels good , even if it feels scary . |
| 25 | Whatever may have been said in the 1930s — even if it reflected current views then — cannot be correct today . |
| 26 | He added : ‘ British Rail has put off its £0.75bn programme and even if it takes private money , the bigger the players the better . |
| 27 | The best rock attempts to make society better , even if it takes gross self-laceration to get to that point … |
| 28 | The administration , even if it goes wrong , we can catch up with them later . |
| 29 | Thus a Dean of Durham , and an ex-Bishop of Durham , and a complicated patronage secretary who popped out of holes like a rabbit , and a doctrine of apostolic authority , and an Archbishop of York , and a desire to follow the calling of God even if it looked unlikely , winkled a professor out of a career to which he seemed to have been born . |
| 30 | The great treeless plains from Salamanca to Valladolid were most economically employed with wheat and grazed fallows , while other poorer provinces — Avila for instance — could grow little else , even if it meant wretched crops and three-year fallows . |