Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no answer is given or if the question is not encouraged ( or still worse , not allowed ) , then the searcher may become a believer , but he will be constantly at the mercy of the potential doubt that his faith is only make-believe . |
| 2 | It must be stressed that if the record of a lease of land by Offa to Oswald , bishop of the South Saxons , in 772 ( CS 208 : S 108 ) is what Stenton called it — a ‘ patent forgery ’ — there is no evidence for Offa 's presence as a dominant factor in South Saxon affairs until the late 780s . |
| 3 | It must not be forgotten that if the wife or third party is assuming the mortgage debt , so that the husband is released , the amount of the debt assumed in addition to the cash consideration will be subject to stamp duty ( Stamp Act 1891 , s57 ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , it should not be forgotten that if the teacher is " a resource " as well as books , audio-visual materials and three-dimensional items , then a similar claim can very properly be made for items of resource equipment . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the Council for the Protection of Rural England has claimed that if the Treasury refuse to " foot the bill " then the government 's " environmental credibility will plummet " . |
| 6 | Cooperative women have realised that if the principle ‘ Each for all and all for each ’ is good in their shopping , it is equally good in production , in education , and in the affairs of the nation and of the world . |
| 7 | Since the earliest days of stepping motor development a large number of designs have appeared , but it was soon realised that if the motor is to produce a significant torque from a reasonable volume then both the stationary and rotating components must have large numbers of iron teeth , which must be able to carry a substantial magnetic flux . |
| 8 | The owner of the horse had not realised that if the horse was threatening her , that its ears would be held firmly backwards , and not just relaxed backwards . |
| 9 | To remedy these distressing conditions , UNO has calculated that if every country , rich and poor , gave 0.7 per cent of its gross national product , world poverty could be banished in a generation . |
| 10 | It has been calculated that if every driver in the United States reduced petrol consumption by 5% , and every family lowered its central heating temperature by 6 degrees and raised the air conditioning temperature by the same amount , the saving would be the equivalent of the total oil consumption for the continent of Africa . |
| 11 | Taking a share of the profits : Prior to s. 2(3) of the Partnership Act 1890 , the courts had decided that if a person took any share in the profits of a business this made that person a partner . |
| 12 | ‘ I am disheartened by C&A 's corporate clothing attitude and have decided that if the sleeve of my record must remain blank then I shall boycott C&A from now on , and my feet and bottom will remain bare until we settle this like grown men . ’ |
| 13 | It is felt that if the Government did lift the veto , it would be obliged to allow any company to bid for Jaguar . |
| 14 | It is felt that if the economy does not improve soon he will be reshuffled out of the Treasury by the Prime Minister . |
| 15 | Not only throughout Britain , but in many parts of Europe and in the New World , it was widely accepted that if a person succeeded in erecting a dwelling on common or waste land between sunset and sunrise and lighting a fire in it he could not lawfully be dispossessed . |
| 16 | Thus , it is accepted that if a minister is made the deciding authority he will often have to act through officers to collect the material and the officer may even make the decision in the minister 's name . |
| 17 | In none of these cases could it be said that if a person entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer to another . |
| 18 | It is said that if a placebo is to have a therapeutic effect , the patient must believe that it will . |
| 19 | It has also been said that if a member of a court announced that he would give expression to his views by voting against every licence , he would be disqualified : McGeehan v. Knox ( supra ) , Lord Mackenzie at p.696 . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ This was discussed during the hearing at the House of Lords and it was said that if a case was brought the Attorney General would quash it , and that has been confirmed by lawyers . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ This was discussed during the hearing at the House of Lords and it was said that if a case was brought the Attorney-General would quash it and that has been confirmed by lawyers . |
| 22 | Typically for the Piaroa , the women are not warned against seeing the instruments with a threat of rape ; rather , it is said that if a woman should see the flutes , the entire village must commit mass suicide by joining hands and jumping off a cliff ( and I must admit that their reasoning on this is not clear to me ) . |
| 23 | It was said that if a claim is directed to a technical process which is carried out under the control of a program ( whether implemented in the hardware or the software ) , then the claim can not be regarded as related to a computer program as such . |
| 24 | This caveat was echoed in Sybron Corp v Rochem Ltd [ 1983 ] 3 WLR 713 where it was said that if an employee were required to report each and every breach of duty by fellow employees this would ruin good industrial relations . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 26 | It was also said that if the bow should move of its own accord after it had been draped it was a bad omen . |
| 27 | The British Medical Association has said that if the legislation does require authorities to keep to drug budgets , the association will see that as a cash limit and cry ‘ foul ’ after accepting assurances from Mr Clarke last week that budgets would not operate as cash limits . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure your wrong , ’ said Anna , but she remembered how Maria Jakob had said that if the money was not forthcoming she must think of something else , a way to make up to her for Melusina 's death , and she had not meant a donation to the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 29 | It was said that if the defendant took employment as a milk roundsman he would not be able to solicit orders for milk from any of the customers who had had their chairs renovated by the plaintiff company . |
| 30 | Tom Foley , the speaker of the House of Representatives , has said that if the president were to ask for the authority to use force , there is a presumption that he would get it . |