Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two-layer structure will be stable only if the density of the cool , clear upper layer is less than the bulk density of the sedimenting lower layer . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were the Pentagon or the White House I 'd be upset too if a US Air Force bomber or cargo plane , carrying a load of bombs , suddenly disappeared into the sea . |
| 3 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 4 | It would be ironic indeed if the AFBD 's new populist hastened the downfall of his Athens . |
| 5 | If the Secretary of State has considered a proposed merger and made a decision as to clearance or otherwise in respect of it a fee will also be payable even if no application for clearance has been made . |
| 6 | This liability would be payable even if the venture failed , and all the capital were lost . |
| 7 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 8 | It is probably unnecessary to specify the president , as the relevant institution 's procedures will be similar even if the president is not specified . |
| 9 | General grants would be appropriate only if the grantor felt that all local services were merit goods . |
| 10 | The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school , but this will be effective only if the considerable pool of talent and experience within the staff is used successfully . |
| 11 | They will go on doing so , but they can be effective only if the fighting which seems to have broken out and the looting that I described cease . |
| 12 | I do not disregard the possibility that some rituals in some societies do indeed perform such a function , but this interpretation would be meaningful only if the members of those societies could be shown in their various ideas and practices — in particular those concerning personhood — to endorse such an interpretation . |
| 13 | The British played an important part in triggering off a European response to American signals that large-scale aid would be forthcoming only if the Europeans themselves demonstrated an ability to co-operate and to produce a programme for recovery which satisfied American criteria . |
| 14 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |
| 15 | This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) . |
| 16 | A major influence was undoubtedly the personality of the dean himself , but the essential catalysts were the decision by the department of anatomy that it could no longer continue to operate two separate curricula — one for the traditional course and one for the parallel track — and the decision by several of the charitable funders of the new pathway that future grants would be available only if the scheme was adopted throughout the school . |
| 17 | It is common in rent review for reasons to be available only if the parties pay the expert higher fees . |
| 18 | The third chest has a slightly decayed , but permanent , Magic Lock on it , such that an attempt at mechanical lock-picking is only 50% likely to be successful even if the lock-picker makes his Dex test to pick the lock . |
| 19 | 281 but , in any event , it can , in my opinion , be accurate only if the husband and wife cases are treated as being in a separate category . |
| 20 | The expert 's expenses such as seeking outside legal advice will generally be recoverable only if the parties have agreed to the expense . |
| 21 | We will convert Invalid Care Allowance into a Carer 's Benefit , increasing its value by an immediate 15% , indexing its future level to earnings and altering the entitlement rules to enable carers to combine caring with part-time or even full-time jobs and to ensure that people will still be eligible even if the caring starts after the carer reaches pensionable age . |
| 22 | It will be unenforceable also if the facts justify a finding that the debtor has been appointed the creditor 's agent . |
| 23 | Thus , if the consecutive-spill method of handling synonyms has been used , a search may still be necessary even if no home record is detected when the home position is searched . |
| 24 | This may be necessary even if the industry is situated many miles from the site . |
| 25 | If the purpose is to interrupt an apparent contract and the secondary action would be likely to achieve that purpose , then the secondary action should be legitimate even if no such contract exists in fact . |
| 26 | It would be surprising therefore if the SoS announced his decision before the autumn . |
| 27 | Were the consent to be valid then if the rights or duties consented to and their creation have good consequences , which outweigh the bad consequences to which their creation or existence lead , the validity of the consent is instrumentally justified . |
| 28 | Thus the inference from ( 16 ) to ( 17 ) will be valid only if the speaker index and the time index are held constant ( see e.g. Montague , 1968 ; Scott , 1970 ; Lewis , 1972 ) . |
| 29 | When paths are short , every rule on the path will gain an improved weight after just a few searches , and for a good rule , the gain in weight will be significant even if the rule is first on the path . |
| 30 | But such a big change would be desirable only if the structure of local government was reformed , to make it more responsive to local opinion . |