Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] if [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The same would have happened in the lower house if Solidarity 's share of seats had not been limited in advance to 35% .
2 Many parents of potential boy soldiers , sailors and airmen would have been very reluctant to allow their sons to join the armed forces if homosexuality had been allowed among those who were to train them .
3 Has my hon. Friend reflected on the likely effect of Labour 's policy to establish a minimum wage of £3.20 per hour for every 16-year-old — and , indeed , on the effect on recruitment to the armed forces if defence spending were reduced by 50 per cent ?
4 A more demanding public — hopefully prepared to pay the proper price if horse holidays are to survive — have produced a flexibility in which accommodation matches equestrian standards , and individual needs of riders are increasingly met .
5 The snag is that a clause in the civil settlement allows Exxon to withdraw from the entire agreement if part of the plea bargain is rejected by the courts .
6 Just under 50 per cent will be available for the individual investor if demand warrants .
7 In the NSWP countries as a whole , there are over 150 000 border troops and other specialist units under Ministry of Interior or Ministry of Security control , not to speak of designated Soviet formations , which can be expected to provide security of the rear areas if war breaks out .
8 Secondly there is the product/value which goes to maintain the extra workers if production is to expand , i.e. , .
9 On Nov. 28 employers and unions concluded a two-year pay deal , under which wages would be frozen in 1992 but would rise the following year if inflation exceeded 5.4 per cent .
10 They 're trying to arrange a ‘ mutually convenient ’ date ( and in the back of their minds they also want it to still be on sky … so unless we both get knocked out of the FA cup this weekend ( perish the thought ) we 'll probably end up playing a saturday and the following monday if moneygrabber silver is owt to do with it .
11 The floating charge holder will take the company 's property subject to the rights of anyone claiming by title paramount , so that a landlord can re-enter and can distrain on chattels in the leased premises if rent is unpaid , notwithstanding that the chattels are comprised in a charge which has crystallised .
12 Even though the beef industry is taken aback by the sudden jump in prices , the general opinion is that they will stick until at least July — and could harden in the long term if CAP reform and a further round of milk quotas push down breeding numbers .
13 These would be produced by the British Bankers Association and the Building Societies Association , though the DTI reserves the right to re-examine the legislative option if progress towards any particular SORP becomes unduly delayed .
14 Yet integration could be achieved from the special-school base if policy did not discourage the placement of deaf people in such educational settings .
15 THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights .
16 The £650,000 signing from Leeds could step into the first team if midfielder Steve Hodge fails to recover from the hamstring injury he suffered while training with England last weekend .
17 We tend to feel that we can always cut off alter the first phase if money runs out but in fact we can not because the whole thing is a single investment .
18 In human beings , some individuals might perceive that it would be in the general interest if queue jumping was prevented , particularly if a complete breakdown of the queue made the resource unavailable ( if the driver sees a fight at a bus stop , he does n't stop ) .
19 The 10 million cubic feet of gas represents easily Pakistan 's major energy resource but substantial investments will be required in compressors for the Sui field if production is to meet demand .
20 application of indexes to tables containing the above data if USER DETAILS transfer mode is BULK .
21 application of indexes to tables containing the above data if MODULE DETAILS transfer mode is BULK .
22 Sometimes , court action is the only alternative if agreement or a clear statutory mandate are the only bases of partnership-based intervention .
23 Sometimes , court action is the only alternative if agreement can not be reached with the parent .
24 Along along the bottom time if time is one of the things you 're working with it just about always goes along the bottom .
25 At the same time if design in both practice and theory can not be " read " as belonging to the social , the latter turns its back on it .
26 But equally significant was their insistence on total secrecy , such was the fear of an adverse response among the American public if news were to leak out .
27 Protests have followed the weekend killings in South Africa , President De Klerk has cut short a visit to attend to the crisis , Archbishop Desmond Tutu is calling for South Africa to be expelled from the Olympic games if action is not taken .
28 There are several firms who specialise in the colour matching/repair/replacement of bathroom suites and Branches should approach the undernoted firms if replacement items are not available elsewhere : —
29 Five of these are held in the US and five in Europe , including Plymouth , where a Scottish team could get its first taste of the big time if sponsorship was forthcoming .
30 The unit is almost silent , and for safety , reverses at half speed to the open position if resistance is sensed during the closing cycle .
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