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

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1 If it has that effect , it is not disputed that the rule of law applies , namely , that the release of one of two joint debtors has the effect of releasing the other .
2 The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result .
3 Such beauty may make a strong impact , but , if it has little relationship with the inner nature , it is precarious .
4 Thus where the discretionary fund management arm of a conglomerate receives confidential information from the corporate finance arm about Company X , the fund management arm may be prevented from using the information of disclosing it if it has actual knowledge of the breach of confidence or possibly where it ought to have known of the breach .
5 If it has less incidence of such needs , does it not follow that it should score highly in the narrow spectrum of examination results for the most able pupils ?
6 ‘ Because each shaft is slightly thinner , hair starts to feel as if it has less body and volume , ’ says trichologist Philip Kingsley .
7 But goodness can choose to change its nature if it has true freedom of will .
8 There are some newspapers which simply will not use a picture if it has any brand identification whatsoever .
9 Population regulation , however , if it has any advantage at all , can only be a long-term one ; it must therefore be a consequence of individual decisions to emigrate , taken on the grounds that conditions will be better elsewhere , not on the grounds that the population level must be kept down in order for the local resources to be conserved .
10 If such was indeed the case , the assertion of later authors that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II , if it has any validity at all , would have to be interpreted as the elevation of an already existing semi-official or official post of no particular consequence , as , in effect , the transformation of the muftilik of Bursa into the Muftilik of the Ottoman lands .
11 If it has any effect , it will be slightly beneficial on the inflation front , but I would n't want to exaggerate that .
12 As we saw in this chapter , more recently it has been found that this account of processing can not be correct for at least three reasons : ( a ) there is evidence that syntactic and semantic processing is not delayed until the end of the clause ; ( b ) there is evidence that information about the specific wording is retained after the end of a clause if that clause contains nonspecific words which subsequent clauses will disambiguate ; ( c ) specific wording will also be retained if it has pragmatic significance .
13 Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date .
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