Example sentences of "if it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists . |
| 2 | Sri Lanka would never have such problems if the country relied on its own resources — if it cultivated appreciation of native food and agricultural systems which have evolved over centuries to meet the population 's needs . |
| 3 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
| 4 | If it took years for the French to persuade us to buy their cheeses , then selling a microscopic plant grown in a factory must sound like a marketing nightmare . |
| 5 | The real competition , the old-style conception of the battle for survival , may have taken place , if it took place at all , between the plants that provided the reptiles with their food . |
| 6 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 7 | Furthermore , national liberation could only be supported if it took place in a revolutionary way ( as Marx had argued on Germany and therefore gone on to oppose Bismarck 's route to German unity ) , not leaving ‘ intact the foundations of the power of the ruling class ’ . |
| 8 | If there is a petition , and winding-up ensues , then s 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986 will void the restructuring , leaving a lender unsecured if it took place after the petition . |
| 9 | However , it will presumably be rare that a business can be held not to be acting in the course of business if it sells goods on its standard terms . |
| 10 | That had stopped the Ministry ‘ dead in its tracks ’ and it had come to the conclusion that if it denied premium to the rearer of suckled calves it would eventually be challenged by a hill farmer before the European Court . |
| 11 | This fact is used as if it constituted evidence against the theories that those chemists are trying to test . |
| 12 | On those assumptions the state can be neutral only if it creates conditions of equal opportunities for people to choose any conception of the good , with an equal prospect of realizing it . |
| 13 | State on your tax return income from which tax has not been deducted at source and will therefore be assessed for tax by the Inland Revenue if it forms part of a more substantial income : |
| 14 | Asked whether Britain might opt for membership of this looser body if it rejected progress towards full European union , Mr Andriessen said : ‘ It is always open to countries to go back to Efta if they wish . ’ |
| 15 | Parliament adopted regulations in late August 1990 which a required foreign publication to obtain an annual permit if more than 300 copies were distributed in Singapore or if it carried articles on politics " in any country in south-east Asia " . |
| 16 | Yet if it goes hand in hand with a commitment to redistributing power and wealth , literacy becomes one of the tools a government can use to create a new society . |
| 17 | If ‘ knowledge is power ’ then there is a danger that the system will lose much of its power if it loses control of information about itself . |
| 18 | In general , if one individual is able to make its future actions plainer than another and if it derives benefit from doing so ( which does not seem implausible in a social context ) , then we should expect evolutionary change in the effectiveness of such signals . |
| 19 | Far better , they said , if it formed part of the Autumn Season package unveiled in September . |
| 20 | Labour has vowed to keep the Works open if it wins control of the Council at the next election . |
| 21 | If it uses weapons of mass destruction against our [ Arab ] nation , we will use against it the weapons of mass destruction in our possession [ see p. 37390 ] . " |
| 22 | Making a pressed flower picture as a way of welcoming someone into their new home is both a charming and original idea , especially if it uses flowers from their previous garden . |
| 23 | Colin Chapman , however , had his doubts and was convinced that if it had barriers around it , similar to those at Monaco , Clark would never have died . |
| 24 | The Board 's determination would , said the court , be accepted if it had warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law . |
| 25 | The letter was waiting , lying in her pocket in a demanding way as if it had control of her . |
| 26 | If it sends people into transports of delight , Elliott will be a happy young man . |
| 27 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 28 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 29 | Therefore , we should be very wary indeed of ( e ) and ( f ) types of statements unless we are sure that there is something really negative that has to be exposed and which , even if it hurts people in the process , is nevertheless necessary . |
| 30 | The system will also suffer severe difficulties if it lacks legitimacy with its own employees , including prison staff and probation officers . |