Example sentences of "if it [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 2 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 3 | If it came to court today Armstrong would not be convicted . |
| 4 | Susan hoped the skill would come back to her if it came to guns . |
| 5 | I note that the first thing that the Labour party would do in my Department , if it came to power , would be to change the name of MAFF to FAFF . |
| 6 | If it came to violence , he was n't going to do too well . |
| 7 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I always said we would never get the title if it went to points and that 's exactly how it turned out . |
| 9 | Even if a Bombay or China voyage was as profitable as David Scott suggested , a vessel with excellent accommodation for passengers was likely to bring a greater reward to its commander if it went to Bengal , for the centre of government was the destination of many of the wealthier travellers . |
| 10 | The benefits to the firm of debt forgiveness are now taxable if it happens privately , but remain tax-free if it happens under chapter 11 . |
| 11 | The first person has to start skipping in the middle and everybody says H P W R and if it landed on P the next person would have to skip fast . |
| 12 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 13 | The Boston Consulting Group , advising the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) on the Soviet economy , warned that the republics were " so completely interdependent [ that ] … if it disintegrates into autarchy , production will go down by 50 per cent " . |
| 14 | Commenting on US government 's final award of Desktop IV to Zenith Data Systems , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA chief executive Bernard Pache said ‘ A strategy is valid if it results in success . |
| 15 | Forgetting the past is obviously not the positive action it ought to be if it results in waves of violence towards anyone perceived as not sufficiently ‘ German ’ . |
| 16 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 17 | I wanted to have her looked after , have her settled — even if it sounds like Anna — I wanted it for myself . |
| 18 | Though patients were exempt from all charges under the 1946 Act , the Labour government amended that Act in 1949 to give itself the power to levy charges if it wished on prescriptions and appliances . |
| 19 | If it has grown to £447,000 then £300,000 is taxable on her death but if it falls to £247,000 her estate will only pay tax on £100,000 , assuming that the nil rate band did not change . |
| 20 | For me , the sound of the bullet striking home and a clean kill , with the animal dropping where it stood , was the climax of the hunt , all the more rewarding if it followed upon days and even weeks of testing and arduous hunting , or a really difficult stalk . |
| 21 | Look for the full name and address on the ad , so you can trace the company , especially if it asks for money in advance . |
| 22 | Look for the full name and address on the ad , so you can trace the company , especially if it asks for money in advance . |
| 23 | ( d ) Action on receipt of replies First peruse each reply carefully , consider its significance ; and if the reply is benign , pass on to the next , but before you do , tick the answer in the margin , or if it calls for clarification or action , put a cross in the margin , so that when you have considered every reply , you can go over them all comprehensively , and take whatever action is called for . |
| 24 | Can the hon. Gentleman confirm that that means that the average family in this country would be approximately £2,000 better off if it lived in Italy ? |
| 25 | Otherwise the War Wagon is moved as indicated and if it collides with troops it comes to a halt and a round of hand-to-hand combat follows just as if the War Wagon had charged . |
| 26 | So she said well I 'll put that on the thing , but she said if it goes to Crown Court you 'll have to , I said well |
| 27 | Erm what you apply for if if it goes to court is what 's called a residence order , and what you would probably know as access |
| 28 | If it goes to court it could be an important test case . |
| 29 | he said he 'll ta no , to court if it goes to court cos the insurance we 've got out . |
| 30 | Er if but if you want to do something like that , to organise something , because if it goes on A five |