Example sentences of "if it [verb] place [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date .
3 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 ’ .
4 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 .
5 Trade with other former members of Comecon is to be in hard currency , if it takes place at all .
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