Example sentences of "if it [vb -s] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The G M B if it passes this motion we welcoming a proposal to extend majority voting in the Council of Ministers to new areas . |
| 2 | " If it happens that way , then it 's natural , " said her nephew . |
| 3 | While an industrial tribunal may err if it misinterprets these guidelines , the Employment Appeal Tribunal has emphasised that , for all the potential complexity , the assessment of compensation is inevitably a rough-and-ready exercise . |
| 4 | If it possesses some sort of strength — physical , chemical or armoured — it can face up boldly to its enemies and defy them . |
| 5 | If it loses more customers than expected , the value of its franchise declines . |
| 6 | It never happens completely spontaneously , even if it feels that way . |
| 7 | Indeed , he points out that traditionally the IEEE has not been swayed by big name support if it feels another technology is more meritorious . |
| 8 | ‘ This trio only has long-term chances of survival if it uses all chances to work together to get the best results , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The search for spirituality can become diverted also into cults or fascination with the occult , and if it avoids these dangers it can become simply another form of aesthetic experience and move away from the major religious traditions , so that the arts become a kind of substitute for religion . |
| 10 | Even if it meets these conditions , it will not be entitled to the concessions unless , at no time during the year , has it , or any member of the group of which it is a member , been a public company , a banking or insurance company or an authorised person under the Financial Services Acts and , if it is a parent company , unless the group qualifies as a small or medium-sized group . |
| 11 | If it meets these requirements the exchange may obtain RIE status under the FSA . |
| 12 | A junior conveyancer is equally obliged to his or her own client , and if it takes that member of the profession a little longer , or if they need to consult with senior colleagues before agreeing to a particular course of action , then so be it . |
| 13 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 14 | The regent has said , even if it takes all day , we are not to appear at the royal palace or the Savoy until we have something more to tell him ! ’ |
| 15 | I was screaming , I was saying , ‘ I 'm in labour ’ , and she says , ‘ You 'll be okay — if it gets any worse give us another knock . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My gown will be lucky if it gets any attention at all ; you forget some of the top designers are taking part . ’ |
| 17 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
| 18 | well what I 'd like I think I 'd like people to do is go away and read this and see if it makes any sense when you 've actually sat and studied it . |
| 19 | Although not all doctors would agree that restless legs are attributable to caffeine , anyone suffering this condition should try avoiding caffeine for a while to see if it makes any difference . |
| 20 | I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned . |
| 21 | I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there . |
| 22 | If it raises some alarm for ambulance provision in a scattered community like Teesdale , the implications for a town of 35,000 people like Newton Aycliffe are positively terrifying . |
| 23 | If it exercises this power , the purchaser acquires good title , notwithstanding any claim by the original owner — Sale of Goods Act , section 21(2) ( b ) . |
| 24 | This way of putting the question reveals a sound judgement of the school curriculum : it has to be related to a child 's needs , and justified if and only if it satisfies those needs . |
| 25 | Do it right now , even if it interrupts another activity . |
| 26 | ‘ If it rains , ’ he said gloomily , ‘ if it rains that heap will set like mixed concrete and we 'll never be rid of it' ; and though there was no sign of a break in the weather he covered the slowly diminishing heap at night with clear plastic , weighted down with stones . |
| 27 | They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply . |
| 28 | And after scoring the derby winner against Everton in March , Rosy said : ‘ I 'd like to stay at Liverpool but not if it means another season on the bench . ’ |
| 29 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 30 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |