Example sentences of "if it be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power of it is integral , if it be turned into earth . |
| 2 | ‘ if it is demonstrated by reference to authority binding on this court , or by reference to clearly established principles of the common law , that the appellants were rightly held to have committed the actus reus of contempt of court , this court can not apply directly the terms of the Convention so as to reach a different conclusion . |
| 3 | The latter can entrap adult birds and if it is incorporated into nests it can cause chick mortality . |
| 4 | ( A company is normally considered to be ‘ resident ’ only if it is incorporated in the UK , the Channel Islands , the Isle of Man or the Irish Republic and has its head office and place of central management in one of these jurisdictions . ) |
| 5 | But insurers have agreed to pay out if it is discovered in future that procedures which would now be classified as benign are found to cause environmental damage . |
| 6 | Incidentally , the generic name always starts with a capital letter , and the specific name with a small one , even if it is named after Jones . |
| 7 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 8 | A single blow from a Singing Blade can cleave a fully armoured man in two if it is struck from a thundering chariot . |
| 9 | The answer lies in the fact that , usually , the program , once written , can only be run in a computer if it is converted into object code whether temporarily , using an interpreter program , or permanently , using a compiler program . |
| 10 | If it is lived in that world , the vow of celibacy witnesses to other women and indeed to men . |
| 11 | Having said that , if there is n't any pay formula included in this deal , er no matter what the percentage increase over the two years , I think er the strength of feeling across the country , people will not be happy with this and if it is balloted on it will be rejected . |
| 12 | The business to which the goods are sold ( if it is registered for VAT ) , when it makes its return to Customs and Excise , claims back the VAT which it has paid on the goods , which is known as the input tax . |
| 13 | It seems then that a Romalpa clause will , if properly worded , work in the case of unmixed goods and the proceeds of sale of unmixed goods , but that in the case of mixed goods ( and their proceeds of sale ) will work only if it is registered as a charge created by the buying company . |
| 14 | This entails , as was pointed out above , that disobedience to a law is justified only if it is justified by an existing legal doctrine to that effect . |
| 15 | Just as each human-being should bathe regularly , so the temple idol , if it is constructed of metal or stone , is bathed daily , several times a day or once a week . |
| 16 | If it is secured by assets — usually a house — then if your other resources are insufficient for repayment , the lender is entitled to seize your home . |
| 17 | If it is invested in physical capital for the public sector or used to retire outstanding government debt , it is not at all imprudent . |
| 18 | Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting . |
| 19 | Top juniors are capable of beginning to detect differences between two pieces of evidence , if it is presented at a simple language level , and even bias and attitudes to events . |
| 20 | In disease , even a small stimulus , if it is aligned with the healing process of the individual , will have an effect . |
| 21 | If it is mounted over the sink , a normal swivelling outlet spout is used . |
| 22 | If his estate is not in possession , e.g. if it is limited to A for life and then to B in tail , A is the ‘ Protector of the settlement ’ , and B can not bar the entail without A's consent . |
| 23 | A domicile of origin is notoriously adhesive , but it is only if it is replaced with a foreign domicile of choice , and three further years elapse , that the individual will escape the UK inheritance tax net . |
| 24 | Iron from non meat sources is better absorbed by the body if it is eaten with a source of vitamin C , so try to have your cereal with a glass of fresh orange or your lentils with a tomato based sauce and so on . |
| 25 | I keep on insisting that customary behaviour only makes sense if it is viewed in context against a background of contrast . |
| 26 | The very concept of liberation makes sense only if it is viewed against the backdrop of unjust oppression , and while the notion of unjust oppression no doubt assumes many guises , it is incomprehensible to me how we might understand it apart from the idea of the violation of basic moral rights . |
| 27 | If it is stored for too long in rick or barn , rats and mice can cause heavy losses . |
| 28 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 29 | It soon recovers its stable position if it is pushed to one side or the other . |
| 30 | In fact , the level of independence of inputs required for this sort of system to produce double dissociations is only likely to be achieved if it is composed of complementary modules . |