Example sentences of "if [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a response to selection occurs , and if ageing in the original base population were attributable entirely to the presence of more or less age-specific deleterious mutations , then no immediate drop in survival or fertility would be expected to occur earlier in life . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the rapid uptake of the technology , with the implications this has for very substantial job displacement in some sectors , even if matched in the longer term by job creation elsewhere , is highly likely to create further problems for the economy and for society to handle . |
| 3 | ‘ Hand In Glove ’ , as if written in the euphoric condition of a new found love affair , holds all the ecstasy of that irrational condition with a typical defeatist twist in the tail . |
| 4 | Using a rate of discount of 10% per annum ( 0.027% per day ) implies that the expected duration of a job is about 1.3 years if accepted in the first three months of the unemployment spell and three years if accepted later ( see footnote 3 ) . |
| 5 | This question is of such fundamental importance because , if answered in the negative , copyright protection for computer programs would be considerably weakened . |
| 6 | Patching is more effective if done in the pre-school years . |
| 7 | Planting roses or other shrubs and trees , whether bare root or container grown , is a two-stage job if done in the best possible way , and an art in itself . |
| 8 | Example B : A single postgraduate student , not from a hot country , should allow approximately £4,600 in living costs for a nine-month study period at the University of Edinburgh if accommodated in the private sector . |
| 9 | Yet all her looks , even the boy , seemed still to be summarised in her present being ; even their very first meeting and the dreadful scene at the fence were somehow gathered in , redeemed and graced , as if reflected in the golden eyes of the ram . |
| 10 | Drugs prescribed by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way . |
| 11 | Learning Classics or memorizing the year by year achievements of a football club will enhance the individual 's reputation in certain environments , but will prove a poor investment if used in the wrong circumstances . |
| 12 | The best companies are able more readily to make alliances or purchase technology or be welcomed into countries other than their own , or obtain financial consideration from banks or shareholders , or escape some of the more scathing criticisms which can be so damaging to a company if produced in the public arena . |
| 13 | When compared to the surface area of the undergravel filter this type of filter has only a very small , and therefore restricted filtering area , usually made of sponge , and would need very regular attention if employed in the large cichlid community tank . |
| 14 | Mozart 's perception and understanding of the female psyche is especially illuminating in this piece and Jane Leslie MacKenzie 's sad and tense characterisation of the Countess was extremely plausible , if lacking in the real sense of fun which the lady must have had in order to be drawn into the intrigues in the first place . |
| 15 | Many of our finest singers — such as Josephine Barstow and John Tomlinson — have given memorable ‘ star ’ performances for Opera North ; others , like Sally Burgess and Helen Field , have developed their repertoire here , in productions which , if lacking in the radical Central European flavour promoted by the Welsh National Opera , are rarely less than good-looking and intelligent . |
| 16 | Most skin cancers are completely curable , especially if detected in the early stages . |
| 17 | That date must not be later than 5 years from the date of the relevant resolution or , if conferred in the original articles , from the date of incorporation , though it may be renewed by the company in general meeting for successive periods not exceeding 5 years . |
| 18 | His true value would have been far more appreciated if introduced in the first place to more mature minds . |
| 19 | The matrons with their marked brows , hooped earrings and prominent noses had hardly altered , though the scarlet and mulberry cloaks painted in the tombs had vanished from all but the youngest and luckiest women among Davide 's kin , for a single death in the family charred them all , turning young and old into sable-winged crow-women — in churches , at the threshing , at the well , as if flocking in the turned field . |
| 20 | Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open . |
| 21 | The procedures of Annex 13 are realistic and practical if implemented in the proper spirit and with good will . |
| 22 | In principle , an applicant who should have brought his or her case under Ord. 53 , but did not , will lose : there is no provision under which the case can continue as if begun in the correct way . |
| 23 | The 2nd cellos here play in unison with the double basses for the first six bars , and after that in the octave above , the double basses being more effective if kept in the lower octave . |
| 24 | Site is as important as soil , for plants that prefer full sun , shade or shelter may not thrive if planted in the wrong place , and are then more likely to succumb . |