Example sentences of "if [art] [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the judge thought the evidence already given sufficient to raise a prima facie case , he could refuse to allow the prosecution to discontinue even if their case was incomplete . |
| 2 | Presumably a substantial profit could be made if the church bought the land and subsequently sold it . |
| 3 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 4 | He added that if the referendum rejected the programme the government would have to resign . |
| 5 | We believe it only on grounds of modesty : it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us , but not around other points in the universe ! |
| 6 | The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught . |
| 7 | If the patient had the requisite capacity , they are bound by his decision . |
| 8 | It would not make any difference if fluid was being poured into the funnel , but if the arrow traced the path of a ball-bearing dropped into the funnel then the baffle plate would speed up the descent of the ball into the tube part of the funnel , In the same way structural changes need to take account of what is to pass through the structure . |
| 9 | The terms of the 1977 defence treaty between Djibouti and France allowed for France to respond to a request for military intervention if Djibouti 's frontiers were threatened by " foreign armed forces " , but not , according to Le Monde of Nov. 19 , if the request concerned the " maintenance or restoration of public order inside the territory " . |
| 10 | The execution of the letters rogatory might be refused only if the authenticity of the document was not established ; or if in the requested State its execution was not included within ‘ the attributes of judicial power ’ ; or if the request infringed the sovereignty or security of the requested State . |
| 11 | Three days of rioting by Miami 's black community followed the killing , and police and city officials were on full alert yesterday for a resumption of the riots if the jury acquitted the Hispanic-American policeman . |
| 12 | Three days of rioting by Miami 's black community followed the killing , and police and city officials were on full alert yesterday for a resumption of the riots if the jury acquitted the Hispanic-American policeman . |
| 13 | I wondered how Harley would relish a putt back over Jefferson 's footprint — a substantial one since he was a good fifteen stones in weight — if the putt hit the hole and bounced left . |
| 14 | During the run , correct answers were checked before the stimulus cards were put into the tachistoscope and the appropriate trial ticked if the subject got the answer correct . |
| 15 | The council 's deputy Labour leader Coun Bill Dixon , said the authority would work with Caldaire if the Government resolved the issue . |
| 16 | ‘ They used real Armageddon talk , and warned that the Prime Minister would be brought down and that there would be a General Election if the Government lost the vote . |
| 17 | Greenpeace executive director Lord Melchett said that if the government gave the go-ahead without calling a public inquiry , Greenpeace would return to the courts to seek a second judicial review " with our right to do so already established " . |
| 18 | They would grow restive , perhaps even rebel , if the government allowed the human-rights movement to develop too fully . |
| 19 | This is one of the few occasions in the House when I can say that many hon. Members on both sides of the House told the Government that that would happen if the Government allowed the policy to develop in the way it has . |
| 20 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 21 | That morning an advertisement appeared in the Belfast News Letter warning that a body which described itself as the Ulster Workers Council would call a general strike if the Assembly approved the Sunningdale agreement . |
| 22 | More than 80 per cent of the country would revert to lagoons and salt marsh if the sea defeated the country 's vigilant engineers . |
| 23 | If the mid-nineteenth-century witnessed the increasingly polarized representations of women around the definitions of asexual purity/immorality , these oppositions also had a profound impact on class-specific forms of male sexuality . |
| 24 | If the user wanted the list in alphabetical order , it would have to be retyped . |
| 25 | Tradition had it that if the corn-dolly reached the following year 's harvest intact , it augured well for the farm in the year to come . |
| 26 | He claimed that if the state neglected the poor the public had a Christian duty to fill the gap . |
| 27 | Hayman knew he could n't afford to have the man around to answer to a Congressional enquiry if the shit hit the fan . |
| 28 | The secondary issue , although one of supreme importance in terms of W. 's well-being , was what treatment should be authorised , if the court had the necessary jurisdiction . |
| 29 | To a hushed court Dr Howe described what he would do if the court granted the application . |
| 30 | The judge was told that the father had given undertakings ( which the judge recited in the course of his judgment ) that , if the court ordered the child to be returned to Canada , he would not attempt to remove him from the care of the mother without an order of the Canadian court ; that he would not support or initiate any contempt of court or criminal proceedings arising from the mother 's removal of the child , and would co-operate in having an early hearing of the proceedings in Ontario . |