Example sentences of "if [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If for the Spanish right the Republic had confirmed its promise as an uncongenial regime , for sections of the left it had by mid-1933 failed to fulfil hopes of far-reaching and irreversible social reform . |
| 2 | The girls were always willing and always high-caste , even if like the Creole beauty , Solitaire , of Live And Let Die ( 1954 ) they were also half-caste : |
| 3 | Back from the great plains of Central Canada comes the brief response , as crisp and neutral as if from the other side of the airwell , ‘ Treacher . ’ |
| 4 | Leila and Quincx are tackling if from the wrong angle . |
| 5 | She looked at the singer and his wife as if from the wrong end of a telescope . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is possible that if in the manager-owner contract nexus the manager bears little risk , this may spill over into a lack of control over employees . |
| 7 | She has said nothing of this to me , and as her father I really ought to know , I think , what she , and you , propose to do , even if in the modern fashion you do not choose to ask me for my blessing . ’ |
| 8 | And if in the present case the staff plan is at fault , blame can be laid at no one 's door but my own . |
| 9 | Such a problem would not arise in the perfect capital market scenario sketched out above ( although if the qualification provided new information about the distribution of cash flows , there might be an interdependence between the qualification and asset prices ) but if in the real world the qualification caused investors and creditors to withdraw funds , refuse lines of credit or otherwise alter their behaviour , then the qualification might indeed be a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 10 | It would be less passive , but still a form of projection , if in the above illustration I were to add , ‘ And doctors … if you would n't mind making notes … to help our discussion later ’ . |
| 11 | An undertaking may be in a dominant position if in the relevant product market it is in a position where , as a result of its economic strength , it is able to hinder effective competition by behaving to an appreciable extent independently of its competitors without taking into account customer and consumer demands . |
| 12 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 13 | On the other hand , if in the long run Bavaria or Catalonia were to join Scotland in a wish to attain full membership of the Community in their own right , is it evident that their rights are so very much weaker than those of Luxembourg or Denmark or in due course other candidates like Lithuania or Estonia ? |
| 14 | It will be interesting to see if in the long term the claims that this product prevents damage to valve seats etc. from using leadfree fuel are true . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If in the unlikely event , if they want to feel a C C Q , let them have it , do n't , do n't because that person may be a tax he , he buys he has to feel what he 's buying and to deprive him from that you really are up against it . |
| 17 | Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court . |
| 18 | Helped by Vladimir Riha 's reedy , unhoneyed tone , this performance comes over with irresistible rustic pungency and vigour as if in the open air rather than the Beaux Arts ' drawingroom . |
| 19 | Then their mood would change , and they would languorously intertwine and writhe as if to the stately music of a sarabande . |
| 20 | imply a steady state system or over a long term and if over the long term the rate of addition of material to the sea is equalled by the rate of removal . |
| 21 | If they stood apart from their era , assuming human nature can ever do this , their fear was that they would have faded away as irrelevant oddities ; if on the other hand they became fully part of their century their fear was that they would not be giving an alternate witness , another voice . |
| 22 | If on the other hand he wept on account of worldly things , or out of wrath because an enemy prevailed over him , or envy of another man because he possessed such abundance whilst he himself possessed none , then his prayer is docked , defective and void . ’ |
| 23 | If on the other hand he also had some burning when he passed a motion , his feet burned at night and his eyes were dry and burning , then it is clear that the sensation of ‘ burning ’ runs throughout many areas of the person 's body and so becomes characteristic of him as a whole , that is , it becomes General . |
| 24 | If on the other hand the consequences are neutral or unpleasant , then the behaviour is less likely to occur and an alternative will be found . |
| 25 | If on the other hand it was the morning fire of the returning verderers it would be possible for Hugh to stumble back to them pretending he had failed to recapture his prisoner . |
| 26 | If on the other hand , you marry a man who already has a home and a mortgage , both of which are in his name alone , you will not be responsible for repaying the loan if he falls behind with the payments . |
| 27 | If on the other hand the board does not fully and cleanly develop after a couple of minutes , then the board has not been exposed to UV light for long enough . |
| 28 | If on the other hand the video is to be a record of a once in a lifetime trip , you are more likely to accept the need to go fully equipped and ready for all eventualities . |
| 29 | If on the other hand you have access to a colour television set at the place where you are staying , you may be able to use this instead , provided that it can be tuned to your camcorder 's signal output and assuming that it is designed for use on the same television standard as the camcorder , eg UK PAL for machines sold in Great Britain ( see page 153 ) . |
| 30 | If on the other hand fertilisation of the egg has occurred and it becomes successfully implanted in the lining of the womb , levels of Progesterone will continue to increase throughout the pregnancy . |