Example sentences of "if [adv] [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 2 | He bargained in his soul with fate , promising to dedicate his life to Imperial service without scruple — if only a life was left to him to dedicate . |
| 3 | In the notebooks of Crime and Punishment , Marmeladov ( at this stage called ‘ the civil servant ’ ) is made to argue that ‘ if only a man is really alive , then he suffers , and therefore he needs Christ , and therefore Christ will come . ’ |
| 4 | If all modules in the LIFESPAN system are to be listed the user should enter ‘ A ’ ; if only a subset is required the user should enter ‘ P ’ . |
| 5 | If only a bruise is caused , s.47 is an overcharge . |
| 6 | ‘ If only the protector 's stealing the crown were all … ’ |
| 7 | Thus a car which is so seriously damaged that its chassis is distorted could no longer be accurately described as new , even after being repaired , whereas if only the engine were damaged the car could be restored to newness by a new engine being installed . |
| 8 | People who have been held awkwardly may in their turn be stiff , ashamed of nudity or partial nudity , or carry a fantasy that if only the scene were properly set , rosy lights dimly aglow , all would come right . |
| 9 | If only the work were worth it . |
| 10 | If only the bar was n't brought down quite so hard on everyone 's head . |
| 11 | There generally is a reason for any custom or tradition if only the peasant were lucid enough to explain it . |
| 12 | In a review of John Betjeman 's verse-autobiography Summoned by Bells ( 1960 ) , Philip Larkin remarked approvingly that Betjeman , in his triumphant lucidity , had managed to bypass the whole light industry of exegesis ; that Eliot 's famous demand about the need of poets , in the present state of civilisation , to be difficult could only be an ingenious bit of intellectual job-creation , a Modernistic charter to make work for unemployed critics ; and that the tradition of Kipling and A. E. Housman stood ready to hand for instant revival , ever eager to prove that poetry can still enjoy a reading public if only the poet is prepared to be simple , moving and memorable . |
| 13 | there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it . |
| 14 | If only the class were smaller … |
| 15 | If only the cage was not there … |
| 16 | The fact that this extra testing can produce extra diagnoses implies that a proportion of those cases diagnosed as NGU would turn out to be trichomonal if only the organism were adequately looked for . |
| 17 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 18 | If nevertheless a treaty is concluded , the third party to the earlier treaty can not claim that it was unaware of the restrictions . |
| 19 | Obviously , a publisher must bargain hard , and may have special cause to do so if the property in question has a strong and valuable branding , but , if ever a deal is to be made , the publisher needs to be sensitive to the real commercial worth of his material in the broader context of multimedia development . |
| 20 | When the branch containing the reactances is nonreactive and if also the bridge is balanced . |
| 21 | If now the liquid is brought into contact with the solid , so as to wet it , then the energy of the interface between the solid and the liquid will be less than the sum of surface energies of the two surfaces when they are in contact with air . |
| 22 | The only way of addressing that differently , if indeed the guideline is strictly applied , and you 're required to identify no more than a net increase of six hundred and forty thousand in ninety five , six , the second year of this programme , then you would have to put in additional line of further savings as yet to be identified . |
| 23 | A purchaser is only likely to avoid liability for dismissals before completion if either the dismissal was for a reason unconnected with the sale ( eg gross misconduct ) or the dismissal was sufficiently far in advance of completion that it was not connected with the sale . |
| 24 | This disclaimer is not appropriate if either the report is an Investment Advertisement under the Financial Services Act 1986 or if the client itself authorised under the FSA . |
| 25 | If instead the file is loaded into ten-record buckets , the reduction is from 8.59 per cent down to 1.36 per cent . |