Example sentences of "if a [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , if a person accepts the legitimacy of an authority then its instructions are accepted by him as reasons for conforming action . |
| 2 | If a person making the valuation is an officer or employee of the company state this fact . |
| 3 | In none of these cases could it be said that if a person entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer to another . |
| 4 | If a person criticizes the criminal justice system and uses as an example the handling of his case , are his opinions to be considered opinions ‘ regarding such crime ’ ? ’ |
| 5 | If a vehicle fails the test because it does not have a vehicle identification number , MoT testers will advise motorists to get in touch with the local Vehicle Registration Office , which can allocate a new number . |
| 6 | If a lettuce cost the retailer 10p and he sold it for 15p , what was the mark up in cash terms ? |
| 7 | He argued that if a jury had the benefit of ‘ this further evidence ’ it ‘ might take a very different view ’ of Mrs Sutcliffe 's attitude to deals with the Press . |
| 8 | But this time lag , combined with dilution by water already in the aquifer , means that if a pollutant enters the ground , it may not affect water supplies for many years . |
| 9 | It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement . |
| 10 | But all that could change if a campaign to promote the meat succeeds . |
| 11 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 12 | The force facility can be used as often as required for a particular SPR , for example , if a user does not wish to take responsibility for the SPR or if a user accepts the SPR but at a later date passes the work onto someone else . |
| 13 | But if a judge errs the other way and fines a rapist a few hundred pounds , or puts on probation a bank robber with previous convictions who clearly ought to go directly to jail , nothing happens . |
| 14 | If a rest follows the solo passage the asterisk is unnecessary . |
| 15 | If a tone precedes the air puff , the rabbits quickly learn to blink when they hear the tone . |
| 16 | Or , as the prosecuting counsel said ‘ It is not the law … that if a girl crosses the threshold of the barracks she is fair game ’ . |
| 17 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 18 | Under the law , there is no truancy if a child has the school 's permission to be absent or if his/her absence from school is occasioned by : sickness of the child ( not of his/her parent ) ; or unavoidable cause affecting the child and generally involving an emergency ; or a day of religious observance ; or ‘ the school … is not within walking distance … and no suitable arrangements have been made by the LEA for ( the child 's ) transport … or for boarding accommodation ’ . |
| 19 | Obviously it would be much easier to leave the ranks of the captain 's servants if a candidate had the support of a powerful political interest , though no doubt sheer professional ability might win the assistance of superiors . |
| 20 | They will be waived if a candidate possesses the appropriate non-academic criteria . |
| 21 | If a man receives the Spirit , it is because he has responded to the Word ( 10:44 ) . |
| 22 | Exceptionally , if a government underestimates the strength of opposition amongst its own backbenchers , or fails to anticipate the extent of opposition in the other House , it may be necessary to modify a bill or even have an amendment forced upon it . |
| 23 | If a government has the right to rule it is regarded as legitimate , and this , in turn , provides it with authority . |
| 24 | If a programmer adds the two together , the database will not complain , though the programmer 's boss might . |
| 25 | Only if a building reaches the next stage commonly regarded as romantically old-world is its survival reasonably assured . |
| 26 | Dr Schussler , who had a particular interest in physiology , considered that a number of diseases were due to a deficiency of one or more of these salts and thought that if a patient exhibited the symptoms of a remedy — for instance Natrum muriaticum — there was a deficiency of this salt in the patient 's body . |
| 27 | If a member leaves the band , he or she is only responsible for the debts incurred prior to his or her leaving . |
| 28 | But problems could arise if an exchange adopted a rule at board level but failed to publish it , or if a member joined the exchange after rules bulletins 1 – 50 had been issued , was not then supplied with those bulletins by the exchange , and such bulletins were not readily available on request . |
| 29 | there is only one exception : if a wife owns the property or has her name on the rent book or has the property because of her job , her husband is regarded as the head of household , provided that he is resident ( our italics ) . |
| 30 | If a wife reported the matter to the police , her children ‘ might resent what she had done to their father ’ . |