Example sentences of "if it [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequent judicial intervention is not essential for duty-based controls to be effective , and would if it took place prove extremely costly , but it is necessary that there be a realistic prospect of enforcement . |
| 2 | If it curbs strikes , fight it and if it creates jobs spurn it . |
| 3 | It would make more sense if it said Tim ran home . |
| 4 | In a statement on July 15 Shamir 's office said that Israel would take a " positive view " of Assad 's reply if it enabled Israel to conduct " direct and unmediated negotiations with Syria " . |
| 5 | Panamanian commercial lawyers said that such a treaty should be resisted if it contained clauses covering tax evasion , as this would destroy the country 's off-shore banking sector [ see p. 37771 ] . |
| 6 | ‘ Say Markham is paying Wheeler or Wheeler is paying Markham for services rendered and say Paul was implicated either way , might not Rosamund know about it , if it involved money going into or out of any of Wheeler 's accounts ? ’ |
| 7 | She would stab him to death if he dared bring that hideous hag in here , even if it involved blood spurting over the recently redecorated ceiling . |
| 8 | And if it makes sense to punish at all , there is some point in trying to punish offenders at least roughly in proportion to the moral gravity of their offences . |
| 9 | If it makes sense to sell investment products such as annuities and mutual funds ( which banks increasingly do ) , why not insurance ? |
| 10 | If it makes sense to see the period 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole , what was it that changed with the Hanoverian Succession and the failure of the Jacobite rebellion ? |
| 11 | If one can not deduct preceding taxation on the same object , the taxes due on a relatively low priced painting often exceed the profit margin , especially if it concerns goods offered on consignment . |
| 12 | Auque 's news appeared to point to the fact that John was being held by an Iranian-backed group , and in March Hashemi Rafsanjani called a news conference in Tehran during which he repeated his request that Britain should help locate the missing Iranians in Beirut if it wanted Iran to help with the British hostages . |
| 13 | Even if it means home-buyers paying more for their mortgages ? |
| 14 | Such action ‘ simply does not wash if it means children exposed to wholly unsuitable material . |
| 15 | The , and here 's the clever bit , I roll each chunk in chopped fresh herbs , usually parsley , thyme and a little tarragon so that the outside edge looks as if it has moss growing on it . |
| 16 | There 's life in the old dog yet — even if it has trouble learning new tricks . |
| 17 | Most PC software did n't have a Macintosh counterpart and even if it did users had to work the magic of the asynchronous communications link to get data back and forth . |