Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it feels easy to raise fresh equity from shareholders then dividend pay-outs will be high , for managers can easily ask for the money back again . |
| 2 | ‘ If it feels good do it ’ was the carnal end ; ‘ sexual enjoyment as personal fulfilment ’ was the higher end . |
| 3 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 4 | The long term significance of using fibroblasts and skin grafting will emerge if it becomes possible to use very large inserts of genes coding for hormones , with associated sequences which allow response to physiological controls : for instance , inserting the entire normal insulin gene into fibroblasts and hoping that there will be a physiological insulin response . |
| 5 | However , occasionally , if it proves impossible to measure any one of the factors in the age equation accurately , no TL date for a site may be obtained at all . |
| 6 | If it proves necessary to restrain a client 's arms or legs , they should be held above and below the main joint . |
| 7 | If it proves possible to develop useful modelling links between financial and strategic analyses , DCF will be a device for simplifying and summarizing — quite apart from its theoretical justification . |
| 8 | And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event . |
| 9 | She said her name timidly , as if it felt strange to address her so . |
| 10 | Certainly if it became possible to detect problems earlier in the pregnancy it would make it easier for mothers to abort their children . |
| 11 | That would include such areas as Burma , the northern part of Indo-China , if it became desirable to suppress communism in that country . ’ |
| 12 | If it takes two to make an argument then each side must choose an issue over which some values ( ideals ? ) conflict . |
| 13 | It appears the US policy was to assist the coup if it appeared likely to succeed ; but to back away as soon as it seemed doomed to fail . |
| 14 | So of his falling in love with Mrs Moore we are merely informed that ‘ even if I were free to tell the story , I doubt if it has much to do with the subject of this book , ’ and of his father 's death in the late summer of 1929 that this ‘ does not really come into the story I am telling ’ . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure if it has frilly paid the Ministry for the land . |
| 16 | As a detail of notation , if it seems useful to have a way to distinguish property-meanings from entity-meanings , then we may use round brackets for the former , thus allowing us to replace ( 7 ) by : We may also point out that the physical orientation of the arrowhead in our representations naturally reflects the direction of qualification , not the surface order of the instantiating elements . |
| 17 | If it seems necessary to give it over a long period make sure you fully consider your risk before proceeding . |
| 18 | It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) . |
| 19 | If it seems odd to devote a chapter to one book , however important and significant , it must be appreciated that numerically it is by far the most commonly found book and one which has been published over such a long period that the collector will see it more frequently than any other . |
| 20 | the work involved in revision , especially if it seems advisable to publish the scheme , or if the scheme needs drastic revision to adapt to the changing remit of a special library or information service ; |
| 21 | Do n't worry if it seems rude to leave them out there while you check on them — you can be perfectly polite about it . |
| 22 | They will be able to weigh up the advantages of breaking a law and not doing so ; and they will tend to choose the former path if it seems likely to secure economic and career advancement . |
| 23 | He was also said to have pledged support for South Korea if it proved necessary to apply for UN sanctions against the North over the issue of nuclear inspections [ see also p. 38818-19 ] . |