Example sentences of "if it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right . |
| 2 | British Rugby League , the former Wigan coach had said , was living in dreamland if it thought its standards had risen to match those of Australia . |
| 3 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 4 | There is no disgusting crusty dirt that does n't care if it loses its job ; instead there are the big boots and frocks of the playground dressing-up box , the scruffy jeans and last year 's trainers like the ones set aside for playing after school . |
| 5 | Private Eye will probably close if it loses its appeal against the award of £600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe , which was also heard last week . |
| 6 | This is where it can find a post-Thatcher purpose — and , if it keeps its nerve , votes as well . |
| 7 | If it bit its victim and then hung on tight , the ensuing struggle while the injected individual died would probably damage the long , delicate teeth , ripping them from their sockets . |
| 8 | But this will happen only if it gets its act together in the three areas of service provision , education , and research . |
| 9 | Walter Gifford Nash , honorary surgeon at the County Hospital , had expressed support for co-operation with the local authority , but added a rider to the effect that if the voluntary hospital were enlarged and improved , and if it increased its work , ‘ County Council would have very little to do ’ . |
| 10 | In Continental Can , the Court ruled that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it strengthened its dominance by taking over a competitor . |
| 11 | More in accordance with reality is that the new State has no option if it wishes its status to be accepted ; this is akin to necessity . |
| 12 | If it changed its policy it would still be able to ratify . |
| 13 | The spray is not merely unpleasant , but is also extremely painful if it reaches its target directly . |
| 14 | Therefore , a tribunal or inferior court acts ultra vires if it reaches its conclusion on a basis erroneous under the general law . |
| 15 | The panel has decided that Arthur Watt , Wilkes ' chairman , was not providing material new information when he told three institutional shareholders that the company secretary and finance director were likely to leave the company if it retained its independence . |
| 16 | If it scents its prey , it swings its head from side to side to determine the direction from which the smell is coming . |
| 17 | The multi-product firm might be awakened to the need to innovate if it finds its price-recovery margins being eroded . |
| 18 | It has also warned that some customers could be faced with paying more if it lost its hold on the household market . |
| 19 | Never mind the inconsistencies of using the tools of free trade to secure human rights ( nobody is trying to deprive Iraq , for instance , of its MFN status ) : Congress thinks China should have MFN only if it treats its people better . |
| 20 | Gorbachev apparently told Landsbergis that negotiations with Lithuania could begin if it suspended its independence declaration , if only for the duration of those negotiations . |
| 21 | It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules . |
| 22 | If the delegation is absolute and unconditional then the electorate can not be sovereign ; if it delegates its power on trust then Parliament can not be sovereign . |