Example sentences of "if one [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one presumes that girls are innately as capable as boys of learning mathematics , then these figures suggest that girls are underachieving relative to boys , for whatever reason ( or that boys are overachieving ) . |
| 2 | It is important to remember this when thinking about climatic geomorphology , because if one assumes that landforms are going to vary significantly with these zones , one assumes that the climatic parameters controlling landforms are the same as those controlling natural vegetation . |
| 3 | By the 1850s attempts to understand the arrangement of animals had thus reached the limits possible if one assumes that species are fixed in time . |
| 4 | This impairment can be explained in a straightforward manner if one assumes that damage has occurred to the part of the reading system that involves addressed phonology . |
| 5 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 6 | In fact , if one believes that policies are wrong or ineffective it is important to understand why this is so , particularly if one 's objective is to change them . |
| 7 | If one believes that industries should be owned by the government then one will argue that the level of taxation should be such that , taken with the government 's other financial resources , it should provide capital for investment wherever the government considers it necessary . |
| 8 | If one believes that education is for all children and must be regarded as in many ways the great equalizer , it is hard to accept the proposition that education in morality and religion should be left to parents whose fulfilment of this obligation will be far from equal . |
| 9 | If one believes that God ( whatever one may mean by God ) is equally available to all times and places , then it is possible to start in the present in acquiring one 's religious sensibilities and formulating what one may mean by God . |
| 10 | If one accepts that Quinton offers a more comprehensive formulation of Conservatism than Eccleshall , then Thatcherism 's credentials must be checked again . |
| 11 | Even if one accepts that auditors are capable of providing information about business risks that is useful to investors and other parties , it is questionable whether the benefits of extending the auditor 's role in this direction are likely to outweigh the costs . |
| 12 | It seems perfectly possible that the creation — or re-creation , if one accepts that Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih were in some sense Muftis — of the office of Mufti to which Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan were appointed represents the first step in the creation of the office to which Fahreddin Acemi was appointed , a groping towards the concept which was fully realized in the office held by the latter . |
| 13 | If one remembers that golf is the preferred pastime of a Grand Prix racer , one can see how such a tendency can escalate — check trousers , floppy hats and fringed white shoes |