Example sentences of "if it [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Parliament ceased to be a representative assembly , in any plausible sense of the idea , or if it proceeded to enact legislation undermining the democratic basis of our institutions , political morality might direct judicial resistance rather than obedience . |
| 2 | Similarly , if it chose to reduce taxation , that too would be democratically justified . |
| 3 | THE BBC need not worry about its future if it continues to show programmes like Arnold Wesker 's play Roots . |
| 4 | Sir Alfred had spent enough of Rubery Owen 's profits and was impatient for success ; BRM would be closed down if it failed to win races in 1962 . |
| 5 | Chris Ivory , chief executive at Bedale food firm Dalepak said he knew of a small company which would struggle to stay in business if it had to raise wages at the present time . |
| 6 | We are prepared to consider the decoy as a permanent option if it helps to slow people down and save lives . ’ |
| 7 | The resolution also ordered " all States in which there are funds of the Government of Iraq " to transfer proceeds to a UN escrow fund , and undertook to return to Iraq all monies so raised if it agreed to sell oil under UN supervision [ see pp. 38942 ; 38788-89 ; 38838 ; 39026 ; 39115 ] . |
| 8 | A local authority must apply to the court if it seeks to deny contact to a parent or any other person entitled under s34(1) or by virtue of a court order . |
| 9 | SCO 's development partner DEC will have to soldier on alone , if it has not been doing just that for some time ( UX No 364 ) , if it intends to put OSF/1-for-ACE on its MIPS R4000 machines . |
| 10 | But if the brooding house really does seem too much of a cliché to you , if it fails to set fire to your imagination , then there is an alternative . |
| 11 | Greenpeace has warned that the insurance industry could face catastrophic losses if it fails to take action . |
| 12 | Even if it fails to find favour from above , the document will prod British artists and their funders into clearer thought about the how and why of what they do . |
| 13 | This draft also has a separate provision relating to the imposition of conditions by the parties to a treaty , which a third party must observe if it wishes to take advantage of the relevant right . |
| 14 | In effect , when section 89 applies , the company if it wishes to issue equity shares for cash , has to do so by a rights issue , as described in chapter 13 or a similar process if it is a private company . |
| 15 | The Middle East Economic Survey , a trade publication which maintains close contact with OPEC delegates , said in a special edition at the weekend that the cartel might have to cut its output ceiling by 678,000 bpd more than already planned if it wanted to raise oil prices from levels around $18 a barrel . |
| 16 | The ego knows that if it has to make choices in the world of actuality it can not keep its cake and eat it too ; the id does not . |
| 17 | In the long run , a united Europe will attract support and become irreversible if it seems to make Europe more competitive . |
| 18 | ‘ If that happens the health authority is going to have to foot the bill for a taxi or ambulance if it wants to get people to hospital . |