Example sentences of "if it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison did little to lighten their mood : grey frowning walls with a few sombre buildings peeping above them , and a black gateway with an arch which yawned as if it wished to devour any unfortunate who approached it . |
| 2 | The Treasury accepted that a five-year programme of public investment should be planned , and that if it failed to prove adequate to secure full employment , then changes in taxes to encourage private investment and consumption should be made , but the question of budget deficits remained a bone of contention and was fudged in the report . |
| 3 | The security aspect was obviously serious : how could the Comrade 's convoy of cars approach the planned government buildings at its usual high speed , if it had to turn sharp corners ? |
| 4 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 5 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton MP , Scottish Office environment minister , said it would be ‘ additional ’ to the public road building programme and could start by 1992 or 1993 — against a delay until the next century if it had to await public funding . |
| 6 | of its income from the tax , even if it manages to achieve 100 per cent . |
| 7 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |
| 8 | However , given the importance of the mortality record of the children of what we believe to be economically inactive , one parent families , any analysis of health inequalities will be seriously flawed if it fails to include this group . |
| 9 | If it fails to do this , multimedia will be an irrelevance . |
| 10 | Where an exclusion clause controlled by the UCTA is specific to a particular liability the effect of the UCTA is either to render the clause unenforceable ( if the UCTA imposes a total ban ) , or ( if the UCTA imposes the requirement of reasonableness ) to render the clause unenforceable if it fails to satisfy that requirement . |
| 11 | TIM WEBB believes such concern is misplaced if it fails to address cultural as well as environmental issues . |
| 12 | The merchant bank or broker will charge a commission for procuring the subscribers and may agree to subscribe itself for the balance if it fails to procure sufficient interest from its clients . |
| 13 | Either it must achieve the reductions it agreed to by using technological means to remove the sulphur from domestic coal , or , if it chooses to see low-sulphur coal being imported , or gas burned in power stations , it must endure reductions in emissions closer to those agreed by West Germany , the Netherlands , France , Belgium and Denmark . ’ |
| 14 | Aerate the lawn if it tends to become waterlogged or growth is very poor . |
| 15 | But if it starts to go wrong again , I 'm walking out , ’ she warned him . |
| 16 | Sex education in schools may therefore have most impact if it aims to discourage helpless attitudes , by emphasising to young people that they are in control of their own lives , encouraging them to see themselves as active rather than passive , and in discussing what they might do in the event of an unwanted pregnancy . |
| 17 | He added that if Strathclyde PTE did not continue to have the power to assemble a package of services which involved busy services cross-subsidising off-peak ones , the council would have to spend much more money if it wanted to maintain off-peak services . |
| 18 | If it costs to transport one item from i to j , how should the goods be transported in order to satisfy all requirements at minimum cost ? |
| 19 | The compost should be moistened if it begins to become dry and , when germination occurs , the covering should be removed at once , and the seedlings kept in good light , but out of scorching sunlight . |
| 20 | If it begins to look doubtful that the site can be reached and the glider is down to 1,000 feet , it is time to select the best possible field within easy reach and to make a safe landing in it . |
| 21 | Note that baths and shower trays have a low waste trap , so there will be problems getting sufficient fall on the waste pipe if it has to run all the way across a room under floorboards . |
| 22 | Above all , the Labour Party should abandon its current stance on Northern Ireland if it wants to remain true to the principles of its founders . |