Example sentences of "if it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the therapist must be careful not to give the client an entirely free choice if it is believed that one , or a combination , of the client 's difficulties are central in maintaining the others . |
| 2 | If it is decided that use of a measure of material deprivation is informative and conceptually sound , then simple measures based on easily available and regularly updated measures would be preferable to the opaque and statistically complex derived indices . |
| 3 | If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency . |
| 4 | If it is accepted that representative or indirect democracy is at best an inadequate substitute for personal participation , and that everything possible should be done to ensure that the views and wishes of the people are represented as accurately as possible within such a system , it must surely follow that representation should be in proportion to the weight of opinion in the society itself . |
| 5 | If it is accepted that between 10 and 17 per cent . |
| 6 | if it is accepted that biotechnology is here to stay , how can it be controlled to the best advantage ? |
| 7 | Or , if it is to say that , by way of some stringent idea of what is satisfactory , there is also another conclusion to be drawn . |
| 8 | If it is agreed that project work has a great deal to offer in terms of developing reading , but recognised that these opportunities tend not to be exploited to the full , it is necessary to examine ways in which project work can be designed to make fuller use of its potential . |
| 9 | if it 's doing that for everyone and there 's a mountain of scrap paper in there |
| 10 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't hang around in here if it 's coming that soon ! ’ said Masklin , all thoughts of his duty to the nomes of the world temporarily forgotten . |