Example sentences of "if it [vb past] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line . |
| 2 | They found that a severe event was of most aetiological significance if it threatened a role , person or idea to which a woman was particularly committed ( established in an interview one year before ) or if it matched a long-standing major difficulty in the woman 's life . |
| 3 | Not to answer the summons made matters worse , as it had always done , and particularly if it concerned a mortgage . |
| 4 | ‘ The only reason for the Prime Minister to make a statement was if it concerned a matter of grave constitutional importance . |
| 5 | If it took a couple of weeks to trace and arrange to visit all the closest relatives of the victims of a train disaster , say , those most likely to become severely depressed might already have done so . |
| 6 | In both these situations , the buyer is assured of a return of the original price plus interest and is not taking any significantly greater risk than if it made a loan secured on the property concerned . |
| 7 | Major C R Anson of Anson Airways promised to buy the prototype if it made a record flight to Australia where it would be operated . |
| 8 | In particular , he reversed his previous position that Greece would recognize Macedonia if it adopted a prefix to distinguish it from the northern Greek province of Macedonia . |
| 9 | In addition , the Secretary of State could override or veto any decision of the Scottish Assembly if it affected a matter reserved to the Westminster Parliament in a way which the Secretary of State felt was contrary to the public interest . |
| 10 | An obvious example would be if it reached a decision in flagrant breach of the rules of natural justice . |
| 11 | The paper would need a minimum circulation of 300,000 to make money , and with an annual expenditure of £13.3 million would make an annual profit of £6.4 million if it reached a circulation of 500,000 But the idea never got off the ground . |
| 12 | He did n't mind spending the money if it brought a result , but something like this put the whole world out of balance . |
| 13 | The straightforward application of this figure implies that a drawing office could get rid of two-thirds of its draughtsmen if it installed a CAD system . |
| 14 | And if it entailed a degree of sacrifice , there was always the prospect of better times , just around the corner . |
| 15 | If it had a companion , the climate of any of its planets would be decidedly uncomfortable . |
| 16 | A moan rises from the wind , as if it had a spirit . |
| 17 | If it had a centre , that lay in the triangle formed by the cities of Angers , Tours and Poitiers . |
| 18 | At all events it seemed that the Cold War , if it had a victor , had been won by the West . |
| 19 | If it had a self , perhaps this was its face : split by wounds and doubt ; pitiful ; lost . |
| 20 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 21 | If it had a name , or a code word , well that sounds like civil servants playing games . |
| 22 | She had been foolish enough to ask if it had a name . |
| 23 | If it had a door and a wall and |
| 24 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 25 | Dalgliesh said : ‘ If it had a row of turrets it would be a rather different shape . |
| 26 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 27 | His crushed throat felt as if it had a lump of stone lodged inside it . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 29 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 30 | It also enabled him to wrap his hand round the glass , even if it had a handle , in a manner peculiarly his own . |