Example sentences of "if it [is] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capital , if it is to remain profitable , needed its workforce constantly reproduced . |
| 2 | Such a company must be prepared to invest in its ability to produce economically , if it is to remain competitive . |
| 3 | In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour . |
| 4 | If it is to do this in a more precise , less trade-distorting way , it is bound to be less helpful to big and efficient farms than to small ones . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |
| 7 | Wagner concludes that managers should strive to increase market share , lower relative costs and/or achieve high product quality , and that any investment activity must be directed at at least one of these aims if it is to prove successful . |
| 8 | Finally partnership activity will have to be funded adequately if it is to achieve much worthwhile . |
| 9 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 10 | The disciplines of active life in the sense of worldly help to others , or the necessity for study , are to be like " stikkes " laid on the burning coal that represents man 's innate desire for God and needs to be nourished if it is to provide full light and heat ( 35 – 9.397 – 449 ) . |
| 11 | Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards . |
| 12 | If it is to make good on Mr Bush 's hope that it may be possible to ‘ settle the conflicts that divide the Arabs from Israel ’ , it will have to convince the Israelis that they can be secure even shorn of the occupied territories . |
| 13 | The Pratt Green Trust seeks to represent the interests of the churches in this area , but needs wider support from the Church if it is to make much progress . |
| 14 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 15 | Therefore , will not there be a need for radical changes in the United Nations if it is to maintain any confidence and respect throughout the world ? |
| 16 | The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires . |
| 17 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 18 | Applied linguistics in this sense must be practised by teachers too if it is to have any effective operational relevance at all . |
| 19 | If it is to have any practical value a recording system must be concerned with measuring observable behaviour . |
| 20 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 21 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 22 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 23 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 24 | The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel . |
| 25 | It concerns certain members of this class , four to be precise , but it will , if it is to stand any chance of success , require the support of every one of you , of every one in the school , in fact . |