Example sentences of "if it [vb -s] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it possesses some sort of strength — physical , chemical or armoured — it can face up boldly to its enemies and defy them . |
| 2 | If it raises some alarm for ambulance provision in a scattered community like Teesdale , the implications for a town of 35,000 people like Newton Aycliffe are positively terrifying . |
| 3 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 4 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 5 | If music is like a language , if it communicates some kind of emotional or spiritual message , then noise is best defined as interference , something which blocks transmission , jams the code , prevents sense being made . |
| 6 | Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date . |