Example sentences of "if it be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find . |
| 2 | For example , a just procedure may well require considerable complexity , but if it is stable over time , resources can be invested in making the procedure more transparent through better presentation of the justification for a formula and of the import of complex formulae and their inherent uncertainties in cash terms . |
| 3 | We still await determinations of the ages of the rock itself or of any of its components , but the degree of cosmic-ray bombardment is being measured to see if it is consistent with the short interval required to project material from the Moon to the Earth . |
| 4 | But , if they ca n't break the star system , if it is impossible for a band of this stature to remain an ‘ ordinary existence ’ ( although it must be stated that New Order deliberately unglamourise their existence , wisely slowing down their schedules and viciously guarding their faceless media presence . |
| 5 | If it is impossible for you to release them there make sure they are given their freedom in an area with abundant supplies of nectar . |
| 6 | If the latter 's optical axis is parallel to that of the first crystal than the beam is totally transmitted , if it is perpendicular to the first optical axis none of the beam gets through . |
| 7 | As described in Section 3.3 , if it is possible for real particles to pass through them , then it will be possible for those particles to subsequently look back and observe the naked singularity in region IV . |
| 8 | If it is possible for firms to make binding commitments , for example legally enforceable contracts , to carry out certain agreed actions , then this raises a fundamentally different set of issues than if no such commitments are possible . |
| 9 | Canadian labour education is by no means a model of good practice , but if it is possible for unions with far weaker traditions of political affiliation and shopfloor militancy than in Britain to stray beyond the circumscribed perimeters of the workplace in their training , then it is harder still to accept the myopic parochialism of much current British practice . |
| 10 | Ideally mobile units of 100 or 200 bird houses are preferable if it is possible to either move regularly , or at the end of a laying period on to new pasture . |
| 11 | And if it is possible to be poor but happy , sexual difficulty may tip the balance towards misery , so that financial dissatisfaction is magnified . |
| 12 | " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client . |
| 13 | If it is possible to be at A , it is definitely inefficient to be at C. |
| 14 | If it is possible at all to find a semantic common denominator for sentences containing auxiliary need , the best candidate would probably be " non-assertiveness " . |
| 15 | Even if it is arguable for the purposes of theological discussion that the mode of being in which contemplative knowledge of God becomes a reality is superior to the demands of the active life , Augustine recognised that in the fallen world the two were indissolubly linked and complementary : for no one ought to be so leisured as to take no thought in that leisure for the interest of his neighbour , nor so active as to feel no need for the contemplation of God . |
| 16 | As Miller puts it : ‘ Education is a source of economic growth if it is anti-traditional to the extent that it liberates and stimulates as well as informs the individual and teaches him how and why to make demands upon himself . ’ |
| 17 | If the plane is perpendicular to the axis of the cone , a circle results ; if it is tilted slightly , an ellipse ; if it is parallel to the axis , a hyperbola ; if it is parallel to one of the surfaces of the cone , a parabola ( Fig.1 ) . |
| 18 | If the plane is perpendicular to the axis of the cone , a circle results ; if it is tilted slightly , an ellipse ; if it is parallel to the axis , a hyperbola ; if it is parallel to one of the surfaces of the cone , a parabola ( Fig.1 ) . |
| 19 | Lord Denning said : In my opinion any behaviour , by words or conduct , is sufficient to be a misrepresentation if it is such as to mislead the other party about the existence or extent of the exemption . |
| 20 | If it is easy for a man — it is usually the man who suffers from such fears — to hit difficulty due to his own self-doubt , it is doubly easy for his partner to support or feed that doubt by her own expectation of his failure or overt recognition of it . |
| 21 | If it is easy for Economic Man to receive the broadcast without paying , then he will not pay . |
| 22 | One looks firstly to see whether irrelevant considerations have been taken into account ; if they have not the decision may still be struck down if it is unreasonable in the substantive sense . |
| 23 | Giving students skills , information and conceptual abstractions is worthwhile but only if it is usable in the various circumstances of their future lives . |
| 24 | Having said this , Smith , being a Marxist , has to provide an alternative and more sophisticated account of why military expenditure remains high even if it is dysfunctional for capitalism For Smith , military expenditure is yet one more example of the contradictions of capitalism — it is both functional and dysfunctional . |
| 25 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 26 | If it is appropriate for the courts to adopt some kind of policy in order to protect government against itself ( and I can not say that the idea particularly appeals to me ) , it should be one that distributes the loss fairly across the public . |
| 27 | However , I believe that I could manage to call you father if it is appropriate to the circumstances . ’ |
| 28 | If you usually use A4 paper , print at 10 characters per inch , and if it is appropriate in your circumstances then make A4 the default page size |
| 29 | A term is not implied , however , merely because it appears reasonable to do so nor if it is contrary to an express term . |
| 30 | He means that there is a gene which , if it is present in an animal of a given species , along with all the other genes and environmental circumstances characteristic of that species , will make that animal somewhat more likely to do X. Then , if doing X causes an increase in the number of copies of the gene in the population , the gene will spread . |