Example sentences of "if it is the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , okay if it is the kid — the gardener said a pile of comics and old coke tins — but if it 's a six-foot tramp with a ten-year-old IQ I might look a bit silly asking him about his home life . ’ |
| 2 | If it is the buyer he will have to give up goods ( or their value ) for which he has paid good money . |
| 3 | If it is the meat of a buffalo , what precise part of the animal does it come from ? |
| 4 | So do n't be too surprised if it is the subject of some mirth over the next few months , in the run up to its £800m flotation on the Stock Exchange . |
| 5 | ‘ Twelve months later the conclusion is that the race does n't always go to the swift — even if it is the way the bookmaker bets , ’ commented Mike Gaston , the station 's managing director , who took over running the company just a year ago . |
| 6 | What if it is the Gate anyway ? |
| 7 | It does mean , however , that the process of drawing inferences is more tentative than in experiments , based on if-then reasoning : if it is the case that the true causal story about the variables is as we imagine ( playing God in the way that we did just now with absenteeism ) , then we would expect to find a statistical effect of X on Y . |
| 8 | If it is the case that we are motivated by nothing more than the need to reproduce , then it makes sense that women are programmed to be broody and men to satisfy that broodiness . |
| 9 | But if it is the case that language learning is activated by the socio-cultural purpose of schematic extension , that we learn language in order to get a better grasp of the world so that we can turn it to our advantage , then it would seem to follow that a central problem in the teaching of a foreign language lies in the provision of some comparable activating purpose . |
| 10 | This must be checked for — if it is the case , a new head string with one fewer letter is used instead . |
| 11 | What is perhaps surprising , if it is the case that Beccaria was moved by humane sentiments towards the individual offender , is that he did not use this argument more often . |
| 12 | Think of it this way : if it is the case that an incomplete embargo on vehicles will result in my going , then anything that entails an incomplete embargo on vehicles will result in my going ; an incomplete embargo on cars entails an incomplete embargo on vehicles , so an incomplete embargo on cars will result in my going . ) |
| 13 | But if it is the case , simply and conclusively , that music ‘ must intervene actively in consciousness through its own forms and not take instructions from … the consciousness of the user ’ ( quoted in Held 1980 : 83 ) , the baby has gone as well as the bath water and utopian critique begins to look suspiciously like spiritual determinism , autonomy like repression . |
| 14 | If it is the case that what teachers need to know , and to experience , can not be continued within the limits of available time , then either that time must be extended , or some part of what is traditionally included must be curtailed or omitted or postponed to in-service training . |
| 15 | ‘ If it is the case , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm very sorry for Elizabeth . |
| 16 | This point is important if it is the case that the leaders at the top of the organisation are the ones who create the image and identity of the organisation . |
| 17 | This may be too narrow a base if it is the case that pay is only one factor in determining levels of motivation . |
| 18 | Firstly , merit pay ; if it is the case that money is not the most important motivator then linking pay to performance , as with merit pay , is not likely to improve performance . |
| 19 | If it is the case that the grand caliph in de la Broquière 's account is indeed Fahreddin Acemi , it would mean that all the admittedly meagre information relative to the nature of the early Muftilik and the activities of the early Muftis is connected with Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 20 | If it is the case that Hizir Bey did indeed hold a muftilik that , in effect , Fahreddin Acemi was Mufti in Edirne while Hizir Bey was mufti in Istanbul the situation might constitute a parallel to the earlier one of the possibly overlapping tenures of Molla Yegan in Bursa and Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne . |
| 21 | the stating of the price without making it clear , if it is the case , that it applies only to cash customers or that it does not apply to part-exchange deals or applies only in certain circumstances or does not apply in certain other circumstances ; |
| 22 | failing to make it clear , if it is the case , that service is charged extra or that some other additional charge is made ; |
| 23 | If it is the case that the present proposals from like the earlier and are within the law then it is only who the law is inadequate . |
| 24 | Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that . |
| 25 | If it is the Minister , he speaks again by leave of the House as no Member can address the House twice on the same motion without leave . |
| 26 | Brian Edwards welcomes the designs for a Glasgow city centre tower but wonders if it is the icon the city needs |
| 27 | Capacitor C1 will only fit to the board layout if it is the type specified in the parts list . |
| 28 | If it is the wife who dies , her personal representatives may not be aware of her interest in the house or may have difficulty in producing proof of the same , much to the detriment of her estate . |
| 29 | A confession will now be excluded if it is the result of ‘ oppression ’ or if it is the consequence of ‘ anything said or done which was likely , in the circumstances existing at the time , to render [ it ] unreliable ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
| 30 | It is important here to note that Rule 3 applies only if it is the seller who is to do the weighing , measuring , testing , etc . |