Example sentences of "if it fails " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it fails , sell Tootal . |
| 2 | One will enable employers to take the union to court , where it would risk losing its immunities , if it fails to repudiate the action . |
| 3 | If it fails , the world 's biggest democracy will be even less able to survive the next assassin 's blow . |
| 4 | Another — much smaller — firm involved in the discussions is American Science and Technology Corporation which plans , even if it fails in its bid for Landsat , to launch a rival set of satellites from the mid 1980s , The craft would scan the Earth with relatively low resolutions . |
| 5 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 6 | But its chase is brief , averaging less than 200 yards , and if it fails to catch its prey within this short dash it gives up . |
| 7 | If it fails , be decisive , and be decisive quickly . |
| 8 | If it fails , diabetes may develop , which can cause blindness and kidney failure . |
| 9 | The Commission can take a member state to the European Court if it fails to comply with such an interim order . |
| 10 | For the enthusiast , a second innings might be played to determine the outcome , with a side following on if it fails to come within an agreed number of runs of its opponents score . |
| 11 | In doing so it attempts to limit the effects of the imbalance to the most superficial levels — in other words , the physical level — and only if it fails to do so will emotional imbalances , or if the stresses go deeper , mental imbalances , be manifest . |
| 12 | Even if it fails to find favour from above , the document will prod British artists and their funders into clearer thought about the how and why of what they do . |
| 13 | If it fails to contain a panacea we will be back into Europe with the begging bowl . |
| 14 | Britain can not be thrown out of the EC , but if it fails to pass the bill it would be left behind as the others speed towards greater political and economic unity . |
| 15 | Plenty of praise should be given when the dog responds , although there is no point in scolding it if it fails to do anything more than run or sniff around the garden . |
| 16 | If the nearest unit of Orcs or Goblins is fleeing , or if it fails a break or panic test and so starts to flee , then the Snotlings pretend to flee as well ! |
| 17 | But if it fails it may take the system down with it . |
| 18 | If engaged in hand-to-hand fighting the unit will break if it fails the test and may be pursued just as if it had been broken in hand-to-hand combat . |
| 19 | If it fails to get its finances in order , Greece has a black future . |
| 20 | If it fails , he may as a last resort fling his band of ‘ patriotic ’ assassins into general action . |
| 21 | Oliver Goldsmith , in his Natural History , described the effects of sleep loss thus : But man is more feeble ; he requires its due return ; and if it fails to pay the accustomed visit , his whole frame is in a short time thrown into disorder ; his appetite ceases ; his spirits are dejected ; his pulse becomes quicker and harder ; and his mind , abridged of its slumbering visions , begins to adopt waking dreams . |
| 22 | If it fails to do so it is condemned as being ‘ reformist ’ , or ‘ liberal ’ or even ‘ racist ’ . |
| 23 | There is little point in writing an excellent script if it fails , through your own fault , to be processed in such a way as to give you full credit . |
| 24 | But if the brooding house really does seem too much of a cliché to you , if it fails to set fire to your imagination , then there is an alternative . |
| 25 | In the case of some functions Whitehall has the power to take over the duties of a local authority if it fails to carry out its statutory obligations . |
| 26 | However , given the importance of the mortality record of the children of what we believe to be economically inactive , one parent families , any analysis of health inequalities will be seriously flawed if it fails to include this group . |
| 27 | Any Diconix printer bought after 10th February will be replaced free of charge , within 24 hours , if it fails whilst under warranty . |
| 28 | ‘ And if it fails ? ’ |
| 29 | It 's our only hope even if it fails us , although it fails us , because it fails us . |
| 30 | Instead of writing off , there was a better option : a chance of recovery , which if it fails , costs the creditor nothing . |