Example sentences of "is [adj] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While certain proteins cause these effects to a less extent than others , it is generally considered that uncontrolled adsorption of protein on surfaces in large amounts is undesirable if the surface is to be biocompatible . |
| 2 | It is understandable if the core discipline(s) , with their internal forms of evaluation , constitute the majority of the student 's course . |
| 3 | In particular , since oscillation is avoided if the phase shift is less than at the frequency at which falls to unity , it follows that a negative-feedback amplifier involving just first-order networks is stable if the slope of the plot of versus is less than 12dB per octave as the condition is approached . |
| 4 | His belief is that it is preferable if the RF tuner and RDS processing stages of the receiver are continuously active whenever the vehicle ignition is switched on . |
| 5 | It is preferable if the tenders are opened publicly with the tenderers given the opportunity of being present , so that fair play can be clearly seen to have taken place . |
| 6 | Rescue of the animal is possible if the stem cells are replaced . |
| 7 | The second common mistake ( not made in this case ) is to impose a sentence for an either way offence for which the offender has been committed under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.S6 a sentence in excess of six months ' imprisonment , which is possible if the offender is committed for the same offence under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 . |
| 8 | An even greater rise of 5–7 metres is possible if the ice sheet of west Antarctica melted but it would take two or three centuries to do so . |
| 9 | For example , the equilibrium between liquid and vapour is upset if the temperature is increased . |
| 10 | It is specific if the subordinate has authority to make certain limited and identified decisions within that area of operations . |
| 11 | The reimbursement is standard-rated if the landlord has opted , and he must account for output tax on the reimbursement ( net of any VAT which he can reclaim ) . |
| 12 | Using the stock concept , at a point in time an investment project is profitable if the present value of net operating benefits the stream of future operating profits discounted at the interest rate at which firms must borrow funds — exceeds the initial purchase price of the new capital good . |
| 13 | Investment is profitable if the rate of return exceeds the interest rate . |
| 14 | ‘ ( a ) It is accepted that no civil court ‘ has any power to decide in a manner which would bind a criminal court that evidence of any kind is admissible or inadmissible in that court ’ ( per Lord Wilberforce in the Rank case [ 1982 ] A.C. 380 , 442f ) and that restrictions embodied in the order of the civil court would not bind ‘ an English criminal court … from admitting the information in evidence at a trial : ’ per Lord Fraser of Tullybelton , at p. 446e. ( b ) However it is different if the prosecutor is personally restrained from placing the information before the criminal court , because in that scenario no question of admissibility arises . |
| 15 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 16 | It is doubtful if the material is there for a first-class combination . ’ |
| 17 | It is doubtful if the mill could ever be operated on a commercial scale and in Wilf Medlam 's words it is ‘ a desirable and harmless anachronism , doing its bit to satisfy the immense demand for 100% wholemeal flour ’ . |
| 18 | Outside these harbours it is doubtful if the total winter population exceeds 200 birds , but up to 70 winter at Newhaven and between Rye and the Midrips . |
| 19 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 20 | It is doubtful if the image of the conventional family ever accurately described the majority of families in Britain . |
| 21 | However , in nearly all the instances of so-called casual working in manufacturing examined , it is doubtful if the term " casual " was applied correctly . |
| 22 | It is doubtful if the material was actually used in this way , but the engraved sealstone is another art that does revive in Greece at this time . |
| 23 | In fact the uncertainty is so wide that is doubtful if the forecast would be of much value . |
| 24 | As for the opposition , Gaselee has his eyes on Royal Athlete who finished third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup , Zeta 's Lad who has won five races this season , but is doubtful if the ground remains on the firm side and surprisingly Garrison Savannah who has been rather overlooked by the National pundits this year . |
| 25 | It is doubtful if the corridors of Whitehall and the British civil service will quite match this record , but the simple point is that a host of records of potential interest to the historian that would have manifested themselves on paper will no longer do so . |
| 26 | But it is doubtful if the problem can or should be solved with spending cuts alone . |
| 27 | But it is doubtful if the problem can or should be solved with spending cuts alone . |
| 28 | IMMATURE BIRTHS — The birth is immature if the child 's birth weight is 2,500 grams or less . |
| 29 | However , much simpler filtering is adequate if the output signal is a stepped type . |
| 30 | The do be construction does not correspond in any simple way to standard English forms of BE ( as is clear if an attempt is made to ‘ translate ’ the second example ) , but encodes aspectual distinctions which are not always syntactically marked in standard English ( Kallen 1986 ; J. Harris 1984 ) . |