Example sentences of "be [adj] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the transaction might be upset if the debtor had acted as agent for the lender and had been guilty of misrepresentation or undue influence . |
| 3 | It would be cruel if the daughter could be evicted and left to find another home for herself and for her belongings simply because of the accident of the untimely death of the parent within one year . |
| 4 | ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year , ’ said Lillywhite after holding on to his 20 seconds lead over Norway 's Ole Simensen . |
| 5 | It faces the lost of its major sponsor , but Lillywhite said : ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year . ’ |
| 6 | Paragraph 3.1.5 could be annoying if the landlord is of an interfering disposition , and could be preceded by the words : ( in the last 6 months of the Term ) The optional words in respect of convenient hours and reasonable prior notice in paragraph 3.2 are of course preferred . |
| 7 | That may be unnecessary if the in-house service runs efficiently . ’ |
| 8 | I would be grateful if the cheque could be despatched along with the attached document to reach the creditor by 14 July . |
| 9 | The last paragraph reads : ‘ We should be grateful if the suggestions contained in the attached letter could be firmly suppressed . |
| 10 | We shall be grateful if the Minister can help us on that , but if he can not perhaps he will help us another time . |
| 11 | We would be grateful if the disk and the pages could be returned to the Library . |
| 12 | I should be grateful if the hon. Gentleman will confirm that that is the Government 's intention . |
| 13 | I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary could comment on the way in which housing benefit is calculated . |
| 14 | I enclose a copy of this letter and should be grateful if the parties would sign and return their copy , confirming their acceptance of the above . |
| 15 | With reference to the application to erect 2 retail units at the Bus Depot , Whitburn Road , Bathgate , we would be grateful if the development could include racks for cycle parking . |
| 16 | I would be grateful if the Noble Earl who will , I assume be replying on their behalf , I hope he will be able to explain this matter to us . |
| 17 | I would be grateful if the Noble Earl was able to answer these questions . |
| 18 | The bipartisan commitment to the existing exchange rate within the ERM , and the endorsement of this by most commentators , would be understandable if the forecasts that the Treasury , the City and all the main conjuncture organisations have been making ever since we joined the ERM had turned out to be anywhere near correct . |
| 19 | If the effect of use and disuse is to alter the nature of the proteins in the body , and if the replicable information passed on to future generations is carried by DNA , then Weismann has to be right if the central dogma is right . |
| 20 | Come 's stint on the toilet trail may be short-lived if the critical hoo-hah they 've elicited thus far translates into sales , but actually this is a band better suited than most to the world 's more fetid punk rock bunkers . |
| 21 | Both the models and the technical skills were available , so it would be strange if no large statues were attempted . |
| 22 | Atkin LJ criticised the idea in Phillips v Britannia : " it would be strange if a less important duty which is owed to a section of the public may be enforced by an action , while a more important duty which is owed to the public at large can not be so enforced " . |
| 23 | I only comment that , at a time when Community law is becoming increasingly important , it would be strange if the right of the citizen to recover overpaid charges were to be more restricted under domestic law than it is under European law . |
| 24 | Ten people who 'll be sorry if the Tories lose |
| 25 | I should be sorry if the debate on the Bill were to be unnecessarily prolonged and so prevented the House from debating the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill that hon. Members are waiting to discuss . |
| 26 | Indeed it would be absurd if the following two cases were not treated the same : ( 1 ) A has two deposits each of £10,000 , and he assigns one deposit to B and the other to C ; and ( 2 ) A has one deposit of £20,000 , and he assigns one-half to B and the other half to C. |
| 27 | It would be absurd if the law did not recognise the causal connection between these events despite its refusal to imply a non-competition restriction post employment . |
| 28 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 29 | Early identification of accelerated rise will be possible if the year-to-year variability can be understood and removed from the records . |
| 30 | Believing that efficient charge separation could only be possible if the electron donor ( that is , chlorophyll ) and the electron acceptor ( quinone ) were in close proximity , they decided to put them into the same molecule . |