Example sentences of "if [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If counsel settled the pleading for further and better particulars , his name should appear at the end . |
| 2 | If Parliament adopted the proposals , he said , " the South African statute book will be devoid , within months , of the remnants of racially discriminatory legislation " . |
| 3 | If Labour won the morrow and they only had twenty five percent majority it would be a hung parliament . |
| 4 | Under a block tariff , the initial kWh purchased carried a high price , but if consumption increased the extra blocks of kWh were charged at a significantly lower rate . |
| 5 | If Marriage knew the current jargon for the CIA , he did n't bother with it . |
| 6 | Now just imagine the outcry if Council had the power to close down every organisation , stop funding every organisation that criticised it and reviewed its actions . |
| 7 | If citizenship embraced the reconciliation of rights and duties within a democracy , in general terms , as Vincent and Plant suggest , the concept also ‘ implied a noble purpose ’ , orientated as it was toward ‘ community life ’ ; it represented ‘ the consciousness of the ends of life and their origin and unity in the community as a whole ’ . |
| 8 | Shuffling Kenneth Clarke , the home secretary , and fancied to replace Norman Lamont as chancellor , soothed Tory Euro-sceptics by saying he would be ‘ surprised ’ if sterling rejoined the European exchange-rate mechanism during the present Parliament . |
| 9 | The unspoken concern of West Germany and France is that if sterling joined the ERM at its present exchange rate , a devaluation might still be required in several months ' time . |
| 10 | If Candy realised the game Adam was playing , she would go storming in with all guns blazing , never stopping to think of the possible consequences , all her protective instincts roused in defence of her best friend . |
| 11 | If video killed the radio star , then the continued survival of radio drama must suggest something , like radio drama does n't need stars to be good . |
| 12 | It was noted in the introduction to Chapter 21 that , if planning represented the route map for the journey , then organizing represented the means by which one could arrive at the chosen destination . |
| 13 | The percentage of generic prescribing could be increased if legislation allowed the prescriber to ‘ tick the box ’ for the generic equivalent or , as in North America , the pharmacist could , with proper safeguards , offer the generic drug as an option . |
| 14 | Although I asked various qualified people if soil altered the flavour of wine from the same grape variety and district I got no clear answer … |
| 15 | An assessment of the likely consequences for Britain if Congress rejected the loan makes interesting reading . |
| 16 | But what would happen if Fowler-Thrown found the coins which Newley was not supposed to have — the Jacobite Guinea , for example ? |
| 17 | It does look , after all , as if respectability posed the greatest of all threats to the survival of Nonconformity ; the son and grandson of Baptist believers as he was , cousin to a family of ardent devotees of the Worship Street Chapel , William Charles appears to have paid little more than passing lip-service to the cause . |
| 18 | A further disrupting factor was the academy 's assumption that knowledge did not stand still but was advancing and progressive ; if English accepted the security and opportunities of academic institutionalization , then it had to accept its concept of knowledge , and generate appropriate forms and volume of research . |
| 19 | If Fen entered the galley for any reason , the curtain was not sufficient barrier to muffle the sound of sobbing . |
| 20 | I have always wondered if mother left the front door open deliberately ; he was a spaniel mixture , very nice . |