Example sentences of "if it [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 If it sends people into transports of delight , Elliott will be a happy young man .
2 Therefore , we should be very wary indeed of ( e ) and ( f ) types of statements unless we are sure that there is something really negative that has to be exposed and which , even if it hurts people in the process , is nevertheless necessary .
3 To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised .
4 In the great store wars to get customers in , supermarkets invented the ‘ loss leader ’ — lines such as bread on which they were prepared to make a small loss if it lured people in .
5 His writings , particularly his Homilies on Ezechiel , composed while he was pope , show that he thought the contemplative life of monks would be best validated if it bore fruit in action .
6 Damage caused to non-business property can be claimed if it exceeds £275 in value .
7 He says they 're bound by the law and if someone objects , there has to be a public inquiry , even if it costs £50,000 .
8 If it covers people who were clients before or who could become clients afterwards , it will be void .
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