Example sentences of "if it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it produces poor results , it is surely legitimate to make changes . |
| 2 | If either kind of conjecture fails an observational or experimental test it will be falsified , while if it passes such a test we will say it is confirmed . |
| 3 | The government insists that it will only be restarted if it passes stringent safety tests , and that a technical council composed of Russian , American , French and German experts will oversee its operation . |
| 4 | The G M B if it passes this motion we welcoming a proposal to extend majority voting in the Council of Ministers to new areas . |
| 5 | " If it happens that way , then it 's natural , " said her nephew . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the organisation will always retain the right to terminate the engagement prematurely if it considers this may be necessary . |
| 7 | The court may exclude the child from all or any part of the proceedings if it considers this to be in his interests having regard to matters to be discussed or evidence likely to be given . |
| 8 | If it sounds quarrelsome , it was . |
| 9 | If it sounds boring , and it does , well , it also endures . |
| 10 | Remember — if it sounds right , it is right ! |
| 11 | If it sounds right , it is right ! |
| 12 | If it sounds right then put it up and we 'll discuss anyway . |
| 13 | Sorry if it sounds dumb . |
| 14 | If it sounds horrendous then do n't worry , it really is in the best possible taste . |
| 15 | If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time . |
| 16 | Try out each of your jokes on someone who will not be at the wedding to see if it sounds funny the way you tell it . |
| 17 | My little book will have performed -a useful function if it persuades one or two of the best of its readers to take up this career . |
| 18 | Scie Scientific or You want it in scientific mode if it says scientific |
| 19 | Yeah but even if it says virgin it can still |
| 20 | If the EEA intervenes to support sterling ( i.e. if it sells foreign currencies and buys sterling ) then the receipt of sterling by the Bank will act to drain market liquidity . |
| 21 | The court can then give consent to the proposed treatment or withholding of treatment , if it thinks this is in the best interests of the child . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance . |
| 23 | This gives the authority the power , if it thinks fit , to refer the matter to the D.P.P. |
| 24 | ‘ If any such conditions as are referred to in subsection ( 3 ) above are complied with , the court may , if it thinks fit , discharge or rescind any such order as is referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Where an applicant for the grant of a licence or an objector there to : ( a ) has , through inadvertence or misadventure , failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act ; or ( b ) having duly lodged his application or objection , has died before the meeting of the board at which such application or objection was to have been heard ; the board may , if it thinks fit , and upon such terms as the board thinks proper , postpone the consideration of the application or objection to an adjourned meeting . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) For the quarterly meetings of a licensing board , see s.4(1). 5.13(2) enables a hoard , if it thinks fit , to adjourn an application where there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act , or where an applicant has died . |
| 27 | Order 20 , r 12A provides as follows : ( 1 ) Subject to paragraph ( 2 ) , at any stage in an action or matter the court may , if it thinks fit for the purpose of disposing fairly and expeditiously of the action or matter and saving costs , direct any party to serve on the other parties , on such terms as the court shall think just , written statements of the oral evidence which the party intends to lead on any issues of fact to be decided at the trial and RSC Ord 38 , r 2A shall apply to a direction under this rule . |
| 28 | The appellate court may then make the order if it thinks fit . |
| 29 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 30 | If it detects any sudden absence of juice , it automatically kicks in with its battery , allowing you to shut down gracefully with no loss of data . |