Example sentences of "if it took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
| 2 | Although it hardly seemed to notice the Hooligan affair , and its only immediate response was a front-page poem ‘ Hot Weather and Crime ’ which can only have been intended as a slap in the face for The Times leader on ‘ The Weather and the Streets ’ : The message was clear enough : if it took crime and violence to attract the attention of the mighty to the lives of the poor , then so be it . |
| 3 | If it took years for the French to persuade us to buy their cheeses , then selling a microscopic plant grown in a factory must sound like a marketing nightmare . |
| 4 | Furthermore , national liberation could only be supported if it took place in a revolutionary way ( as Marx had argued on Germany and therefore gone on to oppose Bismarck 's route to German unity ) , not leaving ‘ intact the foundations of the power of the ruling class ’ . |
| 5 | The real competition , the old-style conception of the battle for survival , may have taken place , if it took place at all , between the plants that provided the reptiles with their food . |
| 6 | If there is a petition , and winding-up ensues , then s 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986 will void the restructuring , leaving a lender unsecured if it took place after the petition . |
| 7 | The guests he had assembled to meet the Prime Minister included Lord Salisbury , Anglican and hereditary bearer of the conscience of the Conservative peers , Lord Kemsley , Welsh and nonconformist by origin , portentous press lord by achievement , and the Duke of Norfolk , leading Catholic layman , nephew of FitzAlan , and responsible as Earl Marshal for the organization of the Coronation — if it took place . |
| 8 | Frequent judicial intervention is not essential for duty-based controls to be effective , and would if it took place prove extremely costly , but it is necessary that there be a realistic prospect of enforcement . |
| 9 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 10 | She thought she 'd better watch it , for if it took control , then no one would ever love her and she would be lonely all through her life . |