Example sentences of "if it [vb past] place " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ’ . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |