Example sentences of "if [pron] accept that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you accept that unanimity is a near Impossibility , and that a majority decision is the next best thing , you also have to accept , as a general rule , that you will abide by a majority decision when it turns out that you are among the minority .
2 If you accept that distortion and volume are fine in themselves , leave it .
3 But if you accept that carbon dioxide is a much More insidious threat and nuclear power is the one major supplier of energy that does not produce it , the issue begins to turn not so much on the dangerous unacceptibility of reactors but on how you regulate and make them safe and ensure that their fuel is not diverted for military purposes .
4 If we accept that public opinion broadly comes in two varieties : the popular and what can be regarded as the informed , each of the two strands is clearly visible whenever Parliament addresses the topic of criminal justice .
5 If we accept that accountability can be interpreted in a moral and professional , as well as a contractual , sense then it is possible to assume a concept of professional development .
6 There remains , however , a wide range of views covering more obviously political aspects of the phenomena which could only be described together as ‘ elitist ’ if we accept that term as a residual category .
7 If we accept that science is objective , then it is more difficult to challenge its practice in modern society ; the scientist can always argue that his work is morally neutral .
8 That , too , was a return to roots , if one accepts that comedy ( and above all social comedy ) is the true genius of the nation and the thing it does best .
9 What is critical is the need to realize that , if one accepts that AC fields are dangerous but inescapable , then one should choose a power line frequency which wo n't set our ions jangling .
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