if they found it necessary vs if they find it necessary

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'If they found it necessary' is used when referring to a past event or situation, while 'if they find it necessary' is used when talking about a present or future event or situation.

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if they found it necessary

This phrase is correct when referring to a past event or situation.

This phrase is used to talk about a situation in the past where someone needed to do something.

Examples:

If they found it necessary to cancel the event, they would have informed us.
They would have taken action if they found it necessary.

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I simply told her that if she couldn't think of anything more intelligent to write about, if she found it necessary to exploit this family's private shame for her own advantage...
The Treaty of Lisbon, if ratified, will provide a clearer legal basis for a legislative act on lobbying, if this is found necessary.
If rebricking was found necessary, rather than straightforward sealing, it can be assumed that the deterioration of the walls was already far advanced.
I need to know if they found it, too.
They found it abandoned 10 blocks away.
What if they found it, but they don't know what to do?
What if they found it, but they don't know what to do with it?
They found it 3 miles from campus.
They found it with a body buried in a wall.
They found it floating in the river.
If people can just leave the furniture where they found it.
Niels, he said they found it.
They found it when they were underpinning the foundations.
They found it buried in the Kanes' backyard.
He went fast once they found it.
They found it in a Liberty City Dumpster.
They found it in the washing machine the morning before last.
They found it under your bunk, Kyle.
They found it in your car.
And that is where they found it.

Alternatives:

if they had found it necessary
if they had deemed it necessary
if they had considered it necessary
if they had thought it necessary
if they had felt it necessary

if they find it necessary

This phrase is correct when talking about a present or future event or situation.

This phrase is used to discuss a current or future situation where someone may need to do something.

Examples:

If they find it necessary to make changes, they will let us know.
We will act accordingly if they find it necessary.

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In order to enable convergence of excise duty rates among member states the EU should not only increase the obligatory minimum levels of rates but also allow governments to lower their excise duty rates if they find it necessary, provided that the Community minimum levels are observed.
Thereafter tests will be taken if the doctor finds it necessary.
appoint the Secretary-General and, if it finds it necessary, a Vice Secretary-General and determine the terms of appointment of each;
It is also in the light of that national law that the national court, if it finds it necessary to commission a consumer survey, must determine, for the purposes of making the necessary assessments, the percentage of consumers that would be sufficiently significant; and
If they find it, our Princess will be in danger.
The cure, if they find it.
And if they find it, we got a lawsuit.
Let them laugh if they find it so amusing.
If they find it, that's the problem.
If they find it on you, we'll all be exposed.
Burn that letter, Mariana... if they find it during a search you'll go to the scaffold.
Because if they find it, it will be trouble.
Even if they find it. I don't care.
What steps does the Commission intend to take in order to further investigate this matter and if necessary find a solution?
If they find it, set aside some lids for me.
Member States should be allowed to complete and develop further those provisions if they find it appropriate, in particular to better ensure compliance with the principles set out above.
If they find it, they'll shoot us.
They will take the potentia if they find it.
Do you reckon they'll take this off us if they find it?
If they find it, I'll be fired for sure.

Alternatives:

if they deem it necessary
if they consider it necessary
if they think it necessary
if they feel it necessary
if they believe it necessary

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if they found it necessary vs if they find it necessary