Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] because if we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is our feeling that the council needs to be encouraged to take that attitude because if we have a change of policy as the District Council are asking , so that the number of sites released from industrial use is compensated by new green field sites being allocated , then it seems a little bit like a blank cheque to us and we should like to see a firmer control on the amount of land that is lost to development and in seeing that firmer control we 'd like to put pressure on the District Council by not offering them compensation |
| 2 | I think Chair , a far better idea might be that it , when we get particular applications from a given district , that the officers actually ascertain er , a bit of erm , information from that particular district in order to present to the Committee , to take into account when they 're doing things , I think that would be a far better way because if we have politicians elected in that particular area , they 'd certainly probably come and , and try and hold the sway for that particular item , and there may be justifiable grounds on a countywide basis not to concede it . |
| 3 | No longer the excuse of keeping low profile actions , hoping for a Labour government because if we have n't got the guts to stand up and fight the government that made these laws , then we 've got no right to challenge a future Labour government that inherits 'em . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ For God 's sake , Desmond , hire her a television , ’ but he said no because we 're not well off , not well off at all , and we 're having to keep her , she has n't offered a penny , not that we 'd accept of course , and anyway Desmond said there was n't any point because if we got her a television she 'd think of something else , want to play cards or something , and that would be worse — and he 's right , it would , because a game of bridge with her is like the cold war all over again . ’ |
| 5 | If you consider what I 've just said about Z scores , let's assume that there is a positive correlation because if we have a Z score of one on A , let's assume we also get a Z score of one on B. These numbers in fact ca n't happen in practice . |
| 6 | I wonder if I could answer that in a in a different way because clearly rather there 's the option , rather than reduction the operational capability which was really the er initiative that had begun in nineteen ninety two , there is the option of course of er adjusting the total numbers and that would er have an overall bearing on the total programme cost but cert because certainly the judgement of the er the chiefs of staff was that er as far as the U K was concerned then we we should retain the operational capability as I explained earlier an n and not decrease it in any significant extent because if we did that then we could end up er with an inferior capability against a potential threat . |