Example sentences of "if [verb] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | An anorexic may tell her friends or parents , ‘ I 'd like to be slim ’ , and , if pressed for a reason , may reply along the lines of , ‘ So that I can wear nice clothes , date good-looking boys , and generally have a good time . ’ |
| 2 | Valves of drysuits freeze up if pressed for too long , and a careless diver in a drysuit may find himself suddenly hurtling up to the surface , with potentially fatal consequences . |
| 3 | Accounting policies which if altered for consistency with the purchaser 's policies would have a material effect on the earnings or net assets of the target . |
| 4 | Well , you do n't need all that , if you 're talking to the public , you 're telling what are basically the facts , and , if asked for your opinion on them , you then decide whether to give your opinion or to say , ‘ Well , no , that 's beyond , that 's beyond my brief . ’ |
| 5 | Zeno 's head was lifted as if to search for scents on the air . |
| 6 | Because of the delicacy of the pigments and potential damage if exposed for too long to light , the papyrus will not be on continuous show . |
| 7 | But she put an involuntary hand to her belly , as if checking for signs of life . |
| 8 | Josie glanced over the arrangements , as if checking for anything that she may have missed . |
| 9 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |
| 10 | It is grown very high in the foothills of the Himalayas and has a light grapy flavour , although I find it can become slightly acidic if brewed for too long . |
| 11 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 12 | If say for instance one moved headlong down the road to European political union and Westminster ended up with something like the powers of Puddlewick District Council |
| 13 | and if the house was , and if the house is , if say for argument sake that the house after you 've sold it , you 've only your , er fourteen or sixteen thousand pounds to pay then and you 've paid that off , right , and the house was sold for about forty thousand |
| 14 | as if to compensate for this , he applied military techniques in the colony . |
| 15 | Ruthie , as if to compensate for her boss 's powers of vision , seemed to have every known complaint of the eyes short of blindness . |
| 16 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 17 | For a moment he paused at the threshold , but then turned back inside , taking in the sight of an ivory chess set , a small telescope , a number of small fluted carvings , and the fine hangings adorning the wall , observing everything with a cocked head as if listening for something . |
| 18 | The President made as if to reach for Trent 's hand but the effort was too great , or perhaps the shame . |
| 19 | Whereas natural science works with a basic or datum language of physical behaviour , which , if adopted for social science , would mean that action-descriptions were inferred from descriptions of behaviour , Weber offers the social sciences a datum language of actions . |
| 20 | The church council may very well wish to contend that the acquisition and disposal of the new site is a non-trading transaction , and that any resultant surplus should be regarded as a capital gain which , if applied for charitable purposes , would be exempt from CGT . |
| 21 | The reader may be doomed to disappointment in reading through an article with wide contextual terms of reference if looking for something as simple as descriptions of works of art , their interpretation and evaluation . |
| 22 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 23 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 24 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 25 | She examined her hands , white with chalk , as if looking for the source of some small pain , then gave up on that and began to dust herself down . |
| 26 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 27 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
| 28 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 29 | They had waterskied , swooping round the northern end of Inch Island , making great arcs along the shore , as if looking for something . |
| 30 | All three glanced about the dockside , as if looking for somebody else . |