Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] if [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I feel that er protecting my income if I were to die would be the most important thing at the moment and er possibly er making some provision for my retirement . |
| 2 | I mean to my mind if they 're opening on a Sunday they should bring their prices down because they 're opening that extra day they 're going to be taking extra revenue . |
| 3 | I 'm , I 'm sure I 'd change my mind if I was burgled . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing much else , really , as you can see from what I told the Brigadier — except that , whatever 's happened , I 've got nothing to do with it — I expect she was attracted by the light in my window if she was lost . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 6 | My rules are to cut down drinking , control my temper if I am drinking , not to drink in a such a large group and not to waste much money . |
| 7 | However Mr Wilson did point out to Sunday Life : ‘ I would be prepared to defend my country if it was forced into a United Ireland . |
| 8 | PAMELA : May I , like Lucretia , justify myself with my death if I am used barbarously . |
| 9 | Anna only went to her meetings if she was accompanied , and never after dark because she trusted no-one else to guard the children . |
| 10 | The CP may be in paralysis , but we need its support if we are to salvage the potential for a broad-based , not half-baked , campaign that survives until this wretched tax is repealed . |
| 11 | The sampling theorem indicates that we must sample these phenomena at a frequency of no less than half their wavelength if we are to avoid bias in measurement . |
| 12 | Er but the fact that people can sue their employers if they are suffering from stress , is a reality in the States . |
| 13 | For example , they can help handicapped youngsters in the difficult school-leaving period , encourage them to find work , keep an eye on their activities if they are trying to take on too much or are getting into bad company , help them to cope with family relationships and to become as independent and content as possible . |
| 14 | The Faithful Foundation has declined to explain or clarify its statement.But if it was designed to wrong foot protesters they 've failed . |
| 15 | Several disposable types are available from pet shops , and are essential for dog owners where it is compulsory to clean up after their pets if they are walking in a public area . |
| 16 | The New York Times of Nov. 19 reported that the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps had recently issued a new ruling requiring all its graduates to sign an affidavit saying that they were liable to be discharged and forced to pay back their scholarship if they were discovered to be homosexual . |
| 17 | We 'd take their side if they are sued . |
| 18 | Travel — Ferries : Ferry firms keep their heads above water With the Chunnel coming , ferry companies know they must smarten up their act if they are to keep custom . |
| 19 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |
| 20 | It claimed that people feel more in control of their lives if they are inching forward on a journey , rather than waiting for something to happen . |
| 21 | They extended their warnings to children of divorce , claiming that such children would also experience great disruption in their lives if they were to live in two houses , that is , in the case of joint custody between the two former spouses . |
| 22 | Gemma will only eat her Chum if it is sliced and made into dainty triangular sandwiches — with the crusts cut off ! |
| 23 | He would need her help if they were to take the matter further . |
| 24 | It was also noted that patients reported an improvement in their mood if they were woken early or deprived of sleep and so , presumably , exposed to daylight much earlier in the day . |
| 25 | Companies with a regular collection can include SWIFTAIR items in their post if they are separated from other mail by an elastic band . |
| 26 | No member of the family has to give up work before the allowance can be claimed and this extra income can sometimes enable a caring daughter to continue in her job if it is used to pay for help at home . |
| 27 | ( The advertising slogan BEANZ MEANZ HEINZ would lose its point if it were paraphrased as ‘ If you are buying beans , you will naturally buy Heinz . ’ ) |
| 28 | THE number of fat people is rising and Britons must radically change their diet if they are to meet Government health standards by the end of the century , a nutritionist said yesterday . |
| 29 | With inflation eroding the purchasing power of accumulated savings , workers were obliged to save more of their incomes if they were to rebuild the value of past savings . |
| 30 | The size of the claims , and the fact that the defendants can not recover their costs if they are found innocent , persuade many firms to settle out of court . |