Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact becomes clear if one imagines an institution called The Anarchic University or Polytechnic ( some academics might think it is a fair description of their own ) . |
| 2 | It is also clear if we had an accident we 'd be the first to die . |
| 3 | Reckon he 'd be generous if he got a chance like that . " |
| 4 | This means you have to be careful if you take a break and turn the machine off during knitting . |
| 5 | I 'd be bloody embarrassed if I had a husband that looked like that I 'd throw him away . |
| 6 | Oh no we 've got some really hard numbers french if I had a dictionary I could look it up but I have n't . |
| 7 | Its 512Kb of display memory is enough for resolutions of 800 by 600 in 16 colours , but a bit light if you want a resolution of 1,024 by 768 . |
| 8 | Ignoring disputes for the moment will be crucial if you have an inkling that your children squabble more when you are around . |
| 9 | In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas . |
| 10 | A syllable will tend to be prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels . |
| 11 | In general , technical description is only appropriate if it illustrates a point in your argument , as can be seen from problems in the following excerpt : The sonnet structure is appropriate to the subject . |
| 12 | But it is not so easy if you have a condition which is not susceptible to diagnosis and has no clear-cut signs or symptoms . |
| 13 | This time she yelled his name , not giving a damn if she looked a fool , and dived after him . |
| 14 | This will only be possible if we encourage a climate of investment , enterprise and partnership . |
| 15 | All this is possible if you book a car through Enterprise to be collected at your arrival airport , for the duration of your holiday . |
| 16 | Some horses become excited and upset if something goes a bit wrong when they are in harness , such as chains or ropes becoming entangled around their feet . |
| 17 | The question of the uniqueness of the initial conditions is closely related to that of the arbitrariness of the local physical laws : One would not regard a theory as complete if it contained a number of adjustable parameters such as masses or coupling constants that could be given any values one liked . |
| 18 | It would be preferable if we had a system where people could become more involved in important government decisions , be able to register an opinion on government policy , and show the government the way in which public opinion is moving . |
| 19 | The poor have standards , dignity , taste , conviction : they live honestly , full of hate , shitting in the houses of the rich if they get a chance to break and enter . |
| 20 | " I 'm sorry if I seem a trifle flushed . |
| 21 | They were guilty if they did an act which was unlawful and which " all sober and reasonable people " would recognise as being dangerous . |
| 22 | And would it look odd if you had a tent or wigwam type of frame that could be covered in with a protective polythene and well ven ventilated at the , at the base and as it 's only really to give protection , you know , January , late April sort of thing , round about that period , er to prevent the fungal peach leaf curl and fungal spores being splashed on the branches wherein . |
| 23 | Other fathers were often unemployed and jealous of a child bringing home a weekly wage : understandable if they had a daughter like Dolly Ashby : |
| 24 | Mrs Lewis would be glad if you took a bit more interest in household furnishings and interior decoration . ’ |
| 25 | Even in the Regal Arms they were liable to think it unusual if anybody carried a body or a badly wounded man down the stairs and out through the front door . |
| 26 | So in fact I mean we 'll be lucky if we clear a profit on it . |
| 27 | At a period when Residents had no clerks and were lucky if they possessed a typewriter , Lugard was listing some thirty different sets of records which either had to be kept or sent in , dealing with every conceivable aspect of a fully developed civil administration from postal matters to canoe registration . |
| 28 | You 're lucky if you have a roll-up in Risley . |
| 29 | Insurance is only valuable if it serves a purpose . |
| 30 | Someone will be exempt if they have a certificate from a doctor stating that they are severely mentally impaired and are also receiving one or more of certain social security benefits including attendance allowance , severe disablement allowance , or invalidity benefit . |