Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] if [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Social Security ( DSS ) should send you a claim form ( BR 1 ) at the proper time but if this does not arrive , then it is your responsibility to contact them . |
| 2 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 3 | Rectal and vaginal cultures should be taken during a multiple pregnancy and if these yield group B streptococcus , prophylaxis should be started during labour . |
| 4 | The other forwards were told to go fast , like ‘ flying columns ’ , round the slow , old-style defences and if possible to make for goal direct . |
| 5 | Products may be adversely affected by exposure to atmospheric humidity but if this happens in the product in its sales pack , it indicates that the pack provides inadequate protection from the atmosphere . |
| 6 | Russell was what you might call a social climber , inasmuch as he specialized in fitting out rock shelters for himself at various altitudes and if possible receiving his friends in them . |
| 7 | The starting point is your recorded time and if this has been exaggerated and the defendants refuse to pay it will give the appearance that you are under-settling your costs . |
| 8 | The aim of the training is to encourage and equip the young people to engage , with the support of other services , in economic activity and if possible to start a cooperative business . |
| 9 | There is a relentless derision of Mr Kinnock among some young apparatchiks and if that reflects voices higher up it adds to the sense that , like bad generals , the Tories may be underestimating the enemy , as dangerous to them as hubris for Labour . |
| 10 | In such circumstances the purchaser may be willing either to take the risk that consent is refused or withheld or alternatively to proceed without obtaining formal consent and if necessary argue that the relevant party to the contract has consented by its conduct after completion . |
| 11 | The first are planned for the Royal Brompton and if these look promising the treatment could soon be tested further in Edinburgh and then around the world . ’ |