Example sentences of "[adv] if it [be] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So if it 's not causing me any symptoms I should ?
2 I think the occasional piece which encouraged your readers to rediscover the genuinely great figures of the past — Gene Vincent , for example — would be useful , especially if it was n't tied in with some promotion or record release
3 Girls themselves may feel very sensitive and embarrassed to be having sex in their parents ' house , especially if it was not allowed before .
4 There be stalls outside if it 's not raining , if it rains then they have them indoors .
5 I think I now know sooner if it 's not going to be any good , you know .
6 Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating .
7 We must n't he 's got really , really if it 's not done well it 's a it 's worse than not doing it all .
8 My friend Kevin , muscleman and minicab driver , says the lads would be out rioting for Willy now if it was n't tipping down with rain the whole time .
9 amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it .
10 No , no , I mean blokes who live on their own , men who help , men who do other work about the house , even if it is n't cleaning and that .
11 But even if you do have to pretend , just this once , that you are only an ordinary tourist , that trip will live in your memory , even if it is n't entered in your log-book .
12 Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’
13 Even if it is not read out in the endless rounds of buying and selling shares , then the message , passive though it might be , should still find its way into the living rooms of a high proportion of homes in the Sheffield region .
14 In these circumstances soil erosion is potentially of utmost importance to the livelihood of these vulnerable people , even if it is not happening at present .
15 Johansson is driving the race of his life and he knows he is in charge of the championship , even if it 's not going to be his .
16 Even if it 's not used , it 's a good piece of equipment to have and would help some serious writers — Iris Murdoch , for one — not to fall into dreadful traps of bathos and sententiousness .
17 Secondly , even if it were not missing , manual manipulation of large numbers of records is a very time consuming task , and hardly one that the recruitment team will have time to do during busy periods .
18 Also , the water would dilute the virus to such an extent that even if it was not killed , there would be no risk of anyone becoming infected .
19 Then if it 's not going to be taken up on one of those five years , you have to leave that payment , you lose it .
20 ‘ What 's this then if it 's not work ? ’
21 If that er clothing becomes heated and it gets to the right temperature it will burst into the flames , likewise if it 's not balanced properly and you go out the door the living room or the lounge into the kitchen or some other part of your home the draft by closing the door can knock the airer over , unbalance it and of course er set fire to the clothing .
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