Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The correct term is spaying , or if you want to be really scientific , panovariohysterectomy !
2 After reading these you can delete the relevant lines , or if you want to be more careful , exclude them with a semi-colon .
3 So forty pounds minus the two pounds , or if you want to be totally accurate , two pounds and tuppence , policy fee , will leave thirty seven pounds ninety eight .
4 The purpose is proved by question and answer if the defendant is driving or if he has to be interviewed later by a police officer .
5 ‘ Those Albanians who want to look towards Belgrade I welcome them and if they want to be in Albania I 'll help them back there . ’
6 And if they have to be ruled by politicians , voters prefer Labour leader John Smith .
7 The others were very successful and if they continue to be successful it would be nice to hold them regularly , would n't it ?
8 ‘ We buy 50 to 60 cars a year , and if they prove to be as good as they are at the moment at the end of the year I think we could be in the market again for more diesels .
9 Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away .
10 We 'll go on the list of creditors and if there happens to be any payment at the end of the day you will
11 And if there happen to be other people listening , all well and good .
12 And if it proves to be Berowne 's blood , then he died first , unless , of course , he staggered across to Harry after making one or more of the superficial cuts in his own throat .
13 And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ?
14 ‘ Well , I 've lived her all my married life , and if I promise to be very discreet , not gossip about it … ’
15 He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie !
16 And if he decides to be a member of the Government he resigns his parliamentary seat and his replacement takes over without the need for a by-election .
17 The presence of a rival could blight his own prospects , and if he happened to be from the locality , then Owen O'Clery told himself he might as well be moving on immediately .
18 Ben he spotted me on these occasions he invariably called out some mocking remark and if he happened to be with some of his cronies they all joined in the laughter at my expense .
19 As we increase our confidence , right , so if we are ninety five percent confident we are now looking at the five percent significance level T rat er the critical value rate rises to two point zero point two and if you want to be even more confident , to be ninety nine percent confident about our inference , you look at the one percent level , right , and that has a T ratio of two point seven five .
20 There are eight recycling points throughout the city … and if you want to be the complete environmentalist … they say it 's better to walk there or cycle if you can .
21 And if you want to be a little classy , the Mark Phillips Equestrian Centre at Gleneagles Hotel , Perthshire ( Tel : 0764 62231 ) has a two nights half board programme , with a choice between instruction , riding or even carriage driving .
22 And if you happen to be too young to remember rock'n'roll the first time around , this is the perfect way to discover what all the fuss was about !
23 IF YOU want to watch television around midnight on the Sabbath , and if you happen to be in a region where nothing less important has taken precedence , you can follow one of the most excellent science series of recent times .
24 But if its going to be happening on a regular basis in to Tracy , then perhaps Paul should put a report in to Frank .
25 But if we demand to be paid for it , if we demand Wages for Housework from the State , we are saying first of all that housework is work … we are saying that we women need money of our own — if we were n't forced to depend on men for money , we would n't have to put their needs before ours , to service them sexually , physically , emotionally … we say TO BRING UP CHILDREN IS WORK and we want a WAGE for all the work we do — whether cleaning offices OR homes , producing electrical parts OR babies .
26 ‘ I do n't mean lucky that your mother and father died , but if they had to was n't it great you did n't go somewhere awful ? ’
27 It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to .
28 But if she continues to be led into trying out dangerous sports , who knows ?
29 We will keep you informed of developments , but if you wish to be among the first to know you should sign on to our mailing list if you have not done so already .
30 But if you want to be humane you do n't last long as Minister with Special Responsibility for Immigration because the policies you have to carry out are so inhumane .
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