Example sentences of "[subord] if [pron] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ .
2 The French settlements along the river St. Lawrence had no such attractions ; the peasant farmers who settled along the river were probably better off than if they had stayed at home , but they could not produce enough revenue to support the fairly lavish military , civil , and ecclesiastical establishment that had been set up there as well .
3 The formal agreement of the League was , however , necessary as it gave the campaign a much closer connection with the Labour Party than if it had appeared as a personal crusade by Cripps .
4 Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time .
5 ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road .
6 I got better results than if I 'd stayed at school .
7 That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold .
8 He should go to the public source and get it : or , at any rate , not be in a better position than if he had gone to the public source .
9 ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her .
10 But there was no getting away from it ; the overwhelming feeling was one of relief , because if they had ridden in together they would undoubtedly have been spotted .
11 But when we got married see that complicated things because if anything had happened to me
12 Because if it 's written into reforms and so on .
13 As late as the 1760s an influential theorist could still argue that an ambassador who , on his own initiative , encouraged sedition within the state to which he was accredited , could be punished by it even with death , while if he had acted on the orders of his master he could be held as a hostage until the latter had given satisfaction .
14 The emotions of like and dislike are just as broad as if they had arisen from a total survey of the car .
15 It all looked delightfully cosy , with an en-suite bathroom , but Kate backed out of the room as quickly as if she 'd walked into a pit full of rattlesnakes .
16 If you continually can not get through to your debtor , the message is as clear as if you had spoken to him .
17 They went out from us but they did not really belong to us , for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belong to us .
18 It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear .
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