Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR JACOB : " T would have been strange indeed if someone had not translated this fine flower from the dunghill to the garden , Madam , let me tell you you are the first lady I have seen who has exceeded expectation . |
| 2 | ‘ I could say without doubt that this lady would have been alive today if she had not taken drugs at that party . ’ |
| 3 | Having caused the longest recession since the 1930s , does the Prime Minister agree with the words of his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who said last month : ’ the policy would not have been different even if we had known the outcome . ’ ? |
| 4 | The design criteria for desktop publishing are simple enough if you follow the basic guidelines . |
| 5 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |
| 6 | If the child is n't in for the mark prior going to the doctors at ten o'clock they 're absent even if they have a note . |
| 7 | Relationships and personal projects are valuable only if they realize something of value . |
| 8 | I do n't think they 'd have been impressed even if he 'd told them |
| 9 | The point here is that institutions are useful only if they have been designed to achieve a particular purpose . |
| 10 | Paint wo n't be dry enough if we start wallpapering it |
| 11 | I shall be sorry now if you leave your job . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I should not be alive today if I had ever been guilty of complacency or carelessness , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's your church like ? ’ 'Is n't the Bible heavy-duty reading ? ’ 'How can Jesus be alive today if he died 2,000 years ago ? ’ etc , etc . |
| 14 | She might not be alive now if we 'd left her there . ’ |
| 15 | The criminal law , however , did recognise that an accused could be guilty only if he acted in a grossly negligent fashion . |
| 16 | Under sections 1 and 14 someone can be guilty only if he makes a false statement ‘ in the course of a trade or business . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 18 | It would be odd indeed if they did not celebrate by spending more and saving less . |
| 19 | And of course , if you look at it er , logically , I mean , for a a woman to be tied up and kept in a room , you know , and kept prisoner all her life you could hardly expect her to be sane even if she did |
| 20 | I could n't be bored here if I tried . ’ |
| 21 | The pure flame of radical Christianity , we might say with the example of the Titfords before us , would be lucky indeed if it burned brightly for as many as three generations . |
| 22 | More practical guidance , advice and support in those areas would be valuable particularly if it came from within librarianship rather than management science generally . |
| 23 | Your reading will be useful only if you remember it and can do something with it . |
| 24 | But I 'm not sure whether it can be a permanent home for her because the fencing might not be good enough if she becomes lonely and tries to get out . |
| 25 | Yeah well then that 's gon na be awkward really if you invite Carole and Brian and then just dump them off ai n't it ? |
| 26 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 27 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
| 28 | You wo n't be late even if you insist on walking into town rather than accept a lift off me . |
| 29 | His typical working week would be short indeed if he did not consider Saturday as a normal working day — but was it ? |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll be safe enough if they sandbag the whole of the promenade , though , wo n't it ? ’ |