Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] if [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 2 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 3 | Defined by its filigree shoreline to the west , its eastern limits are somewhat arbitrary if you accept , as Mr Duroselle appears to , de Gaulle 's vision of a Europe stretching ‘ from the Atlantic to the Urals ’ . |
| 4 | They are very useful " shorthand " descriptions and are only troublesome if you read or use them unthinkingly or as precise rather than generalised descriptions of the past ; this they are not . |
| 5 | However , icons are only available if you use the WYSIWYG add-in . |
| 6 | That 's right , most people with epilepsy they 're much better if they go to sleep and you do n't wake them up , if you wake the person up from a sleep that 's just had an epileptic fit they 'll be vomiting , but if you let them sleep through it then erm , then they 're usually fine . |
| 7 | Some of them used to come to the Accademia and to me they 're still welcome if they want to come and speak . |
| 8 | Well , you 're always sorry if you let slip someone you think might be a leader . |
| 9 | For a minute there was silence , then he said softly , ‘ I can see what you 're driving at , but you 're quite wrong if you think there 's anything between us . |
| 10 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you 're very sensible if you feel like that about it . |
| 12 | You 're very lucky if you do are n't you ? |
| 13 | The units are totally interchangeable if you use the SII clutch mechanism and SII cover . |
| 14 | Stories are more eye-catching if they refer to particular people rather than to abstract ideas or impersonal facts . |
| 15 | And secondly , I mean obviously parents are more worried if they feel that their child is not doing as well as somebody else 's child , and we 're back to this question of expectation again — where did they get the expectation that this other child is , as it were , some sort of norm that they ought to be living up to , and parents should talk to teachers and to other people who know their child and have got experience of their child as against other children to find out really whether their worries are truly grounded , or whether they are just groundless . |
| 16 | And secondly , I mean obviously parents are more worried if they feel that their child is not doing as well as somebody else 's child , and we 're back to this question of expectation again — where did they get the expectation that this other child is , as it were , some sort of norm that they ought to be living up to , and parents should talk to teachers and to other people who know their child and have got experience of their child as against other children to find out really whether their worries are truly grounded , or whether they are just groundless . |
| 17 | Norwegian , three-colour and four-colour designs all make use of the colour changer , but if you do not have this accessory they are still possible if you use the jacquard claw that comes with the machine . |
| 18 | If you are getting on to a diet which involves being very restricted for choice , and in some cases , missing out meals altogether , you are perfectly normal if you find it difficult to stick to this in the long term . |
| 19 | And he 'll be do a very good show rather a shy man but he will And that will be that will be rather technical if I know Adrian , but if you if you like he 's that 's the time to come . |
| 20 | Well , not exactly , but simply using up bits and pieces in stripes can be rather boring if you create the stripes in regular numbers of rows . |
| 21 | We can probably be most influential if we concentrate on the following issues : |
| 22 | If you want to enjoy yourself , you will be most comfortable if you wear what you hostess asks you o wear . |
| 23 | ‘ My boyfriend had to sit outside his surgery with the door open , calling to me : ‘ It 's all right — I 'm right outside if you need me ’ . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Frank , I 'm only sorry if you love another woman more than me , ’ said Bathsheba in a trembling voice . |
| 25 | It will undoubtedly be somewhat unpleasant if they refuse , but you may have fought long and hard to gain acceptance and this should not be too jeopardised by people who seek to undo your good work . |
| 26 | I 'll be so disappointed if you do n't . ’ |
| 27 | I will be extremely disappointed if we do n't go on winning . |
| 28 | Thus it is clear that if the change is a realistic one and the company is justifiably convinced that it must be imposed , you will be extremely vulnerable if you do not fall in line . |
| 29 | Photograph ( A passport-size photograph can be extremely useful if you have a number of people to interview . |
| 30 | ‘ I shall be extremely gritty if you 've pinched a single one of my precious bottles . |