Example sentences of "but if [pron] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if everything is determined by the laws of science , then free will must be an illusion , and if we do n't have free will , what is the basis for our responsibility for our actions ? |
| 2 | But if one is dealing with anything other than empirical knowledge of this kind — if , in short , one does not personally know in the sense just explained — the only honest thing one can say is that one does not know . |
| 3 | But if we are to talk about pedagogy , individual effort must be referred to more general ideas , otherwise there is no way for experience to be communicated , no way in which others can derive benefit from the particular successes of the individual . |
| 4 | But if we are to move towards the maximum recycling of plastics , and the maximum environmental benefit , then food packaging should not be ruled out . |
| 5 | But if we are speaking as Christians , we must quickly add that this situation is a problem only because of the Fall . |
| 6 | But if we are intruded upon what should we do ? |
| 7 | This woman/man is not my life , but if we are meant to be together , we will be . |
| 8 | Yes we have to operate within our resources , but if we 're looking to er how recycling that seems to us a bid which is worthy of backing regardless of political affiliation . |
| 9 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 10 | But if we 're going to co if we 're going to open it up , we need to consider the sort of gate , perhaps a kissing gate might be the one to put in , rather than a stile . |
| 11 | But if we were deciding on a brass plaque or something |
| 12 | But if they are experiencing on average a smaller rise , you would want to raise output , taking advantage of the high relative price on your island ; and if they are experiencing a larger rise you would want to reduce supply . |
| 13 | Both brushes and foam can also take on a partial biofiltering role , but if they are intended to be a mechanical filter , they should be cleaned before they clog . |
| 14 | But if they are transported in place of a pH-changing anion , then , as the salts of strong acids , they should generate no pH change and the pH o change per uptake current should be less than with Cl - in the cell . |
| 15 | But if they are described in stories , then surely they must have lived once upon a time ? ’ |
| 16 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 17 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 18 | But if they 're gon na go off they ought to be telling their parents where they 're going to go . |
| 19 | If you have ever actually looked at this document that they have produced for today 's meeting , it is not a strategy , it 's not a statement , it 's just a trotting out of the old stories that have been knocked back time and time again , but if they 're gon na bring it out , let's knock it back again . |
| 20 | But if they 're going to be with me , they know they 're going to get the spray . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 22 | But if they were looking for something , and it 's that important to them , then it 's possible . ’ |
| 23 | In a simple case , we might have the following key set : These thirty-four records need only 34 storage positions , but if they were stored in self-indexing form they would take up 359 storage positions , and there would be five gaps of 91 , 1 , 1 , 94 and 138 positions respectively . |
| 24 | But if they were sold through a charity shop in the High Street that would be seen as a business . ’ |
| 25 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 26 | But if something was slipped into the sherry , if Crumwallis was overheard talking to Frome , it could have been earlier . |
| 27 | But if someone is accused of a crime and then it is proved that the accuser is lying , the accuser is immediately killed . |
| 28 | But if someone 's looking for an unusual night spot On Grace there was , after all , not so very much to be done . |
| 29 | Let me add here erm I do n't want to say that we will duplicate what is happening , but if there 's going to be any reform to be done it is open and you can introduce reform into our constitution once you have the parliament back again and the Emir and such reform can be introduced . |
| 30 | The crowds are mostly supporters , but if there is barracking from a foe so much the better . |