Example sentences of "if you [am/are] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend . |
| 2 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 3 | If you are going to be bringing up your baby on your own , you may be able to get more money every week on top of your child benefit . |
| 4 | For instance , if you are going to be discussing inner city problems , speaking about them from a beautiful stately home deep in the heart of the countryside lessens the impact somewhat ! |
| 5 | If you are going to be out late , organise a lift home or book a legal taxi from a reputable firm . |
| 6 | If you are going to be away from work for a period in the future , you will have to pay the full rate when you return to paid employment , so it might be as well to start now , and build up the maximum benefit . |
| 7 | If you are going to be successful sometimes you have to do that . ’ |
| 8 | With respect , it is no good saying that we are unbalanced in our editorials if you are going to be selective in your reading of the magazine . |
| 9 | It makes sense , therefore , if you are going to be a hero and dig a plot two spits deep , to know whether to ‘ double dig ’ ( reverse the spits ) or to ‘ bastard trench ’ ( leaving them in the same position ) . |
| 10 | I think if , if you are going to be the only Chair Person then there should be a , there , there should be a , a Deputy so if you 're not able to take the chair , there is somebody else . |
| 11 | You need to know where your blind spots are if you are going to be able to use the wing mirror of your intuition successfully . |
| 12 | I know that if you are going to be really good at sport you have to concentrate on it completely and give up all your spare time and energy to it . |
| 13 | So , if you are going to be exposed to the sun , do n't forget the sun cream . |
| 14 | If you are going to be lightly humorous , skimming like a butterfly , then you will be ill served by a plot that is impossibly ingenious or a plot that has at its centre something too grave to be dealt with light-heartedly when , long after you have embarked on the actual writing , the moment comes to reveal all . |
| 15 | If you are going to be integrating photographs into your documents then it is obviously fairly essential to make sure that the software can look after the TIFF file format ( or any other that you may be working with ) . |
| 16 | ‘ If you are going to be in senior job you are going to put a lot of time in so you give up your social life a bit perhaps . |
| 17 | If you are going to be at the Easter Course and would be willing to teach a session ( or two ! ! ) would you let me know , so that I can begin to plan the programme . |
| 18 | but if , if you are going to be spending a whole lot of money on tents and if these were any good |
| 19 | Similarly , if you are going to be extravagant , be so in an a area , where you 're actually going to see the benefit |
| 20 | A progress background can teach you a lot about what really happens if you 're aiming to be an account executive . |
| 21 | Talbot said : ‘ If you 're trying to be encouraging , Professor , you 're not doing too well at it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you 're determined to be so pigheadedly stubborn and blind to the truth , so be it . ’ |
| 24 | So , if you 're planning to be out and about tonight , take care . |
| 25 | At Liverpool clubs , the toilets are full of catsuited girls who look at you as if you 're rumoured to be a child molester . |
| 26 | ‘ If you 're going to be silly , you wo n't be able to . |
| 27 | This is probably your best choice where space is limited : you need a minimum of about 2.4m ( 8ft ) of space if you 're going to be able to get out of your car without being a contortionist . |
| 28 | But , of course , if you 're going to be another voice you really need to know what you 're talking about and you need to have vast access to information at least as good as all the departments who are putting forward their voices , and you need to have the time and the staff and I do n't think they always had that . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , if you 're going to be like that … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If you 're going to be away all day tomorrow , George , perhaps Martha would come down and keep me company . ’ |