Example sentences of "then [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 2 | Erm however w w with the changing environment erm such as the bigger demonstrations , also the continuing victory of the nor the northern expedition erm it was more easy to join these associations er indeed the there 's a sort of climate of opinion that , you know , if you do n't join that then you 'll be left behind and threatened yourself . |
| 3 | At 8.55 a.m. , school checking-in time , the teacher at the gate would check your fingernails and your ears , and would take a pencil and pull it through your hair — if the pencil got stuck then you would be sent home to tidy up . |
| 4 | You can get back from York in quarter of an hour and then you can be sat there for |
| 5 | If there were no regularity at all , if the sort of sensation which is caused by being in hot water were equally often caused by being in cold water , and vice versa , then we would be denied even the possibility of this notional classification . |
| 6 | If it were a guarantee then we should be funded accordingly . ’ |
| 7 | Maintaining teacher credibility and teacher self-respect is important but often this is done at some cost but if apologies to children and parents are justified then they should be made handsomely . |
| 8 | As the words of a sentence are being recognised , using their orthographic structure , their sentence context or whatever , then they must be pieced together to reconstruct the underlying meaning of the sentence . |
| 9 | If they are not going to fit into school then they must be placed somewhere more suitable . |
| 10 | If there are signs of developing toxicity or the packets fail to progress through the gut satisfactorily then they must be removed surgically . |
| 11 | This part of the task is very slow and time-consuming and if more than one plate is being constructed then they could be clamped together and all be drilled at the same time . |
| 12 | Another point to remember is that flowers will wilt badly , or even die , if they are left sitting in a hot car or office all day , so if you have to buy them hours before they will be pressed , put them in plenty of water as soon as possible or , better still , buy them on your way home and then they can be pressed fairly quickly . |
| 13 | If they are not resident in the United Kingdom then they will be assessed only if the income has a UK source . |
| 14 | People have been very generous in the parish and the village , obviously they think a lot of their church , but one suggestion that was put forward was if every man , woman and child gave the equivalent of twelve pounds to the fund then it would be raised easily , and I think that it 's quite likely that people will come forward er in a generous way I 'm sure . |
| 15 | The research evidence suggests that support from one 's family should be the last resort and not the first , and that even then it must be handled carefully to ensure that each party retains a proper independence of the other . |
| 16 | If the specimen happens to be a dead fish then it must be autopsied as soon as possible . |
| 17 | As Halliday ( 1964 : 37 ) says , ‘ if a text is to be described at all , then it should be described properly ’ . |
| 18 | We can do , we 've just got to , I mean we 've just got to ask everyone to give a very brief report erm on another occasion and then it can be kept very short , I think though , there are , there are times when , when , you know , we do want to hear what 's going on with sort of er networks and campaigns , we do need that time as well do n't we , er so we ca n't , I do n't think we can always do it . |
| 19 | The current laws on all kicking should remain except that any ball caught on the full from kick in general play can be returned directly into touch with the line-out at the point where the ball goes out of play — e.g. a scrum-half kicking for touch would still need to bounce the ball into touch but , should the kick be gathered on the full , then it can be kicked directly into touch . |
| 20 | If that is the only problem faced by certain investment projects then it can be solved fairly easily by an interventionist government willing to regulate international capital flows in order to adjust the external value of the currency ( it is upward adjustment of the exchange rate which may be very difficult ) . |
| 21 | If any greater certainty could be given then it could be done only by an unacceptable narrowing of the duty to restrict it to a part of the auditors responsibilities and we 're also concerned that to do so could have potentially wide ranging implications for the scope of auditor 's functions more generally . |
| 22 | Legally , however , it seems that if it can be proved that Mr Fuchs spent above and beyond the municipally approved budget of DFl.12 million without authorisation , then he may be held personally responsible for the losses . |