Example sentences of "[noun] or if they " in BNC.

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1 So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them .
2 Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration .
3 Is credit rationing easier to implement if banks operate as a cartel or if they are highly competitive ?
4 have n't , Leicester never do well when they 're at , if they go away , if they play away , if they go right down South or if they go right up North they 'll get beaten every time
5 What way they dried them , whether it was in the sun or if they 'd anything to dry them with , I do n't ken .
6 It 's OK in a caff — you can just ask for egg and chips or if they have pictures you can just point , but I think I might have trouble in a restaurant cos you got to read from a menu thing , and I have a bit of trouble with my reading .
7 We can bring you back at home or if they insist that you go back in an ambulance , you may , they may not put you back home you know , have you thought of that ?
8 Typically , project acquisitions could not be distinguished on the shelves or if they could , most of the people we asked could not show us which they were .
9 It concluded that no one knew what was in the dumps or if they had the capacity to meet future needs .
10 Most crucial of all , the royal couple themselves , with their thin permeable skins , will die if the atmosphere gets so hot and dry that they lose their body fluids or if they are badly chilled , and this may mean the end of the whole colony .
11 it can stop them going to court or if they go in and pay it off they do n't go to court .
12 In principle , mergers can be referred to the MMC if they will create a firm with a 25 per cent market share or if they involve assets of over 30 million .
13 Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone .
14 It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices .
15 Sometimes the strong sense of form causes individuals to rise to the occasion or if they do not , their inadequacy can be contained by the form itself .
16 Even small degrees of enzyme inefficiency can have effects on other pathways if these are dependent for their functioning on products of the defective pathway or if they are inhibited by the build-up of substances prior to the block .
17 So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air
18 As equipment becomes more expensive and more teachers are taking private classes it would be greatly appreciated if teachers would let Jean Parmiter know if they have any equipment for sale or to loan or if they know of any evening institute which might be wishing to dispose of some .
19 It has to be the subject of a proper report er by the er audit commission , but the district auditor and if they find that there has been er er wrong doing , if they find that there has been any er wilful neglect or if they find there has been any er unacceptable er maladministration then I will certainly join with the er the Secretary of State in condemning that .
20 When I was er , you know this Saturday morning work and weekend you know this weekend , but not Saturday morning this weekend work and holiday work at a tailors in Runcorn , the manager of that shop , gentleman 's outfitters right , the manager of that shop , there 's two other men worked in there full time and myself at holidays and weekends or if they were on holiday you 'd have to work , you know , the erm to cover one of those and he , the manager was brought up , he 's , brought up , his training was in Liverpool , in tailors where they , a man would produce a suit for somebody
21 If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time .
22 Loss , loss leaders or if they 're not loss leaders they 're very low are n't they ?
23 The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account .
24 Never keep callers waiting while you look for information or try to transfer them , etc. , without explaining what you are doing and giving them a chance to call back if they are in a hurry or if they are calling long-distance .
25 Patients were not included in the study if they had undergone previous gastric surgery or if they were receiving cytotoxic drugs or >5 mg/day prednisolone .
26 And erm I did n't get the actual job I went for but they put me on the , on the relief register so that I go round to different people 's homes or different big hospitals and different Mencap homes relieving people when they 're on holiday or if they 're short of staff or something like that .
27 But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers .
28 If they have an appointment with somebody they try and turn up on time or if they are going to be late , they ring up and apologise .
29 It must be difficult if you had someone who wanted to go out all the time or if they 're sort of really living it up or something I mean
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