Example sentences of "[verb] if they [am/are] " in BNC.

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1 Antiracist orthodoxy now sees them as the only effective repositories of authentic black culture and as a guaranteed means to transmit all the essential skills that black children will need if they are to ‘ survive ’ in a racist society without psychological damage .
2 May become deathly pale if the room is overheated ; kick off the bed covers if they are able to .
3 And Cardiff coaching organiser Alex Evans knows his side must win if they are to justify their claims to the All-Whites ' throne .
4 Very few food poisoning bacteria grow if they are colder than 5°C and they are killed if heated above 63°C .
5 They will either run or attack if they are surrounded . ’
6 Other seed baits I have used successfully on the Severn are tares and maple peas , but I have not used the latter two very often and do not yet know if they are going to be consistently successful .
7 Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million .
8 Forty-four per cent of men do n't know if they are well endowed ; 32% say they 're not ; and 24% say they are .
9 Some of them are missing six years and their families do not know if they are alive . ’
10 ‘ Surely you must know if they are , ’ he said testily .
11 At this stage we do n't know if they are one and the same person .
12 The increase in the use of knives has also heightened the fears of doormen and bouncers , who already ‘ do n't know if they are going home at night ’ .
13 At this point we do n't know if they are armed . ’
14 ‘ Do n't know if they 're having a shit or a shave . ’
15 I do n't know if they 're laughing all the way to the bank , but they can certainly afford to get there in a cab .
16 ‘ Excuse me , ’ he says , ‘ but do you know if they 're going to play the violin concerto with the original cadenzas ? ’
17 I do n't even know if they 're safe for the children ! "
18 ‘ She 'll know if they 're still there .
19 And you know I do n't know if they 're still in Caernarfon are they ?
20 I guess well not really , I erm , I try to make people welcome , and they usually let me know if they 're coming and then I 'm prepared .
21 Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’
22 Erm , there 's just one item which m might be added , or perhaps our representatives on this body could take it up some time , and that 's the amount of deposit which is needed by the post office from er , new tenants , I do n't know if they 're called tenants , or licensees whatever , to run rural post offices .
23 for this the Church Hill , but I do n't know where they 're from , I do n't know if they 're local people or from the Festival
24 I mean … when will we know if they 're both going to be able to pull through ? ’
25 She 's responsible for compiling a directory of services on offer and sending members monthly statements to let them know if they 're in credit or not .
26 The police do n't yet know if they 're looking for an IRA gang or just one member acting alone .
27 It 's not likely to be over well actually I do n't we do n't know if they 're gon na be building there .
28 I mean you I do n't know if they 're dead or alive or and then it said see the next one , next week .
29 Er I do n't think are pulling out but they , they 've suspended things , but I mean they just do n't know if they 're competing .
30 I said well I said I do n't know if they 're alright for her cos I have n't seen her so I ca n't tell .
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