Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] if they " in BNC.
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| 1 | You probably know instinctively if those whom you meet are genuinely interested or if they are inquisitive , curious , trying to manipulate or probe . |
| 2 | In these respects , the EC has taken a very proactive role , guided by the importance of the single market which can not effectively exist if intellectual property rights vary from one Member State to another or if they can be used to restrict the free movement of goods . |
| 3 | Our investigative researchers ventured into the centre of London to find out if High Street shops are dog-friendly and if they 're not , why not ? |
| 4 | You may treat them as your children since they were two years old but if they 're not a blood relative of yours they wo n't be inheriting anything anyway however close they may be . |
| 5 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 6 | They will need to check whether they have made the same amount of each and if they are not able to count , then they can correspond one-to-one ‘ tops ’ with ‘ bottoms ’ . |
| 7 | We have the stories first usually before you and they 're allowed two stories each and if they have any more then it 's up to you . |
| 8 | I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry . |
| 9 | what the hell are you doing , you give them that and if they say they do n't wish to be on the tape you have to erase their voice . |
| 10 | Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants . |
| 11 | Patients become bedridden only when they are terminally ill or if they are allowed to develop progressive scoliosis which results in intolerance of sitting . |
| 12 | Yo yo you , you been used to working hard and if they say do n't do this |
| 13 | Two is enough really but just to be on the safe side use three and if they do n't all lie in the same straight line then one of them 's wrong . |
| 14 | As the new President of the Board of Education , R. A. Butler , put it , in delightful contrast to his officials ' rather ponderous concern , ‘ Children are human and if they run about too much do n't put on weight . |
| 15 | I 've always thought that you get a bunch of songs together and if they 're good songs , you 're really lucky and if they all fit together and make a great album you 're really , really lucky . |
| 16 | The light was spreading fast and if they were asleep in one of the rock shelters they might at any moment wake and stumble on Marian . |
| 17 | If they are offered three piece suites they should be suspicious and if they see any of these things they should report it to us . |
| 18 | Parents have to be aware that not absolutely every accident is preventable and if they 're not prepared for their children to run that element of risk then obviously they have the choice of not letting their children go . ’ |
| 19 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 20 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 21 | They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland . |
| 22 | But if y Some of the finishes on some of the wardrobes are particularly slippery and if they 're particularly slippery then i i it 's difficult often . |
| 23 | I do n't see it that way at all but if they 're right er I 'd defend your invitation and my acceptance by quoting the old idiom , better the devil you know . |
| 24 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 25 | ‘ If they make an impact next season great but if they need time to develop they will get it . |
| 26 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 27 | If you look around the towns and cities of Britain , you will find the same story , be it steel plants , those vast chemical plants , the big engineering works , they scarcely exist any more and if they still are there , they 've shrunk to a tiny part of their earlier size . |
| 28 | ‘ Ought n't you to be fetching Lisa — she 's been there since 3 and if they 're having a party tonight they 'd probably like to get her off their hands . ’ |
| 29 | But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it . |
| 30 | Users are therefore encouraged to use the information available and if they need more help to use the Freephone facility . |