Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also has a residual power to make an appointment if the child has sufficient understanding to give instructions himself and wishes to do so or if it considers that it would be in the child 's best interests to be legally represented ( s41(3) ( 4 ) ( a ) and ( b ) ) . |
| 2 | A term is not implied , however , merely because it appears reasonable to do so nor if it is contrary to an express term . |
| 3 | With wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value so that if it was ever necessary to sell in a hurry they would still not lose money . |
| 4 | This evidence should then be filed so that if it is challenged or its validity is questioned , the company can show that it has acted not only in good faith but with due care and prudence . |
| 5 | ‘ We have made it our duty to find out as much as we can about Natasha , so that if it comes to a point where we want to adopt her , we will have the documentation ready . ’ |
| 6 | Alexei was shouting something , and he quickened his pace so that if it was abuse or a challenge , he would be able to pretend that he had not heard it . |
| 7 | And we 've got a very big computerized telephone system , so that if it does n't answer sit there with a stopwatch timing each phone I presume , it 's all automatically done and they get a print out at the end of every month giving the average time of the , the phone the , the , the phone takes to be answered . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ she mumbled , sagging suddenly , so that if it had n't have been for his firm grip she probably would have sunk to the ground , ‘ I did n't think . |
| 9 | So that if it happened that I died they would be able to make a campaign issue of it . |
| 10 | He kept on firing until he could see each individual rope on the net , then hauled the nose up and vaulted the balloon , realizing as he did so that if it caught fire now he would be fried . |
| 11 | So that if it 's a fifteen-year |
| 12 | So that if it goes again I can get a cheap one then you can use a cheap one to tie it to the fence . |
| 13 | so that if it slops |
| 14 | but he wo n't get that now for it because they 've graded them , so that if it 's , it 's keyhole surgery type now it 's er , it 's a lower figure than |
| 15 | The main thing is to get a piece of paper between each piece of glassware so that if it does move , And if you j you just pack a piece of paper in er er fold it over a little er and push it in , i i so you stop movement . |
| 16 | remember ours , it would not be flat smells of cat but not only that if it weed on me carpet as much as I love it I might get a |
| 17 | Well no , not only that if it 's the simplest way |
| 18 | As long as he 's got an installation going in and if it |
| 19 | and you 'd fit them together but if it did n't fit you 'd have to do something to you 'd have to get them from som , from somewhere else . |
| 20 | I 'll have to take my coat before I go in because if it 's a bit smoky or what have you |
| 21 | RE should not be expected to bear the full weight of this responsibility , especially because if it does it can not deal with what is distinctive and peculiar to it — there is not time , etc . |
| 22 | They believe me , Connelly thought as he tried to suck in breath , tasting the rancid atmosphere as thickly as if it were smoke . |
| 23 | Okay , so language would be much easier to learn if this hypothesis were true , rather than if it were not true . |
| 24 | And depending whether it 's a rectangular plot or whether it is n't or not or if it 's slightly at an angle then some of the corner houses have a fairly long gardens . |
| 25 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 26 | Marriage would come or it would not and if it did not come sooner it would come later or she would be unmarried and what stigma was there in that ? |
| 27 | they say that ad , it pays to advertise I mean , to me advertising has never done anything for me well I do n't think it has anyway but if it pays to advertise and look at the number of people that read the Express |
| 28 | Now the tense of the main verb , in other words not the bit in the when clause or the as soon as clause or whatever , normally virtually it gives it away because if it 's future in the main the chances are extremely high that it 's going to be future in French at least in the time clause . |
| 29 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 30 | With a final darting glance to ensure that her appearance was in order she made her way as nervously downstairs as if it had been she herself about to marry . |