Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long stems soon become woody and resistant to bending , so while they are still new , young and supple , the growing tips are bent repeatedly — at right angles , or thereabouts if you can — every foot ( 30cm ) or two , left and right , up and down . |
| 2 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 3 | If you are not entitled to a State pension in your own right , you will receive the dependant 's rate of benefit , i.e. about 60 per cent of the full rate ( or less if your husband is not entitled to a full pension ) . |
| 4 | Then in fifty words ( or less if you like ) , write a Steg rap then take a hike . |
| 5 | Yeah in the the number on the bottom is bigger but that just means you 've got to share it out between more people so do you get more or less if you share it between more people ? |
| 6 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 7 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 8 | The test under option five would therefore be that the court should intervene only if there is unreasonableness in Lord Greene M.R. 's narrow sense of that term , or only if there is manifest irrationality in the sense that preceded the development of the hard look doctrine in the United States . |
| 9 | Tickets can be booked by telephone on ( 0723 ) 370541 — or ( 0723 ) 378863 for Access and Visa bookings — by post , or personally if you call in at the theatre , and must be paid for within three days of booking . |
| 10 | Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief . |
| 11 | They hope to marry next June , or sooner if they find a house . |
| 12 | The copy deadline is the end of August — or sooner if you can do it . |
| 13 | But wake me at eleven , or sooner if you need me . |
| 14 | My advice would be to telephone the genito-urinary clinic at your local hospital , or elsewhere if you prefer , and make an appointment for a check-up ( no doctor 's letter needed ) . |
| 15 | Or alternately if it was n't then we would discuss it again on the Thursday and if it was a failure to agree situation , then we just registered failure to agree with the management . |
| 16 | And the other one takes seventy minutes or longer if they wish to examine things . |
| 17 | In some cases there is a minimum value that will be accepted , either for individual shareholdings or collectively if you sell shares in more than one company . |
| 18 | Then a negotiation could be conducted along the lines ‘ You take my opium — I take your Islands in return — we are therefore Quits , — & thenceforth if you please let us live in friendly Communion and good fellowship ’ ( Jardine to Palmerston , 5 December 1839 ) . |
| 19 | They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly . |
| 20 | Synodontis Multipunctatus is a peaceful species , which can be kept either on its own or as a group of three or more if you have a very large tank . |
| 21 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 22 | It is a relatively small cake , and so you might like to make a ‘ flock ’ of two or more if there are lots of children to feed . |
| 23 | Leave for 2–3 mins , or more if your hair needs it , then rinse off with warm water . |
| 24 | When such means failed the extended family gave support most often in the form of food or of caring for some children of the family until a crisis was over , or permanently if it was sustained . |
| 25 | It seems to me that when one looks at the brief findings and reasons of the justices given at the conclusion of the hearing , or even if one were to look at the more elaborate reasons which they have compiled subsequently for the purpose of his appeal , then their decision was plainly wrong . |
| 26 | If they are not a vocal species , or even if they are , their smell or other characteristics may also be different . |
| 27 | Our parents may not have been Christian , or even if they were they could have been the victims of some erroneous ideas or traditions . |
| 28 | We do not know if they had music or even if they had genuine art : cave-paintings and bone-carvings might be manifestations of the muse , but they could equally well have been executed solely for mystical purposes . |
| 29 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 30 | I am not sure if they have been deleted , or even if they were ever available for the C64 , but is there somewhere I can write to get my dream games ? |