Example sentences of "[n mass] and if [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But , but in writing historical erm , analysis and , and biography , presumably people , I mean , people ca n't help er writing , writing history , and trying to answer questions , like , why did Woodrow Wilson erm , not the fourteen points through , and presumably , one possible explanation is the kind of Freud Bullett approach , and presumably if you can find erm , relevant data and if you convince , and if you can convince that that 's plausible , it 's a legitimate thing to attempt to do .
2 I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back .
3 Art prints cost £20–25 , hand coloured lithographs £150 and if you 're feeling flush , original watercolours from £900 to £3,000 .
4 ‘ However , we are reasonable people and if we are approached with a reasonable alternative , we would be prepared to listen . ’
5 Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q.
6 We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not .
7 For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen .
8 would you please make sure that all through these practices that you deal with different people all the time cos in the exam and for real afterwards you 'll have to bandage all different shape people and if you just get , work in pairs you do n't get that sort of practice , by all means start of with somebody next door to you but each time you do one go across the room and find somebody you have n't done before .
9 And having done that , you then need some people , in fact , so you do need the two types of people and if you are the team leader , you have to find some way of getting them to work together .
10 If a tax is to be fair , if it is to have the support of the people and if it is to be collectable , it must be based on the fundamental principle of ability to pay .
11 Among 37 animal types , you 'll see chamois and if you 're lucky , ibex .
12 Except for , perhaps , a half day excursion to Skegness which costs one and threepence and if you 'd missed the train they had another one ready for you , not like British Rail today , enterprising .
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