Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] if they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It occurs to me , for example , that given that all we 've heard this afternoon about the fact that a new settlement and again I 'm playing devil 's advocate , that if it were possible to build onto an existing settlement the quality of life of those who lived in the new settlement might in fact be better than if they were , to put it crudely , finding themselves in the middle of a field . |
| 3 | If they go in that condition the tax charged will be cheaper than if they 're in first class condition . |
| 4 | The distinction is an important one : books on a shelf may be in poor condition , and may indeed deteriorate in their locations ( particularly when they are made up of self-destructive acidic paper ) , but their deterioration will be very much slower than if they are transported to a reading room for consultation by a reader . |
| 5 | ALL the contract catering chefs interviewed believed that their rates of pay were higher than if they were working in hotels or restaurants . |