Example sentences of "[verb] if they be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And Cardiff coaching organiser Alex Evans knows his side must win if they are to justify their claims to the All-Whites ' throne .
2 Firstly , visits could be claimed if they were requested and made between 2200 and 0800 ( previously 2300 and 0700 ) .
3 But the message went further for it was felt that the lesson to be learned was that living standards could be maintained if unity prevailed : ‘ With the help of the Trade Union Movement , mobilized by the TUC General Council , they were enabled to secure a victory which they could not have won if they were left to fight alone . ’
4 They will either run or attack if they are surrounded . ’
5 Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million .
6 At this point we do n't know if they are armed . ’
7 Other seed baits I have used successfully on the Severn are tares and maple peas , but I have not used the latter two very often and do not yet know if they are going to be consistently successful .
8 The increase in the use of knives has also heightened the fears of doormen and bouncers , who already ‘ do n't know if they are going home at night ’ .
9 Er I do n't think are pulling out but they , they 've suspended things , but I mean they just do n't know if they 're competing .
10 Erm , there 's just one item which m might be added , or perhaps our representatives on this body could take it up some time , and that 's the amount of deposit which is needed by the post office from er , new tenants , I do n't know if they 're called tenants , or licensees whatever , to run rural post offices .
11 The police do n't yet know if they 're looking for an IRA gang or just one member acting alone .
12 I guess well not really , I erm , I try to make people welcome , and they usually let me know if they 're coming and then I 'm prepared .
13 Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’
14 It 's not likely to be over well actually I do n't we do n't know if they 're gon na be building there .
15 They 're putting a sheet up so I do n't know if they 're gon na do summat .
16 You know the two way interviews , I do n't know if they 're gon na be simultaneous
17 How do you know if they 're working , how ?
18 ‘ Excuse me , ’ he says , ‘ but do you know if they 're going to play the violin concerto with the original cadenzas ? ’
19 Once a month , you 'll have a branch meeting or an area meeting but the area manager will write to you and say , between two o'clock on Wednesday and five o'clock we 've got , I do n't know if they 're going to call them area now or branch meeting .
20 I do n't know if they 're laughing all the way to the bank , but they can certainly afford to get there in a cab .
21 ‘ Do n't know if they 're having a shit or a shave . ’
22 During take-offs and landings , some Flying Control personnel would occupy a caravan placed near the start of the runway being used , and they would fire green or red flares to let the aircraft know if they were cleared to land or take-off , and on this occasion one of the men was very quick off the mark , saw the crash and was immediately on the spot , helping the crew to get out of the burning aircraft .
23 She would go with Julius — and by the time they returned to the house she would know if they were going to part as friends or enemies .
24 ‘ I would know if they were lying .
25 So you need to know if they 're stressed , and what you can do about it .
26 It would hardly have done him much good in his professional life , where women were always wanting to know if they were having them or how to stop them or conceive them , if he had been .
27 The result was that yesterday they turned on us for information as to the number of men to be dropped , the weight of stores and the mileage and so on , all of which was essential for them to know if they were to fit out the aircraft properly .
28 ( 135 ) … raising the temperature of some solid and liquid compounds causes them to decompose into their elements ( or oxidize if they are heated in air ) …
29 However there were indications yesterday that it may be limited to proposals as to how the two would cooperate if they were ordered to combine their efforts by the NATO European Fighter Management Agency , which is responsible for purchasing the system .
30 However there were indications yesterday that it may be limited to proposals as to how the two would cooperate if they were ordered to combine their efforts by the NATO European Fighter Management Agency , which is responsible for purchasing the system .
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