Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [conj] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence of this is that if we attempt to justify them no obvious answer is forthcoming . |
| 2 | Another way of putting this is that if we impose the restriction that by adding X and Z together to form a single variable ( X + Z ) , and carry out the regression : if β 1 really is equal to β 2 in the process generating Y t then the estimates of β and β 1 from equation ( 3.20 ) , in a large sample , should not differ very much from the estimates from equation ( 3.19 ) . |
| 3 | The corollary of this is that if you absolutely love certain items like cake or chips , do not ban them from your life for ever , not even for a week . |
| 4 | The reason for this is that if you put the female pupae in the tube before they hatch to the adult stage , you will ensure that females mate only with the type of male you put in the tube . |
| 5 | So the , the consequence of this is that if you concentrate on individuals rather than on er groups , you take a completely different view of sex . |
| 6 | The trouble with this is that if it did n't work it might be because the conditions and catalysts are wrong . |
| 7 | This is because if it is not reserved as rent , the Stamp Office take the view that the application of the " contingency principle " means that stamp duty is payable on the full amount of VAT which may become payable over the whole term of the lease . |
| 8 | But I agree with Stuart , I think what we 've got be careful is that if we 're gon na introduce something , it is actually erm capable of being enforced and it 's very difficult to see us an enforcing agent . |
| 9 | The first is that if it were false , a would still believe it ; we have dealt with this already by the addition of clause 3 . |
| 10 | The first is that if she stayed it would look as if the Conservatives were resorting to desperate measures . |
| 11 | Er M My Lords , there are two things , one is that if it 's an R E specialists of course it will be their primary subject . |
| 12 | Now the r the reason for us doing that is that if they do accept it , they are duty bound as a council to write to Prime Minister , Prime Minister , direct , saying they support the declaration of intent . |
| 13 | Erm something we did omit , which we should not have done , earlier was to mention the fire escape scenario and that is that if you go out of this door , just the coffee table there 's a large marked fire exit . |
| 14 | Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? |
| 15 | Right no qualifying in in in er I will tell you what the erm er sort of policy on that or opinion on that is that if you have got er a closure on the phone . |
| 16 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 17 | Now the opposing argument to that is that if you create a special environment during the educational phase of a child 's life , then what happens after that for his I mean how far have you then separated them off from the sort of life that they will have to lead thereafter . |
| 18 | Oh well that 's really turning it round , is n't it ? erm My feeling is that it would work very well provided there was a , a safeguard , and that is that if you wanted to argue you could . |
| 19 | Part of him was saying : that 's because if you for one second think seriously about the position you 've put yourself in , you 'll panic . |
| 20 | But what 's certain is that if you 're in that type of job you will be amongst the lowest paid workers in Scotland . |