Example sentences of "[adj] if [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 That you can not be alcoholic if you still have a family , a house , a car , a job and money in the bank .
2 But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers .
3 It is easier , for example , to conclude that someone is being abrupt if you only have what they say and how they say it to go on .
4 Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 .
5 Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without .
6 instead of just obeying instructions you just say well that should go that way and that should go that way and to me that 's immaterial if you just see it going , see it , if its working that 's it , know where the tops and bottoms of it all I mean I see
7 ‘ I 'm interested if it actually exists , ’ he said .
8 Trolls can sometimes be persuaded to join Orcs or Goblins as they march to battle , although it is doubtful if they really understand what is going on .
9 Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful and it was doubtful if she ever had been , but she was undeniably attractive .
10 Doubtful if he ever dented a heart ; more than likely he gave quite a number of hearts a new lift after they 'd imagined the ball was over for them .
11 He read medicine at the University of Edinburgh , though it is doubtful if he ever intended to practise .
12 It would be different if you really did love him , but I do n't think you do … certainly not enough to make the kind of sacrifices that would be necessary if you did marry him . ’
13 Of course , it would be different if he deliberately memorized the customers ' names or made a copy of them .
14 A disclosure of data under the act is only unauthorized if they knowingly give it to someone who is not entitled to it .
15 An action is relevantly similar if it too has the properties which constituted one 's reasons for the judgement in the first case .
16 But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening .
17 Recent trainees in particular will need considerable help in locating and interpreting information for clients and advisers will feel uncomfortable if they constantly need to consult with colleagues .
18 This will make matters impossible if you subsequently need to hoover it out .
19 It will be sad if we never make it .
20 I think it is sad if you just want to be popular for the sake of it .
21 ‘ I think it 's really sad if you actually believe you 're a star , ’ gurgles Paul .
22 ‘ You 're saying plainly that you 'll assert yourself in the most obvious way possible if I ever attempt to cross you ! ’
23 In addition , your schedule could be upset if you only intended to break your journey for a short time at a particular spot .
24 The selection is right if it truly works for the competing student , and it is the quality and force of the imagination that will carry off the performance of the piece .
25 She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship .
26 And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … "
27 ring my friend if it makes you feel alright it 's ace if you just sit down and listen to the old Beatles is n't it ? feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't be me love ca n't be me love
28 It would be humiliating if he ever guessed exactly how she felt about him , how much she envied the other woman .
29 The accused will after Allen be guilty if he simply vanishes with no intent to repay .
30 Accordingly the accused is at present guilty if he negligently caused such injury .
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