Example sentences of "[adj] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it the communication system that is n't quite working but the support is adequate if you can simply find it ? |
| 2 | But we 're OK if they ca n't aim better than this . ’ |
| 3 | Maxim woke with a slightly tender head — those blasted lieutenants and their silly jokes — and the sombre feeling that he must be getting truly old if he could no longer sleep through a normal wakey-wakey in barracks . |
| 4 | Sometimes I get embarrassed if I ca n't do summat on my own . |
| 5 | I may not always be able to offer a Danby or a Holmes ( Holmes is available as I write ) , but I should be considerably embarrassed if I could n't find a good view of the Gorge for a departing new graduate or a returning old one . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's extremely doubtful if I 'll ever find another comet , ’ declares Alcock . |
| 7 | Gabriel Gasbag — As thick as a proverbial brick , possesses hardly any intelligence ( it 's doubtful if she can even spell the word ) . |
| 8 | Whilst realising some of the questions do not apply to you as a potential member , it would be interesting if you could please complete , insofar as practical , the enclosed questionnaire and return it to me at |
| 9 | Do n't be afraid if you ca n't . |
| 10 | ( ALT patterns , perhaps with different boolean parameters , are distinct if they can not be reconciled to a single choice , as was done in example ( b ) above . |
| 11 | We live in a cause-and-effect world and feel uncomfortable if we can not discover the reasons for the events that surround us . |
| 12 | I feel deprived if I ca n't have the same as everyone else ; |
| 13 | They seem to be a simple , happy-go-lucky folk who are content if they can merely catch a bus or two each day , and find a bit of a gap in the traffic to nip through , and survive till bedtime . |
| 14 | Life is truly meaningless if we can not be moved by the stories of cruelty from Bosnia , of famine in Somalia and by a simple tale like that told by Father McCullagh . |
| 15 | They feel that they should know what they want in a room from the very beginning , and feel incompetent if they can not make up their minds right away . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ I would be very sad if we could not come to an agreement with the tanker owners . |
| 17 | And indeed , since social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture , it would be quite absurd if it could somehow be inferred from what social anthropologists teach that cultural diversity is both politically and morally deplorable . |
| 18 | In order to be able to make seating arrangements I would be grateful if you would please , please and return the slip below no later than thirtieth August nineteen ninety one . |
| 19 | If you have leisure , I 'd be grateful if you would kindly show me the castle ? ’ |
| 20 | I would be grateful if you could just check to see if I have made any errors of fact , or have misunderstood any point you and your colleagues made to us . |
| 21 | There 's nothing to see , and we 've got a lot to do , so we 'd be very grateful if you could just go home . |
| 22 | [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . |
| 23 | We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . |
| 24 | We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . |
| 25 | [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . |
| 26 | [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . |
| 27 | ‘ And I 'd be grateful if you 'd just tell me without the need to shake it out of you . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd be grateful if you 'd just go . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd be very grateful if you 'd even try , Stevens . |
| 30 | Cranmer could not become an archbishop again , but a return to scholarly life was possible if he would only sign one or two documents as a formality . |