Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] if you [verb] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it .
32 But these they 've erm the religious parties you 've got build there , you know we 've got to expand Israel this is our homeland and if you do n't do this we 're not going to support you .
33 Like the they 're names are Swedish sounding but if you put them together like an Asterix book they they sound like something else .
34 I just thought that something like that it would be very good practice but if you have a related documents to have a record of the enquiry with it would make sense of the enquiry , even if our situation was different to the other divisions .
35 round the barrel about three times round the barrel then right down into the chain locker but if you kept , let it ride what we used to call let it ride well well now it get so big then you have to run it all off cos you had one lever , that 's what you had and the steam valve could have all steamed .
36 be taking the mobile but if you have problems and you find getting the children over to Hill is difficult , cos it 's not always easy to .
37 M. B. In those days , the police were almost like an élite force because if you joined , people would say : ‘ He 's joined the police .
38 to bringing the claim , if it is pursued , the claim maybe good , it maybe bad and it depends upon the circumstances of the underline agreement , that 's one example where something maybe good or it maybe bad , it 's like an intellectual property ride , depending on how you exercise the right , it maybe good or it maybe bad , if you use it to block parallel imports or for some anti competitive purpose then it may be bad , erm it , it 's not necessarily the case that if you have a clause in the contract it is always in every circumstance bad , where the clause itself allows the undertaking concerned , to exercise it in a particular way , now , erm so so that as a matter of principal not all clauses could be automatically said in a standard form contract to be good or bad and it may depend upon how they are to exercise in a particular way , what we have said is the , the , erm , the provision in on , on the , the unfettable authority , er , erm and powers of the agent , erm is void it would depend upon the facts of each individual case whether or not every other restriction as your Lordships seen again only through and the cases they side , erm that other provisions in a standard form contract may on the facts be had , it depends upon the significance of the particular clause in the circumstances , my Lord in , in answer to your Lordships question , I do n't think it necessary follows that every clause is bad , but we do say it depends upon the facts and we have pleaded that not all loss might be erm defensible against .
39 You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 .
40 Erm so but I wanted to point out two or three things on this contract that if you do n't tell them on the phone about them before you get round there they they 'll use it
41 The penny share flourishes on the fallacy that if you get more shares for your money , you must be getting a better buy .
42 What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something .
43 You know the kind that if you lived in a house which had got an uneven floor when you opened the door the wardrobe falls over towards you .
44 In addition , if you become more actively involved in Compact , you are more likely to influence its direction than if you sit on the sidelines .
45 I mean I know from my own personal experience that if you come fly from New York to London and you eat a meal in a restaurant or in a hotel in New York and then the next day you eat one in London , you do find that the services is much slower , for example .
46 That 's the right approach and I suggest to this Committee that if you take the Liberal Democrat Conservative resolution that will be not a bad .
47 For example magnesium chloride holds water within its crystal lattice and if you dry it that water comes out , but as it comes out it also strips out the chlorine as hydrogen chloride gas for example .
48 Well presumably would go back in the village and if you asked other villagers look how much has X grown on that bit of land they will tell you .
49 Stepping is the new fashion in exercise and if you have n't tried it this could be the chance to have a go .
50 Stepping is the new fashion in exercise and if you have n't tried it this could be the chance to give it a go .
51 The woman said , ’ Look , I 've got six of these eggs in my basket and if you do n't sling your hook back to south Derbyshire , you 'll have these on top of your head . ’
52 They can be studied at home and if you feel you need clarification on any of the points in them , the Enquiry Clerk in the same office is available to answer questions and give guidance .
53 Anyway , it was that programme where this man comes on half-way through and asks some catch question and if you know the answer you have to phone in quick before the end of the programme .
54 What you got ta do is , each card , if you they ar the person in front of you asks the co the question and if you get it right you get that card and each card has got a letter on it and you got ta try and make up sex maniac .
55 And you should n't ask me — it 's a leading question and if you asked me that in court the judge would intervene and tell the recorder to strike it out !
56 The Home Office publishes a leaflet ( BN7 ) giving detailed guidance on the requirements for individuals seeking British nationality and if you have any competitors who intend to compete internationally and who might fall into this category , then you should ensure that an early clarification of nationality is sought .
57 Well Jane did say no I do n't think there 's one in the village but if you want to go to one I 'll take you to Daventry would be nearest , yes , but she said I 'll take you to one if you want to go .
58 Plenty of tea dances and sequence dancing but if you do n't know the sequence you ca n't do it .
59 If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something .
60 erm it may be erm a a good idea to use it as a erm as a first scheme perhaps to erm to try and er car park and if you look at that at the beginning and just keep it on a on a rolling programme then all that does n't get so enormous er it does n't get such a a large task so maybe if er , but it does need coordinating perhaps we should think about it .
  Previous page   Next page