Example sentences of "[noun sg] if they [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the eager shouting of his Goblin mates , the Fanatic really has little idea of where he is going , and will happily plough through troops from his own side if they get in the way . |
| 2 | Those currently in receipt of Unemployment Benefit , in other words those who have been unemployed for less than one year , can reopen rights to a further year of unemployment benefit if they work in insured employment for at least eight weeks . |
| 3 | It was then that I began to understand how archaeologists could be led into serious error if they decided in advance what they were going to find . |
| 4 | In March , the then Home Secretary had promised new powers would be granted to police to check travellers ' convoys , impound vehicles and turn travellers away from a site if they knew in advance that a gathering was to take place . |
| 5 | There were plenary indulgences , which meant the immediate forgiveness of all past sins and the promise of a place in heaven if they fell in battle . |
| 6 | The action project began on 1 April 1984 and any people aged 65 or over who were referred to the hospital psychogeriatric service during the 12 months to the end of March 1985 and who were diagnosed as suffering from dementia , became members of the action sample if they lived in the action area , and of the control sample if their home was in the control area ( so long as they were not living permanently in an institution at the time of referral and they or their carers gave consent for their inclusion ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps they might become friends , she thought doubtfully , or at least neighbours , passing the time of day if they met in the road . |
| 8 | The simplest maze is a T-maze in which the individual has to make one directional choice ; by rewarding rats that turn one way rather than the other ( or by giving them an electric shock if they turn in the opposite direction ) , the experimenter can teach them to make a consistent and predictable choice . |
| 9 | The pardon stipulated that Aoun , Jamrah and Ma'luf should live abroad for at least five years and would lose their immunity if they engaged in political activity during that period . |
| 10 | Indeed , hospitals may be penalised for this efficiency if they succeed in treating more patients than they had budgeted for ’ . |
| 11 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 12 | Executives have discovered that they achieve better results in the workplace if they fall in love with a colleague , according to an American report . |
| 13 | I mean , I think every women sho , here should be proud to say they 're a feminist if they believe in equal rights for theirself , and it 's only men that use in the derogatory way . |
| 14 | In China and Southeast Asia , where milk and cheese are not part of the diet , most adults are lactase-deficient , but they can regain the ability to produce lactase if they persist in drinking milk . |
| 15 | He also says that he fears that he and his family , as members of the Bengali community , would be in danger of racial harassment if they lived in Carradale House , and this he supports with an affidavit on the subject of such harassment sworn by a former employee of his solicitors . |
| 16 | Studies and personal observations by teachers , social workers and school medical officers during the war emphasised the children 's remarkable ability to maintain emotional equilibrium if they remained in the company of cheerful parents : a typical report by one school medical officer to the Board of Education stated : |
| 17 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 18 | The symbolic goods produced here will only have much of a chance of realizing their value if they stand in a relation of ‘ elective affinity ’ to the consumers ; that is , to their ideal and material interests . |