Example sentences of "[coord] if [pers pn] are [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it .
2 At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence .
3 Never keep callers waiting while you look for information or try to transfer them , etc. , without explaining what you are doing and giving them a chance to call back if they are in a hurry or if they are calling long-distance .
4 Or if they are buying a pig in a poke at least they know that they are so doing .
5 If they have an appointment with somebody they try and turn up on time or if they are going to be late , they ring up and apologise .
6 We can call operator services if we are unable to locate the number of someone we wish to contact or if we are having difficulty in making the desired connection .
7 You can not be informal when giving notice of dismissal or redundancy , or if you are writing a letter of condolence or complaint .
8 If you are cutting from a severed stem , take it with you to the stock to be budded , or if you are taking a number of buds , get the stem into a deep can of water at once and use it as soon as possible .
9 Or if you are using a roaster instead of a boiler , 45 to 50 minutes will cook it .
10 Or if you are sitting in a room , look around you and see how many things there are more than two of .
11 * NB If your qualifications are not listed here or if you are offering one of these qualifications but are uncertain about the exact standard required , please contact the relevant Faculty Office for further information .
12 Go easy on vigorous exercise , especially during the first three months when you need as much rest as possible or if you are suffering from high blood pressure .
13 Your attack has lasted longer than a day or two , despite your self-help , or if you are having repeated attacks
14 But if they are experiencing on average a smaller rise , you would want to raise output , taking advantage of the high relative price on your island ; and if they are experiencing a larger rise you would want to reduce supply .
15 But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour .
16 ‘ This is a timely reminder to people that they should be careful with strangers and if they are leaving their doors open .
17 Without naming names , there are some bands I work with and if they are doing an interview , I will have to be there in case they do n't turn up and I end up making loads of phone calls .
18 The people who employ me , the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the government , in the past have called us in the RVH , and now it all depends who they are talking to — if they are talking to the American delegation we are Marxist revolutionaries and if they are talking to other delegations they have branded us as Provos .
19 Teenage children , admitted by almost all teachers as the most difficult to teach , may become better motivated and better behaved if they have a short-term goal , passing the next grade on the ladder , and if they are working alongside people who are both older and younger than themselves .
20 On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it .
21 And if they are going to pay out full stop .
22 Well the argument is that if you receive say a mobility allowance , and if we are laying on transport to get you to a Day Centre and back , maybe five days a week , then the argument is that that 's a fair levy against that allowance .
23 And if we are making money on the shows is it justified ?
24 And if we are feeling interpretative , we can look further into this brief event .
25 And if we are going to have a post mortem on the role of the telly , what of the press — the tabloids especially ?
26 I am sorry to be awkward , but I think you will see that these questions must be answered and if we are going to take extreme positions then we would have to do double the home work that the people do who do n't want to .
27 Erm , and , and if we are going to do , to do that , then I 'd suggest as well Chairman , that we er , raise the issue with er , A C C so that we do n't go alone , we go with other authorities if that 's what members want to er , do .
28 Add to that the new guidelines that suggest that all er plans for major developments must go through the hands of an A L O and really we do n't have an answer for it , and if we are going to be getting 9 new civilian C P O's they 're gon na have their work cut out learning their basic craft before they even develop their A L O skills .
29 Co-ordinator Howard Seymour said : ‘ People spend 50pc of their day at work and if we are going to prevent ill health , the workplace is a good place to do it . ’
30 It becomes so expensive erm and if we are going to get new facilities erm we ca n't just keep upgrading what we 've got now , we have to build new .
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