Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be solved at once if we were to abandon faith for something more solid which can be known . |
| 2 | ‘ They are both finding prison life tough and would have cracked by now if they were guilty . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You must get all this seen to properly if you want to clear Craig 's name , that 's all I know . ’ |
| 4 | Other principles accepted by the declaration were : i ) that the polluter should pay for the cost of the clean-up ; ii ) that environmental damage should be guarded against even if there were no apparent scientific reasons for doing so — the " precautionary principle " ; iii ) that women have " a vital role in environmental management and development " ; and iv ) that , while nations have a right to exploit their own resources , they must not damage the environments of other states . |
| 5 | Well yeah they just shove you out on the street , they got ta especially if you got children they got ta re-house you . |
| 6 | it 's got to So if it 's got to take forty eight you would of thought you 'd have you 'd have known today then ? |
| 7 | Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford . |
| 8 | ‘ It must be got rid of even if it means that the Prime Minister goes down with her own flagship ’ . |
| 9 | In practice , it is established policy that minerals cases will be called in only if they raise issues of regional or national importance . |
| 10 | He did n't go home , but lay down in one of the rest rooms at the police station , asking to be called at once if there was any news . |
| 11 | In the recent research selectivity exercise , major contributions to computer methods and the creation of publicly available datasets which emanated from within history departments across the country , counted for little if anything . |
| 12 | She 'd have known by now if there had been , and the blue would have been dark and ugly . |
| 13 | It is usually paid for via state-funded organisations and can at least be relied on even if it can be at times both economically and spiritually unrewarding . |
| 14 | He 's gone from there if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You never had any intention of exposing Court — that would have happened at once if you 'd intended it . |
| 16 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |