Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] if [pron] wish " in BNC.

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1 They could adopt the title of a town if they wished ( LGBC 1973 ) .
2 ‘ After I 've examined your ankle for damage , put a crêpe bandage round it if necessary , and discussed my proposed project a little further , you may certainly phone for a cab if you wish , although I shall be happy to drive you back myself at that stage . ’
3 You may include Gorfang Rotgut in your army as an Orc Big Boss or as a Warlord if you wish , but if you take him your army must include at least one unit of Orcs .
4 The fact remains that we as a council if we wish to , can meet a proper prudent budget and the alternative proposals tonight , which is really the the er unfortunate ones which would appear to be going through , are really not recognisable , that this is not the time to impose additional council tax or anything else on the people of this city when generally speaking their personal finances are not at their best .
5 The effect of this requirement is probably in practice to make the power unusable in many cases , as unless the prosecution anticipate that the court will wish to make such an order , it will not be equipped with the necessary evidence , particularly as the car will not necessarily be in the possession of the police at this stage , and the court will be faced with an adjournment if it wishes to proceed with an order .
6 I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate .
7 From September 1974 the Diploma would become a BA with Honours , and students on existing courses or with a DipAD awarded between 1966 and 1974 could convert it to a BA if they wished .
8 I believe in jury trial and that , however evil they are , people should be entitled to present their defence to a jury if they wish to do so .
9 There you could buy a pennyworth of chips and a piece of cod for tuppence — served on a plate if you wished .
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