Example sentences of "that they [vb mod] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 2 | The Yek was dressed in silver silks so fine that Rostov thought that they would bruise if anything brushed against them . |
| 3 | In an opinion poll published this week , 49 per cent of the British public said that they would emigrate if they could . |
| 4 | A second-hand car which is not safe to be driven on the road ( for example because the brakes are in such a state that they would fail if the driver had to carry out an emergency stop ) is clearly not of merchantable quality , Lee v. York Coach and Marine ( 1977 C.A. ) — unless of course the car was only sold for scrap . |
| 5 | Bush 's lawyers announced that they would appeal if the judge 's recommendation was accepted by the Office of Thrift Supervision . |
| 6 | So , for example , the courts have indicated that they would interfere if a Chief Constable decided not to take action against housebreakers in any circumstances . |
| 7 | Well I du n no I think that they would follow if they wanted to roll up they can do they do with |
| 8 | I you see you 're not exceeding what the government is establishing as your target level , you 're falling short of that , and that means that some people will not get services that they would get if you had gone up to the level . |
| 9 | Before doing so I should say by way of parenthesis that I have totally bypassed the colleagues who are currently members of the Government , several of whom suggested privately that they would resign if the Maastricht bill or anything like it is brought back on to the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 10 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |
| 11 | Previously Labour 's leaders had qualified their rejection of a Popular Front by hinting that they might consider if there was evidence of a serious backbench Tory revolt . |
| 12 | Many salespeople who , to an outsider , seem naturally quick-witted have developed this skill through careful preparation beforehand , imagining themselves as buyers and thinking of objections that they might raise if they were in such a position . |
| 13 | It is a constant concern that they might have achieved much more if services had been better and that they may regress if services do n't improve . |
| 14 | He is one of the select band of teachers ( including Dick and Macqueen ) of whom it was said that they could tell if a horse was lame , merely by listening . |
| 15 | Do you think it 's possible the Iraqis here living in this country could have some of these nerve gases that they could explode if the situation in Iraq gets very bad ? |
| 16 | Floy had spent several hours in deep discussion with Snodgrass and , between them , they had made an attempt to sketch out the layout of Tara , so that they could see if there were any weak areas they might make use of . |
| 17 | Pilots should have experience at flying on the Turn and Slip indicator before using an Artificial Horizon , so that they can manage if the Horizon topples or becomes unusable . |
| 18 | The imposition of obligations means that the parties form similar expectations about the behaviour of the third party that they can enforce if the third party does not comply . |
| 19 | Individuals need not offer to pay for a good that they can consume if others pay for it . |
| 20 | So it , if it 's an ordinary unit trust , your initial charge can be somewhere about five to six percent , however , a number of companies have realized that they can discount if you , if they 've got your s if they 've got your commitment , they 'll discount . |
| 21 | The big problem with water butts is that they can overfill if not emptied regularly and the water inside can become stagnant and a source of bacteria . |