Example sentences of "by a [noun] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked by a passer-by if he had enrolled , the artist replied : ‘ I fight your battle , my friend , every day . |
| 2 | For women characteristically experience change in their lives in a way which is only experienced by a man if he is unfortunate enough to be the victim of some mutilating accident or illness . |
| 3 | As well as needing a licence , they were for example allowed to advertise only in a very restricted way , were not allowed to employ people to canvass for loans , had to include an interest rate in loan contracts , and risked having the terms of a loan altered by a court if they were judged ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ — interest over 48 per cent a year was taken to be excessive unless there was some evidence to the contrary . |
| 4 | And , although the Supreme Court upheld testing of customs agents , a few members of the bench doubted that a drug-imbibing agent would be deterred by a test if he was not already fearful , as one put it , that he ‘ may be shot dead in unequal combat with unimpaired smugglers . ’ |
| 5 | This means risks of the order of , say , being gored by a buffalo if we shoot an arrow at it , being struck by lightning if we shelter under a lone tree in a thunderstorm , or drowning if we try to swim across a river . |
| 6 | … ( 6 ) Schedule 12 to this Act has effect for the purposes of this section and , in that Schedule — ( a ) Part I prescribes the matters for which provision must be made by a scheme if it is to be a scheme which qualifies for recognition for the purposes of this section ; ( b ) Part II prescribes the matters action in relation to any of which must be subject to investigation under a scheme if it is to qualify for recognition for the purpose of investigations in relation to that matter ; and ( c ) Part III contains other requirements to which a scheme must conform if it is to be so recognised . |
| 7 | The other is ease of exit from the industry , not just by a company if it gets into financial difficulties and is forced to leave , but also by any particular customer . |
| 8 | After the case he was asked by a reporter if he would offer advice to other hitch-hikers . |
| 9 | We 're asking people who drink , and that 's ninety per cent of the British adult population , to see if they can cut down by a quarter if they 're drinking above sensible levels . |
| 10 | ‘ You ought to get this looked at by a doctor if it does n't stop bleeding soon . ’ |
| 11 | Do n't overload socket outlets , and have your wiring checked by an electrician if it is more than 20 years old . |
| 12 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 13 | On Saturday morning the pilot was asked by an acquaintance if he would fly him to Biggin Hill where the acquaintance was to collect another aeroplane . |
| 14 | When asked by an interviewer if he was pleased with the performance of the British plants , the President had replied that although past performance had been bad by traditional British standards , he was now happy to say that in recent months a marked improvement had taken place . |
| 15 | Philip Larkin , when asked by an interviewer if he ever read foreign poetry , archly replied ‘ Foreign poetry ? ’ ; and there is a celebrated photo of the poet seated at the Scottish border , where the boundary-stone reads simply ‘ England ’ . |