Example sentences of "but if [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems a bit odd to be asking people to join the CTC in order to further the interests of cycling in Scotland ; but if we get this leaflet off the ground we can then tell HQ what we are doing for them . |
| 2 | Naturally , they are worried that the Queen 's head may disappear from our currency , but if we had economic and monetary union , as we have with Scotland , nothing would stop us providing different notes , even with a different name , provided that they had fixed values that were easily exchangeable . |
| 3 | But if we had that aim in mind exclusively , we would choose a different theory of adjudication , which we might call " unilateral conventionalism " or just " unilateralism . " |
| 4 | It does n't sound much , but if we ignored those extra few hours , after four years our calendar year would be a whole day ahead of the solar year . |
| 5 | But if we made sure that was recorded , somewhere . |
| 6 | But if we go grey within the normal range of time our reaction may be an indicator of our overall attitude to the whole effect of ageing on our looks . |
| 7 | Yeah but if we charge twenty P each we 're actually making a profit selling them . |
| 8 | But if we omit those material conditions from our writing , then the writing voice loses much of its authority and power . |
| 9 | But if we spend more than we earn ( ie expenditure is higher than income ) , then ‘ the books ’ do n't balance and we end up in debt , or ‘ in the red ’ . |
| 10 | But if we reject this view in favour of memory as a property of the brain as a system , rather than of its individual cellular and molecular components , then memory will depend not on distinct biochemistry but on just which cells and synapses are showing the changes , where they are located in the nervous system , and which other cells they make contact with . |
| 11 | All the letters suggest different ways in which the Bill can be improved , but if we accept this awful timetable motion tonight a Bill of nearly 100 clauses will have very limited time for discussion , and the guillotine will fall in Committee . |
| 12 | I know but if we print bilingual ones |
| 13 | But if we deduce significant cultural relations from the study of institutions alone , we shall be in danger of missing some important cases in which cultural organization has not been , in any ordinary sense , institutional . |
| 14 | So he has an interesting idea that we can set up democratic procedures to protect the minority within those procedures so that tyranny of the majority is something that afflicts only certain types of democracies , but if we have other types of democracies then we can protect the minority and the idea for proportional representation is often claimed in this light , but actually it does n't work as an idea , because although it allows a minority to be represented , represented is a different from being protected and so even if there 's a member of parliament with the one member of parliament with your unpopular views , that does n't mean that your unpopular views wo n't be made illegal say , because the fact that there 's one member of parliament wo n't mean that |
| 15 | But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’ |
| 16 | But if we do that , all we do is we we delude ourselves . |
| 17 | We need to move more into that area of work , that sort of prevention , and we need if possible to move more in partnerships with voluntary organizations , but if we do that , er , then we will have to pay them . |
| 18 | So you 're okay with that , ten take away A minus , ten take away A add B will be ten take away A and then take away B. But if we do ten take away like we 've been doing here , A minus B and it comes out the same as this , it 'll be ten take away plus A , just take away A , and then take away minus B. Well taking away a minus B is the same as adding B. Erm do you remember the table ? |
| 19 | I suppose we could fix them to read the same , but if we did that , ma'am , we would n't need two clocks , and it 'd be a shame to part with either of them ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We always tried to talk somewhat in codes , ’ he said , remembering Calero talking to North about arms on a pay-phone from San Francisco , ‘ so whoever was listening would n't quite be able to understand it ; but if they had any common sense , they probably could . ’ |
| 21 | But if they had twenty five percent it would gentlemen of the Conservative party to say , Listen , you 've got twenty five percent , go on , run the country . |
| 22 | ‘ But if they kill dear Ashi — ’ His eyes were wide with dread ‘ — or little Sousan ? ’ |
| 23 | But if they lay brooding , unable to feed or go underground , all their troubles would come crowding into their hearts , their fears would mount and they might very likely scatter , or even try to return to the warren . |
| 24 | things were looking good some of the players were a little disappointed but if they win next week that 's three points from four which is n't a bad start |
| 25 | But if they met each other , Lewis … ? |
| 26 | A small party may get a substantial number of votes , but if they fall short of the quota it will not normally win a seat . |
| 27 | I do n't know if I know I understand obviously monies not around at the moment but if they made some way of creating some kind of jazz pub closing it down making it part of the theatre again it 's it 's just a like a pub and I I do n't ever feel comfortable going in there and buying drinks on rehearse . . |
| 28 | It can be a complete higgle-piggle with plants growing where they put themselves , but if they look wrong , they will be weeded out . ’ |
| 29 | If they wish they can stick to the bare bones of the task , as an intellectual exercise , but if they feel secure they may inject ‘ feeling ’ ideas . |
| 30 | I mean , I do n't think Colin 's unhappy where he wants to do , then an offers an offer , like either they go in and make share , but if they work all day . |