Example sentences of "but if [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have seemed an odd way of treating a friend , but if one knew Emily it would perhaps have caused no surprise . |
| 2 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |
| 3 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |
| 4 | Now , looks pretty horrendous alright , but if we bum data on S T , S T minus one , S T minus two and P T minus one , all actual variables , if we bung those into the microfit and ask them to form the regression , it would do , right , it would just you 'd get S T equals A plus B that 's T minus one plus C A T minus two plus D A T minus one alright , and B T So before we we 'll call that equation four right , so although it looks nasty alright it 's fairly straightforward , it 's all , all we 're doing is , we 'd be asking the computer to regress S T on constant like how you would yourself T minus one to like values T minus two and like prices okay . |
| 5 | But if we regard user education in its broadest sense and include library promotion and publicity within this umbrella term , we find that public libraries are very much involved . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's no reason at the moment to suppose it 's not benign , but if we don t take it out , it could turn nasty . |
| 7 | SUMMERCHILD : I did n't like to interrupt you , but if we want lunch in the canteen … |
| 8 | Now surely the Olympics is a festival a celebration of amateur sport , but if we want medals , we have to accept that professionalism wins . |
| 9 | These two definitions are tautologous when taken together : a computer-generated work is one created in circumstances such that there is no human author but if we attribute authorship to a human it can not be computer-generated . |
| 10 | As we saw in section 2.1 , we can not state the truth conditions of sentences with indexicals without reference to the deictic function of indexicals ; but if we allow truth conditions to be relativized to speakers , addressees , times , places , indicated objects , etc. , then it looks as if many aspects of deixis can be accommodated within truth-conditional semantics . |
| 11 | Yes , the problem was , with the previous suggestion of Chief Public Protection Officer , director , appeared to have confused with the responsibilities of the Chief Fire Officer , but if we say County Public Protection Officer . |
| 12 | But if we provide readers with amusement when things are glum we are performing at the least a useful service . |
| 13 | But if we have men who are not straight themselves , then you substitute one crooked man for another , regardless of colour . ’ |
| 14 | but if we have Linda 's just , just that |
| 15 | " But if we did things differently here there would n't be any need for resistance movements . |
| 16 | But if we find Flaubert naïve or — more likely — unsuccessful , we should n't patronise his seriousness or his bold loneliness . |
| 17 | It is obvious that there can be many branches that have to be studied , but if we assign probabilities of success or failure , not only can event-trees define possible accident sequences that can release radioactivity into the environment , but they also enable us to calculate the probability for each sequence , and the associated risk . |
| 18 | But if we include children 's literature in our survey , then the short story occupies a more permanently important place . |
| 19 | ‘ But if they become part of the post-1994 set up , clever non-producers will join the company that pays the best price — and could jump from company to company on a regular basis , ’ forecast Nestle 's chief milk buyer , John Ross . |
| 20 | You have n't been on the receiving end of Doreen 's barbs , but if they pierce Ling 's skin to the extent of causing him to leave your service you can put a ring round the fact that there will be … definite disruption . |
| 21 | No , but if they took Les 's garden you see the other side would be a rubbish dump so |
| 22 | You 're the innocent bystanders but if they tighten things up . |
| 23 | But if they backed Sutton at least they stood a chance of controlling him — even if he had turned out to be , as some thought , a bit of a duffer . |
| 24 | But if they say Newcastle well alright but I would n't say anything . |
| 25 | ‘ If they make an impact next season great but if they need time to develop they will get it . |
| 26 | I suppose there will still be people complaining that the ads are too realistic , but if they save lives it 's tough if they upset the squeamish . |
| 27 | But if they drop points , Leicester City or Derby County could triumph in a nail-biting finish . |
| 28 | But if they do story boards about videos they obviously illustrate and er or design stands or er or backdrops to er a setting . |
| 29 | Those journalists may know something about environmental issues , but if they understand transport issues , they were jolly well doing their best to conceal the fact . |
| 30 | But if somebody leaves Russia for good , no such delay is foreseen . |