Example sentences of "but if we [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems obvious enough that ‘ language teachers ’ — the phrase used by foreign language teachers to describe themselves — need to know about ‘ language ’ but if we rephrase the formulation what we in fact have are French teachers who speak French , German teachers who speak German and so on . |
| 2 | But if we had the accommodation downstairs , you we could ea easily have a good sitting room that we never use . |
| 3 | It takes little imagination to see that here is a huge resource for the study of consumer and retailing habits , but if we follow the practice suggested recently by some archivists and take the network with its constituent data flows and data tables , software resources and analytical outputs as a whole , as the document itself , this is a major site for examining the cultural effect of these systems . |
| 4 | But if we took the highest price of everything then we 're making thousands and thousands and thousands . |
| 5 | ‘ But if we take the Ship away , what will they have if they need it ? ’ |
| 6 | But if we exaggerate the earlier parallels to the announcement made in Tintern Abbey and The Prelude we lose sight of Wordsworth 's purpose and of his originality in terms of the philosophic situation in 1798 . |
| 7 | But if we extend the above argument , drawn from the motivation of ‘ Old Fighters ’ of the Party to the wider electorate , we would have to conclude that here — probably to an even greater extent — Hitler 's image was not dominated by his obsession with the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 8 | Since they outnumber us , they will come out to challenge us , But if we choose the battle-ground , and with surprise … ’ |
| 9 | But if we alter the length of the sleeves and the shape of the neck we are getting a bit nearer to our own design . |
| 10 | But if we oppose the negative point we make possible something positive , for two minuses make a plus . |
| 11 | But if we travel the northern route we probably wo n't see the sun for weeks , and the daylight is grey and the sea is green and grey , while at night you just see the cold white wavetops hissing out of blackness . |
| 12 | But if we accept the discoveries of the students of Recent sediments , we must accept the conclusion that Interpretation 2 in figure 6.1 is more likely than Interpretation 1 . |
| 13 | But if we study the use of religious language in Wordsworth 's poems between 1798 and 1820 we see a gradual change from what might be meant metaphorically or ‘ poetically ’ ( Wordsworth said that he employed the pre-existence theme in the Immortality Ode ‘ as a Poet ’ ) towards language that is used literally and in an orthodox Christian sense . |
| 14 | We can only guess as to the type of houses at this period , but if we believe the cartographer they seem to be buildings of the Hall House type . |
| 15 | But if we treat the use of ‘ I expect … ’ as the primary thing then there is no problem . |