Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have just been told that your child has HIV , and if this was unexpected news , the shock will be overwhelming at first . |
| 2 | If you have already been offered a job and have agreed on a job description with your future service manager , then you may like to analyse it in the same way . |
| 3 | Driver Number : You will only have a Driver Number if you have already been issued with a New Style ( 10 Year type ) licence . |
| 4 | Anyone with a history of injuries ( or if you have already been skiing and suffered one ) will benefit from a session on their Cybex analysis machine ( £30 ) which sagely tests joint and muscular strength at different resistances . |
| 5 | Please check your envelope to see if your address/postal code is correct or if you have recently been allocated a new telephone coding PLEASE send relevant information to at the Office as soon as possible . |
| 6 | It may distress you deeply , especially if you have never been in debt before , but do not succumb to anxiety . |
| 7 | If you have never been involved in any of the activities listed above then DO N'T … |
| 8 | That 's not to say that it is a waste of time reading it even if you have never been to the remote geographical placement . |
| 9 | If you have never been successful , you never will be |
| 10 | ‘ If you have ever been tortured you are tortured forever , you dwell in flames . |
| 11 | If you have ever been cornered at a party by someone who insists on standing far too close for comfort while they lurch through their life history , you will know that around each of us there is a space which we like to call our own . |
| 12 | C chewed it , which hurt ; D digested it , and that was disgusting , as you would know if you have ever been digested . |
| 13 | Right and that was the result we generally observe in agriculture in that , for example , if you have ever been down to er the West the West of England where there is a number of apple growers you will find that when there is a very big harvest , right , apples just left to rot on trees , right , simply because it is not worth farmers harvesting er those apples because they wo n't get er price to cover their average vanable costs . |
| 14 | I wonder if you have ever been in that awful position of facing what you thought was certain death . |
| 15 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 16 | We can live in a place ten years and within a fortnight of moving out it is as if we have never been there . |
| 17 | None of your so-called friends look as if they have exactly been renowned for their brains , do they ? ’ |
| 18 | Secondary infringement , for example , where a person imports or deals with infringing copies of semiconductors does not apply if they have already been marketed in the United Kingdom or any Member State of the European Community by or with the licence of the owner of the right or other person entitled to do so . |
| 19 | Medical or other expert reports that have been disclosed to the other side should not go in Sched 1 , Pt1 , of the list , even if they have already been disclosed to the other side , but always go in Pt2 , otherwise one will lose the right to claim privilege for such reports . |
| 20 | Civilian witnesses are notoriously unwilling to assist unless pressed , particularly if they have already been obliged to give evidence in criminal proceedings . |
| 21 | Even if they have already been interviewed by the other side , if their evidence raises any unexpected points , there can be no objection to your approaching them to seek clarification . |
| 22 | Here , productive base includes some aspects of services , if they have traditionally been part of the reason for an area as opposed to a consequence of the accumulation of population in some area with a pre-existing rationale . |
| 23 | The lecture theatre resonates like a drum with the chatter of a hundred-odd students , all talking at once , as if they have just been released from solitary confinement . |
| 24 | This brings us to rule five : only ever praise somebody ( a ) in order to condemn someone else ( ‘ Danny Baker is genuinely witty and not childish like so many Radio 1 ‘ personalities ' ’ ) or ( b ) if they have just been sacked ( ‘ I found the previous presenters stylish , informed and witty , creating just the right atmosphere . |
| 25 | Ask if they have ever been frightened at school and what frightened or upset them . |
| 26 | Chords based on whole-tones can occur in many other systems , even in diatonic harmony ( e.g. the ninth chord G , B , F , A ) , but of course they sound perfectly in place and not as if they have merely been temporarily extracted from the whole-tone system . |
| 27 | Existing borrowers who have been with the society for five years or more may get a reduction in their interest rate if they have never been in arrears . |
| 28 | You may find that older dogs are nervous under these circumstances , if they have never been on a train or bus before , and you should always try to reassure them with your tone of voice . |
| 29 | Returning to the fate of the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts , there are ways to help it to survive , even if they have long been forgotten during the years of subordination to its well-cushioned Soviet existence . |
| 30 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |