Example sentences of "if they [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if they 'd a bigger place than that there little rectory , there would n't be a stick of furniture neither ! ’ |
| 2 | Major , addressing the Welsh Conservative Party conference on June 14 , dismissed those " sulking on the fringe of talks about the destiny of Europe " and declared that " the British government and the British parliament would only move to a single currency if they took a further , separate and explicit decision to do so , not just when to do so but whether to do so at all " . |
| 3 | In some cases it may be desirable to have an exclusive agreement with the distributor , otherwise he might offer competitors ' products to customers if they offer a higher margin . |
| 4 | If they learned a sounder astronomy and a clearer insight into how things look through the eyes of strangers , they would act differently , and better , because in greater awareness . |
| 5 | The reason that Beccaria gives for his requirement of proportionality is that ‘ If an equal punishment be ordained for two crimes that do not equally injure society , men will not be any more deterred from committing the greater crime , if they find a greater advantage associated with it ’ ( p. 63 ) . |
| 6 | Clients are very well aware of levels within an organisation and , if they have a smaller headhunting firm working at one level in the organisation , they may well not use that firm when a very senior appointment arises . |