Example sentences of "if a [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of earplugs can simulate the effect , and help one to appreciate the implications for safety if a person does not hear the whistle of the boiling kettle , or the sound of a pot of food boiling over , or the noise of approaching traffic . |
| 2 | However , if a person does not want to remember names of minor characters in a novel , or does not have to remember arbitrary names to perform an experimental task , a representation of content from which that information is omitted — an incomplete mental model — will suffice . |
| 3 | If a person does not want something , the quickest way to instil the necessary desire is to create urgent and inescapable need . |
| 4 | If a person becomes suddenly confused , always check that they are not constipated . |
| 5 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 6 | The probability of smoking cessation increased by 40% if a person smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day . |
| 7 | I was sitting in a chair when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me : if a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight . |
| 8 | In his Introduction , Dodd reminded his readers that if a person owed only forty shillings , an extortionate litigious creditor could immediately obtain a writ , often by a false malicious oath , and deprive him of his liberty . |
| 9 | Briefing sessions on the new , new kit for full-time officials we think these should be extended to branch secretaries as well because if a person rings up and advi asks for advice , he ca n't get that advice , it shows the union up in bad light . |
| 10 | Also , if a person chooses not to smoke why should he be subjected to such a poisonous , foul and unpleasant cocktail of several thousand gases in the form of tobacco smoke ? |
| 11 | Even if a person did not know the consequences of giving up their autonomy , it is in fact these consequences which make the relinquishing of autonomy wrong . |
| 12 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 13 | With the help of 106 pairs of identical twins , Dr Colin Johnston and colleagues at King 's College Hospital and st Bartholomew 's Hospital in London showed that the risk of developing diabetes is far greater if a person has both DR3 and DR4 than if he or she has either antigen alone ( British Medical Journal , p 286 , vol 253 ) . |
| 14 | The principle that no man can be a judge in his own cause may also be infringed if a person has so actively identified himself with the temperance cause , by his actions in campaigning against the granting of certificates , that it would be contrary to elementary justice that he should act as a member of a licensing board . |
| 15 | Sorry I should n't be saying because I was Incidentally , I did n't say to you that when they transcribe it , if a name comes up they , they just write erm do you want a cup of tea , name ? |
| 16 | If a law does not account for all that happens , then it has to be modified . |
| 17 | If a sufferer sneezes anywhere near you , the chances are you will catch it too . |
| 18 | If a symbol does not symbolize what one thinks good or true , there can be no reason to retain it . |
| 19 | Even if a share does not pay dividends temporarily , it must eventually pay dividends to have any value . |
| 20 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
| 21 | Secondly , if a worker does not want that to happen , sufficient funds may be transferred to a commercial company to enable it to continue to pay pension entitlements , including index linking . |
| 22 | If a character points out that there may be Chaos or Evil behind the doors ( or , even better , asserts confidently that there is ) , and asks Thadeus to help , this adds a +10 bonus to the Fel test to be made . |
| 23 | Shit , if a snake happened up on him now he 'd be dead , for sure ! |
| 24 | And she died of a cancer and er so did me father , and probably so shall I , but if a cancer do n't kill me summat else will . |
| 25 | We I I think we we discussed this briefly earlier in terms of erm if a proposal came forward it was perfectly within the remit of the applicant to make a planning application and to argue that circumstances had changed . |
| 26 | However the Americans are so helpful and flexible that if a starter does particularly take your fancy you are perfectly welcome to make a meal of that and nothing else . |
| 27 | The size of these advances will vary , but if a writer has already several hit singles in his or her catalogue the advance may be very sizeable . |
| 28 | In those days , if a writer did n't get approval from the Lord Chamberlain , councils had to approve the plays being presented in their areas . |
| 29 | But equally if a school does not matter to a pupil because the school itself does not try hard enough , there is as much risk to the achievement of a sound education as would arise if all the fault lay with the child 's own family . |
| 30 | Even if a will does not give property to trustees , the property , whether real or personal , does not go directly to those for whose benefit it is given , nor does property passing on intestacy go directly to those entitled under the rules above stated . |