Example sentences of "if they [vb mod] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 2 | They crept , developing rudimentary arms with nasty , elongated fingers as they went , groping across the floor towards the two intruders , as if they might not be able to see , but might be able to feel or smell their way to Caspar and Fenella . |
| 3 | If they could not be enlightened by persuasion it must be done by force . |
| 4 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |
| 5 | The function of underwriters was to commit themselves before the issue to buy the bonds at a set minimum price , if they could not be sold by the managing group at a price above this minimum . |
| 6 | In view of the large number of requests made we are unable to advise you pre-departure if they can not be met . |
| 7 | The normal definition , that tasks will be executed at Community level only if they can not be satisfactorily dealt with at national level , begs the most important questions which can ever be asked in a democratic system : who decides ? how ? what for ? |
| 8 | With a fairly short grazing season , especially in the north , recent animal welfare laws stipulate that dairy cows must not be kept indoors throughout the year but at least exercised outside , even if they can not be grazed . |
| 9 | There is also the point that district society presidents are all volunteers and work very hard for the good of the district society and the Institute and it is a pity if they can not be allowed some enjoyment from their endeavours and also make new friendships which will last a lifetime . |
| 10 | We all know , as dreamers , that dreams are genuine experiences , even if they can not be recorded with a camera or a tape-recorder . |
| 11 | These questions must be addressed , even if they can not be precisely answered ; simply raising them has an effect on the way old people are viewed and the action which it is deemed appropriate to take . |
| 12 | One of these is pupils ' attitudes to the various rival innovations , if they can not be coordinated together . |
| 13 | If they can not be protected by the law from this kind of material then the law should be tightened up . |
| 14 | But for those with a relatively static model of the universe and more or less fixed expectations , the discrepancies are deeply troubling if they can not be ignored or resolved by supplementary perceptual categories . |
| 15 | Records on the prime data track , as has been explained earlier , may each cause a full revolution to be lost if they can not be processed during the time the inter-record gap is traversed . |
| 16 | If they can not be replaced by more adequate instruments , an electric keyboard can lie appropriate . |
| 17 | Details which are ignored in the source text but which have to be specified in the target language can pose a serious dilemma for the translator if they can not be reasonably inferred from the context . |
| 18 | ( ALT patterns , perhaps with different boolean parameters , are distinct if they can not be reconciled to a single choice , as was done in example ( b ) above . |
| 19 | If they can not be measured with any degree of objectivity , then effectiveness can only be judged in an incomplete way . |
| 20 | The mastery of skills is of little use if they can not be applied . |
| 21 | However , deterrence will exist only when young people can be locked up in secure accommodation : if they can not be locked up , all this will be a waste of time . |
| 22 | If they can not be brought together the organization must be changed so that they report — possibly only for this one task — to the same person . |
| 23 | If they can not be brought together the organization must be changed so that they report — possibly only for this one task — to the same person . |
| 24 | If they can not be stopped in time , mankind will surely be doomed . |
| 25 | Coincidentally , the UK Government 's Department of Health launches a ‘ Help us to help you ’ campaign , wherein sick people are advised how not to waste the limited funds available for their treatment ( ‘ … remember to cancel appointments if they can not be kept … ’ ) and reminded by the Secretary of State for Health that ‘ Our primary care system is also the source of considerable envy abroad ’ , as I was reminded again during a recent trip to Russia . |
| 26 | The disputes procedure , that has been in place for some time , and enables us to resolve disputes locally , if they can not be resolved locally , then they are referred up through the management systems . |
| 27 | Allegations such as these are easy for the investor to make and , if they can not be disproved , may give an investor a right of action for any loss he has suffered under s 62 of the FSA , which provides a direct right of action to a private investor who has suffered loss as a result of a contravention by an SRO member of the conduct of business rules . |
| 28 | If they are not claimed by their owners they are kept for seven days after which if they can not be sold they can be destroyed . |