Example sentences of "and [subord] [indef pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English . |
| 2 | ( And if none of these works , take two aspirins and call me in the morning . ) |
| 3 | Neither the state nor its government is a person ; they are collections of people , and if none of these separate people has acted in any way inconsistently with his or her own principles , what sense can it make to say that the state they represent has done this ? |
| 4 | ‘ And if none of this had been done what sort of death duties would have been charged ? ’ |
| 5 | There was , in McFarlane 's words , ‘ no cry for solicitation … and if anyone with any gumption could manage without being led or asked , then a contribution would have been welcome . ’ |