Example sentences of "that if they be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paraffin heaters sold in shops must now , by law , be designed so that if they 're tipped over , the flame is automatically snuffed out . |
| 2 | Y'know they feel that if they 're paying me to teach |
| 3 | Finally you must always tell them that if they 're stranded anywhere , they must ring you — and that somehow you will arrange for transport home . |
| 4 | Most have bodies with a skin so soft , thin and permeable that if they are exposed to direct sunshine for any length of time they dry out and die . |
| 5 | But governments now believe that if they are to tackle new subjects at a European level they must tighten their control . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid , you know , that it 's it 's a shame because of , I I feel that if they are stopped like that , to be talked to and quietly and point out , you know , what they |
| 7 | It does not amount to an argument that staff should be conducting research as such ; merely that if they are engaged in it , there is an advantage to it being undertaken with an eye to their teaching commitments . |
| 8 | The point to note about the above defences is that if they are given a wide construction by the courts ( and it is too soon to tell , as too few cases have been brought ) , then the risk of prosecution diminishes even further . |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't want people to be abused or intimidated but just to be made aware of the fact that if they are wearing a fur coat the public have got a right to say something . ’ |
| 10 | In Part Two I will suggest that if they are pushed a little closer to the classical position , via some judicious reinterpretation , the problems dealt with above are eased considerably . |
| 11 | The dilemma is that if they are enlarged the danger of stepping through them is increased . |
| 12 | Sheriffs served writs on the Royal and Ancient and the United States Golf Association and the two letter-writers say that if they are resolved of nothing else in life it is that , even if persuaded that their lavish handicaps would be significantly reduced by using Ping Eye2 clubs , they would never buy a set or play with anyone who has . |
| 13 | The fear is that if they are published , Parliament will pass a law against smearing politicians . |
| 14 | Cones are much rarer ; these are about the size and shape of an asparagus spear , with rows of cavities , which contained spores , so that if they are flattened they can appear almost segmented in the manner of an arthropod fossil . |
| 15 | But this ignores two vital facts : first , that doubt itself is not the denial of faith , and second , that if they are pursued doubts may be resolved rather than deepened so that faith is confirmed and not denied . |
| 16 | What I say about it is that if they are put off they should phone the police . |
| 17 | But camapigners insist that if they are to trust the aircraft information must not be held back from them . |
| 18 | The problem with alienistic attitudes is that if they are allowed to become the foundation of the system — the part of the system that everything else hinges upon — they are hard to shift . |
| 19 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 20 | Allen thought that if they were delayed long enough the Friar would return and then something might be done … unless it was the Friar who had betrayed them . |
| 21 | There is also a feeling in some circles that firsts should represent ultimate academic success for undergraduates , and that if they were split further it would be possible to get a ‘ bad first ’ . |
| 22 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 23 | However , they recognized that if they were to do this , they would also be required to create a " buffer stock " of less protected workers to ensure that operational flexibility was maintained . |
| 24 | The DMT was aware of the existence of the concept of a comprehensive inter-agency service , but knew that if they were to test the feasibility of implementing it , ‘ it would take an enormous amount of time ’ . |
| 25 | The Department for National Savings , for example , contains enough papers that if they were piled one on top of the other they would reach the height of nine and a half Mount Everests ! |
| 26 | Little by little , however , MacDonald and his closest colleagues became convinced that if they were given the opportunity to form a Government it would be folly to turn it down . |
| 27 | It was feared that if they were allowed to move freely in society they would propagate and lower the educational standards of the nation as a whole . |
| 28 | These parties claim that they are different from traditional Marxist — Leninist parties in three major respects : they are critical of certain aspects of the Soviet Union ; they are independent of Moscow so that if they were to win an election and form a government they would not be Soviet puppets ; and they claim that it is possible to implement communism and maintain traditional democratic institutions . |
| 29 | The school 's Head Master fears that if they were forced to make alternative arrangements , many parents could n't to give them send them there . |
| 30 | The people in NoS had to be made to realize that if they were going after big money , professional management had to come in . |