Example sentences of "is [vb pp] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I 'm still a little bit puzzled about the thirteen hectares , is that footloose depending on where the settlement is placed if it 's placed within Greater York ? |
| 2 | TIM WEBB believes such concern is misplaced if it fails to address cultural as well as environmental issues . |
| 3 | Eliot wrote of the huge scale of the Russian Revolution and of the huge scale of its violence , pointing out that only one result could justify such huge and terrible expense : ‘ Such a cataclysm is justified if it produces something really new : Un [ sic ] oasis d'horreur dans un désert d'ennui ’ . |
| 4 | Even where there is an absolute right to legal advice , the suspect can be questioned before that advice is given if he consents , or where , to wait , would cause unreasonable delay or hindrance . |
| 5 | The patient is lifted if he has not recovered his ability to balance , that is , if he tends to topple and fall backwards and towards his hemiplegic side when he tries to sit or stand up without any support . |
| 6 | Military analysts say President Bush is deluded if he thinks the 30,000 troops will be home by January 20 , when Bill Clinton takes over . |
| 7 | The quality loss , however , is minimised if you use premium-grade tapes such as Extra High Grade or PRO . |
| 8 | The proceedings can be stopped at any point before the divorce is granted if you change your mind , but you must tell the Court of Session without delay . |
| 9 | Any pattern can be designed in just two colours , which would be all that is needed if you want to create punchcard or Mylar charts for tuck , slip , weaving and so on . |
| 10 | Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate . |
| 11 | Searching and editing can include wild card specifications using the ‘ * ’ character , but due care is needed if you do . |
| 12 | The change procedure is bypassed if he considers that the change is beneficial and that no significant change in the functionality of the relevant sub-system , or impact on the development schedule , will be incurred . |
| 13 | She is damned if she does and damned if she does n't . |
| 14 | Washington wanted them we said the hell the whole thing is busted if you have lists . |
| 15 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 16 | A fairly similar situation is found if we ask if can precede and ; some RP speakers have in ‘ lunch ’ , ‘ French ’ , etc. , and never pronounce the sequence within a syllable , while other speakers always have in these contexts and never . |
| 17 | Then since we assume that the first , parallel coupled , part of the assembly moves with equal strain e in each part , we have the equations The same form of equation but with different constants is found if we use the mechanically equivalent form of the three-element model given in Figure 3.2 ( b ) . |
| 18 | Finally , a contract is excepted if it provides credit of f35 or less ( unless it is a hire-purchase or conditional sale agreement ) . |
| 19 | A pattern of increasing acute hospital utilization is observed if we compare age specific hospital discharge rates for the period 1979 to 1985 ( Figure 7.3 ) . |
| 20 | The system of advancement through the grades was ( and is ) tightly controlled , and was ( and is ) done strictly on the basis of seniority , and a driver is penalised if he breaks the chain : if his name is top of the list for promotion to a certain level , he is allowed to refuse such promotion twice ( Murdoch 1986 : 44 ; 30 ) . |
| 21 | The chance that partner has HIV infection is increased if they have engaged in any other high risk activity , such as injecting drugs , or if the man is bisexual . |
| 22 | There appears to be a widely , though not universally , held opinion that the degradation of the surrogate mother is increased if she receives payment for undertaking the pregnancy . |
| 23 | Surrogacy is frequently denounced as an exploitation of the surrogate mother , but the idea that the exploitation is increased if she receives payment is surely paradoxical . |
| 24 | On recounting the tale to a journalist , the victim is asked if he thinks there will ever be an end to this cycle of violence , to which he answers , ‘ No , as long as they keep shitting in our shoes , we 'll keep pissing in their Bovril . ’ |
| 25 | Brundle looks askance when he is asked if he has ever read the books of technical instruction in race-driving written by Pierro Taruffi and Alain Prost , among others . |
| 26 | He is asked if he has been booked . |
| 27 | It can not in our judgment be right that a judge can refuse to allow the prosecution to discontinue before their case is concluded if he believes the evidence already called raises a prima facie case . |
| 28 | Some clergy say the Church of England is doomed if it says no to women priests . |
| 29 | If the penalty award is five metres from the goal-line , as in this case , then defending players must be standing on the goal-line when the kick is taken if they wish legally to prevent a try being scored . |
| 30 | We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them . |