Example sentences of "if they [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a few were still fairly young and felt that the pension would be better cashed and put into the farm if they eventually became full-time farmers . |
| 2 | Dr Tadecki said : ‘ Research in America indicates that someone is up to 50 per cent more likely to lose their temper if they regularly watch violent television programmes such as The Equalizer . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If they previously became aware of somebody doing something he should n't , like dealing with an unauthorised supplier , they might ask themselves , ‘ If he can do it , why ca n't I ? ’ . |
| 4 | If they rarely had much chance in the more skilled manual jobs , unless apprenticed to some craft at home , they were probably better off than the poorest of the city-born . |
| 5 | They look as if they just heard bad news . |
| 6 | And there were other tubes and other wires which crept under there , coupled to other tanks and other machines which quivered and laboured as if they also had some dim expectation of life . |
| 7 | If they also experienced one of the other two vulnerability factors , having a job again afforded some protective effect . |
| 8 | Dippy-backed mares are thus more prone to infections and can be difficult to get in foal , especially if they also have poor perineal conformation . |
| 9 | If they freely abdicate that power , what they consent to may have popular support , but it is not democracy . |
| 10 | overnight and if they generally do that it 's two more car loads |
| 11 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 12 | and said if they ever had any problems to get in touch . |
| 13 | I mean if they ever do that to me I 'm just gon na fucking drive off . |
| 14 | We we 've asked I M R O if they actually got those accounts and what they learnt from the er from the Liechtenstein company and they 've told us they ca n't , they ca n't tell us it 's er it 's private correspondence . |
| 15 | But if they actually put that , the ca they do |
| 16 | Parents who make demands which are regarded as excessive are resented by their children ( even if they actually meet some of those demands ) , as are those who engage in emotional manipulation or divide the sibling group against each other ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 , ch. 12 ) . |
| 17 | If they only have ten days , that 's er not very much . |
| 18 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 19 | And if they only want twenty-four hours then they 've already made the appointment to hand it over . |
| 20 | About eighty per cent of the users are students and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other , and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books , they can look them up by title , by the title of the book as well as by the traditional author approach , and when they 've found it the computer tells them how many copies are in the library , or whether they 're all on loan . |
| 21 | About eighty per cent of the users are students , and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books . |
| 22 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |