Example sentences of "if i be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I am right about what the fluke genes are doing , it follows that we can legitimately speak of fluke genes as influencing snail bodies , in just the same sense as snail genes influence snail bodies . |
| 2 | If I am right about the masculine character of the women pioneers of agriculture we can see that the fact that the followers of the Phrygian mother-goddess castrated themselves is a nice illustration of Freud 's idea of the ‘ shadow of the object falling on the ego ’ : the ultimate reproach against the new agricultural mother was that she was masculine , and therefore the self-punishment came to fit her crime while confirming the identification with her in the most exact way possible . |
| 3 | But , if I am right in my analysis , one can not simply be content to say that , if his conviction is restored , the respondent will have suffered no injustice . |
| 4 | Well , if I am right in all this — and I rather think I am — then you have decided to override my objections to publication in the most effective and heartless manner possible , have n't you ? |
| 5 | If I am right in the conclusion reached with some doubt earlier that there was consideration for the 10 per cent . |
| 6 | Q What do I do if I am late for registration with my Class Teacher at 8.35 am ? |
| 7 | Q If I am late for assembly , what then ? |
| 8 | Forgive me if I am indelicate in saying so , ; had you ever troubled to talk to me often , I could have made it evident earlier . |
| 9 | Of course , you may retort , as did Mr Graham whenever I expounded such a line during those enjoyable discussions by the fire , that if I am correct in what I am saying , one could recognize a great butler as such only after one had seen him perform under some severe test . |
| 10 | If I am partial to them , I am an enemy . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know myself if I am capable of it . |
| 12 | But I 'm damned if I 'm going to fart around like a pansy floor-walker watching that no poor sod nicks the Y-fronts , even if I am dignified with the name security officer . |
| 13 | If I am dependent on you ( subordinate-boss ) , then your perceptions of me are more distorted , and vice versa . |
| 14 | Consequently I would ask them and you the audience to be tolerant if I am ruthless in preventing anyone exceeding the limit . |
| 15 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |
| 16 | For what it may be worth , if I am wrong in my application of the neighbourhood test so that the disturbance has to be judged by pre-planning permission standards , I would have found that the heavy goods vehicles going to and from each of the fourth and fifth defendant 's operations constituted a material disturbance to the residents at night . |
| 17 | If I 'm angry with someone I love and trust , I can express my anger in tears with them ; if I am angry with someone I do not love , then I withhold my tears — to be expressed later , in a safe situation , or not at all . |
| 18 | If I am happy with their quality , I will ask for the quantity that I want . |
| 19 | If I am unconvinced about compulsory changes in auditors , I am equally unsure about regulating non-audit services by auditors . |
| 20 | What happens if I am ill at the Isle of Wight like this ? |
| 21 | If I am disenchanted by the indifference of literary criticism toward examining the range of that concern , I do have a lasting resort : the writers themselves . |
| 22 | Thank you very much , er I ca n't carry along because you want to stop me , but if I were capable of telling , I 'd say my attitude is still the same as it was before . |
| 23 | Or I would be , if I were sure of keeping it . ’ |
| 24 | He looked at me as if I were sure of what this was . |
| 25 | IF I were one of the millions who good heartedly subscribe on a regular basis to the NSPCC , I would , at the moment , be seriously considering whether my money was in sensible hands . |
| 26 | NUMEROSO : Perhaps he will , but if I were one of the people coming to live here I 'd want some kind of security I think … or would I ? |
| 27 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 28 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 29 | At the beginning of the O-level summer term I weighed eight stone three pounds and , if I was pleased at having lost two pounds , I certainly did n't say so . |
| 30 | I would n't be surprised if I was one of very few who said they were either not bothered with how they look , or happy . |