Example sentences of "if they have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 2 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 3 | Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ . |
| 4 | It is asking readers to say if they have been misrepresented in a programme , to ‘ expose the tricks and deception used by TV to deliberately mislead people ’ . |
| 5 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 6 | Soldiers never like being asked to do somebody else 's dirty work , especially if they have been called off leave to do it , and are likely to be accused of strike breaking in the process . |
| 7 | I prefer to rinse the olives well if they have been bottled in brine and then to toss them in a little olive oil and leave for an hour or two before serving . |
| 8 | Conversely , avoid those with a hard chalk in the centre , as these are not ripe and may never ripen if they have been cut too young . |
| 9 | If they have been lifted by frost , push them back down so their bases sit on the soil and refirm the soil . |
| 10 | If they have been able to discuss things with the person who is dying , if there has been a time of preparation , then the shock of facing the loss caused by death is perhaps not so great . |
| 11 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 12 | * Horses will usually stand better for the farrier if they have been exercised beforehand , and have already satisfied their need for exercise . |
| 13 | ‘ Even if they have been killed in their sleep ? ’ |
| 14 | And if they have been on the market the terms have often been unreasonable , with little attempt made to advertise them . |
| 15 | Go and see the plans for any new development if they have been lodged as a formal application . |
| 16 | It creates a sense of well-being so attractive that few can resist using it if they have been exposed to it too often . |
| 17 | The Luttrell Psalter of 1338 illustrates a watermill complete with eel traps which look very much as if they have been made out of pliant willow stems . |
| 18 | Cubes can be very useful for horses with allergy problems , particularly if they have been steam pelleted . |
| 19 | Most travellers will explain , like the writer and traveller Paul Theroux , that unless the journey has been difficult they do not feel as if they have been travelling . |
| 20 | But most of us experience periods of low self-esteem at different times and some — particularly If they have been unhappy in their early life — seem to be permanently stuck with such a poor impression of themselves and their own worth that ‘ self-esteem ’ is to them just a word which applies to other people more fortunate than themselves . |
| 21 | Bureaux in the main are not purpose-built and even if they have been especially partitioned for the purpose-built and even if usually enough total space to consider the ergonomics of advice work . |
| 22 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
| 23 | It also has letters from enthusiasts , some of which sound as if they have been translated into Hungarian and back again . |
| 24 | If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back . |
| 25 | Young people are best able to withstand the danger of alcohol abuse if they have been taught : |
| 26 | These drugs are only likely to cause such problems if they have been taken continuously , at high doses , for some months . |
| 27 | Third , it has long been known that sows farrow best in conditions similar to those they are familiar with : if they have been unconfined previously , they should be unconfined at farrowing . |
| 28 | if they have been sniffing for so e time , arrange a health check |
| 29 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 30 | For many reasons they often lack the superficial selfconfidence of men , especially if they have been tied up by domesticity for years . |