Example sentences of "that [be] if [pron] " in BNC.

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1 All of us as women have the right and and the ability to give birth , that is if we can , there 's nothing , er , medically wrong with us but then added to that there are those who have the ability to be good mothers , un unfortunately I do n't happen to fall into that category .
2 This weekend he seems to be in Bratislava — that is if we understood the five ( at least ) different voices that answered the telephone at the number we have for him .
3 One thing we were both sure of was that we would return in the near future with no carp tackle , but to fish purely for the cats , that is if we can get booked of course .
4 The point is adequately made if we restrict gene values to single figures , that is if we allow them to range from -9 to +9 .
5 Now if I point out that it 's in bold erm and it preempts a question that generally comes up and that is if we er we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles one way away from home and er if we had to send you , and it 's a big if I have to say it 's a big if in especially in the medical practice side , if we had to send you more than a hundred miles we will pay another five percent .
6 That is if we get a tail wind , ’ Ian explained .
7 So er er that that is if we 're up-to-date on the financial .
8 The judge had to ensure that the trial was fair and thus evidence should only be excluded if necessary to ensure that fairness , that is if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect .
9 Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry .
10 That is if they are creating a demi-caractère and not a national ballet ( see page 120 ) .
11 Is it a question of economics , because if they were more efficient , that is if they used less fuel to get a given mileage , is it a question of the companies involved being unwilling to put the money into the development costs , or would cars that are more efficient cost a lot more money to buy ?
12 The most upsetting thing for me has been to see her medical notes and realise that she could have got the right treatment at home … that is if her country was n't being torn apart by war
13 ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops .
14 Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours .
15 Typically , Oliver said that after the marriage Gill ought to call herself Mrs Gillian Wyatt-or-Hughes , that is if she wanted to be logical and grammatical and commonsensical and diplomatic and cumbersome .
16 If the monopolist 's position is naturally precarious , that is if there are many potential entrepreneurs looking to supply papers , then its pricing behaviour may well be tempered , so governmental intervention need not be required .
17 Well , I would be interested in going to the Blackburn game , that is if there is still room in your car !
18 Could I walk home with you , that is if it 's not too early for you ? ’
19 In all then , Telecom would probably have outlaid £14m — allowing for very modest fees on the purchase — before it actually laid one brick , and that is if it got planning permission .
20 That is if I can find the time . ’
21 What 's worrying sir , that is if I have n't found my bag Well sir , you have n't really said too much .
22 The understated 500E Mercedes saloon stole production car honours at Paris , that is if you believe the Porsche — which will build the car — definition of production : 12 cars a day , 2400 a year .
23 ‘ You can come through to the kitchen and help me make the tea , ’ Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen — that is if you could call it a kitchen .
24 Of course , that is if you do n't intend to allow her to continue with her schooling .
25 Nor am I an angel , exactly , you will find that out for yourself , that is if you give me a chance .
26 ‘ It 's the right product in the right place at the right time , and the only way you can ever deliver that is if you fully understand your current consumer needs and demands and can accurately anticipate the next ones . ’
27 There is only one exception to this closing date , that is if you can not vote in person because you are ill , and you could not have foreseen this on the closing date for applications .
28 That is if you alter one of the object the other changes to keep the selected dimensions the same .
29 Only one thing could make me angry and that is if you demand to leave here . ’
30 that is if you do n't work in the FA or is employed by one of their sponsors — the news showed some guys at a large fruit company ( main sponsor ) looking at brochures for USA-trips arranged by their company … tickets will be no problems for these people .
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