Example sentences of "if i be right [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 | All day I 'd felt calm , though aware that everything in Jamila 's life had changed ; and now , on the same day , if I was right about the looks on the two faces in the car with me , the same thing was going to happen to me . |
| 7 | If I was right in supposing this to be the nub of his argument , then a prior question to be considered was : ‘ Do people in fact suppose themselves to be justified in using the word ‘ hot ’ of material things , like fires , because they think there is something in the fire like what is in them when they feel hot ? ’ |
| 8 | I think , in fact , if I 'm right about soaps becoming more conservative in this way , then does this mean that feminist arguments are no longer seen as relevant for a mass audience ? |
| 9 | But if I 'm right about what it takes to tell the truth , Pooh ca n't tell anyone that there 's honey there without first becoming aware of having that belief . |
| 10 | If I 'm right about her feelings for me , it will do no harm . |
| 11 | " Not necessarily , particularly if I 'm right about the mallet being the weapon . |
| 12 | But the size of the whole complex is , if I 'm right about this . ’ |
| 13 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 14 | And if I 'm right in my guess that it 's the latter — that you rule your nightclub kingdom with scant regard for the welfare and well-being of the poor fools who worship at your altar , then beware . |