Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 31 | You will then know what a healthy weight-loss diet is for you and be able to follow this for a further two weeks , or longer if necessary . |
| 32 | And the other one takes seventy minutes or longer if they wish to examine things . |
| 33 | In some cases there is a minimum value that will be accepted , either for individual shareholdings or collectively if you sell shares in more than one company . |
| 34 | Then a negotiation could be conducted along the lines ‘ You take my opium — I take your Islands in return — we are therefore Quits , — & thenceforth if you please let us live in friendly Communion and good fellowship ’ ( Jardine to Palmerston , 5 December 1839 ) . |
| 35 | Synodontis Multipunctatus is a peaceful species , which can be kept either on its own or as a group of three or more if you have a very large tank . |
| 36 | They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly . |
| 37 | Leave for 2–3 mins , or more if your hair needs it , then rinse off with warm water . |
| 38 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 39 | 12oz penne pasta ( or more if required ) |
| 40 | It is a relatively small cake , and so you might like to make a ‘ flock ’ of two or more if there are lots of children to feed . |
| 41 | When such means failed the extended family gave support most often in the form of food or of caring for some children of the family until a crisis was over , or permanently if it was sustained . |
| 42 | Or even if there was any plan at all . |
| 43 | If A has been disturbed in his possession by a trespass committed by B , or even if B has deprived A of possession , A's claim to legal protection or redress against B can not be met by B's plea that C and not A is the true owner . |
| 44 | At the extreme , nuclear power poses the risk that if the reaction inside the core should get out of control , or even if there was just the failure of a vital pipe or valve , even larger quantities of radiation would enter the human environment . |
| 45 | If a man believes in a different god , or even if he uses a different ritual for worshipping the same god , blind faith can decree that he should die — on the cross , at the stake , skewered on a Crusader 's sword , shot in a Beirut street , or blown up in a bar in Belfast . |
| 46 | If you are fortunate enough to have with you one or two baits , and you can flick these to the fish without scaring them off , it is interesting to see how , or even if , they respond . |
| 47 | As with the action sample those carers who continued to express a clear preference for home care talked in terms of it being no bother to continue caring , or even if it was ‘ a bother ’ , home was the best place for the dementia sufferer , and he or she and the carer were ‘ coping ’ . |
| 48 | You were normally by yourself and sometimes you were lucky if some of your colleagues came or even if members of the public came to help you . |
| 49 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 50 | If they are not a vocal species , or even if they are , their smell or other characteristics may also be different . |
| 51 | Our parents may not have been Christian , or even if they were they could have been the victims of some erroneous ideas or traditions . |
| 52 | And if we overstep the mark — or even if we do n't — we offer the manufacturer the right to reply — letting you , the reader , judge . |
| 53 | I get letters from people who ask me if 14-year-olds are ready to have sex with 20-year-olds , or even if ten-year-olds are ready to have sex with 19-year-olds . |
| 54 | ‘ We can not yet say when he will play again , or even if an operation will be necessary . ’ |
| 55 | But no , I wo n't tell you if I lose another wife , or even if I marry again . |
| 56 | The room in which they were sitting underwent the curious shrinking process to which it was subject whenever he was reminded of Wyvis Hall or his Uncle Hilbert or even if the county of Suffolk were mentioned . |
| 57 | We do not know if they had music or even if they had genuine art : cave-paintings and bone-carvings might be manifestations of the muse , but they could equally well have been executed solely for mystical purposes . |
| 58 | As soon as any woman gets a bit uppity , or any two or more women or young women want to spend time together , or even if we just plain disagree with the men or boys , the ultimate sanction can be applied : call her a lesbian — that will soon bring her back into line . |
| 59 | Lightweight athletic garments made from Pertex are , therefore , always comfortable to wear — whether there 's a chill in the air , or even if the sun is shining . |
| 60 | If you are in this position , or even if you are lucky enough to have obtained a place on a re-entry course , it may help to make a tentative assessment of the skills you feel need to be reassessed in order to practise safely . |