Example sentences of "[conj] if it " in BNC.

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1 Yes she were having a look at a lamb , seeing if it were alright for the thing and er we decided that they would n't be alright because where her shed thing is , it 's too far away from house .
2 Great cos I I was like sitting there blowing down it seeing if it 'd work and it would sort of stop working completely .
3 Depending on how they feel the first time , they may carry on if they enjoy it or if it seems to block out other worries and problems .
4 ‘ Soldiers from Stirling would have come by Crieff and Amulree , or if it is the Perth lot , then by Dunkeld and the lower strath . ’
5 There are all sorts of hazards in gardens : electrical equipment which can kill if not used correctly , or if it is faulty ; tools which are easy to trip over ; garden canes , which cause many eye injuries ; loose paving and muddy surfaces ; and sharp implements and thorns .
6 Mr Sedley said the court would have to decide if the damage to property under the Act included contamination by nuclear matter or waste or if it was limited to ‘ injury ’ to the fabric .
7 It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme .
8 If walking down streets teeming with non-residents induces mild panic , or if it strikes you as undignified to whizz around a museum in 10 minutes , because entry is part of the combination ticket you have bought from the tourist office , then forget Bruges .
9 When an act becomes more established , or if it is a new band with good management and someone who knows the business , the agent may make a 10 per cent deal — the standard commission rate .
10 Sadly , it no longer spouts , or if it does it has a frequency measured in years .
11 The building owner must establish whether the structure will provide an acceptable period of fire resistance in its unmodified state or if it can be simply modified to meet mandatory requirements .
12 Or if it can — there is a case for that too — it might as well be thought about first .
13 Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction .
14 If there is no appeal or if it is rejected , Mr Cojuangco is expected to be voted back to the board .
15 Either the dance will be no good , or if it is that overwhelming , then she has no energy left to sing the final scene .
16 I 'm not even sure if I 'm doing it right , or if it 's the right thing to do . ’
17 I just want to know if your anger is because of the way the project has absorbed me lately , or if it 's simply the ill-mannered forgetfulness I showed last night — which I do n't deny , and for which I again apologize . ’
18 Even if the list for an area has been revised fairly recently , the Department of the Environment may add a building to the list if there is new evidence about its interest or if it is an obvious omission .
19 It will occur all the more if there is residual moisture in the cavity arising from the building process , or if it seeps in either from inside the house or from some external source .
20 This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ .
21 A confession will now be excluded if it is the result of ‘ oppression ’ or if it is the consequence of ‘ anything said or done which was likely , in the circumstances existing at the time , to render [ it ] unreliable ’ ( emphasis added ) .
22 And I did n't know if it was bad what he was doing or if it was normal .
23 If your employer agrees to your early departure , you will still be regarded as dismissed in law if the agreement is simply , in effect , to bring forward your dismissal date or if it is agreed that you need not actually work during the remainder of your notice period .
24 Or if it had , I had not been told .
25 unless the discharge is authorised by a licence or consent granted by the appropriate Secretary of State or a water authority and is in accordance with any conditions of that licence or consent , or if it is in accordance with good agricultural practice — good agricultural practices being those recommended in codes of practice approved by the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Foods .
26 Treatment for a sexual problem in one partner is rarely successful , or if it first appears so when some mental block is eased , results in the exposure of the problem in the other .
27 If it appears healthy , simply let it go , or if it needs attention , try to direct it into a clean dustbin , tie the lid on and take it to the vet .
28 It was n't important to her , or if it was , she had decided to drop it , at least for now .
29 A rejection of an ideal or principle is involved only if , when considering the relation of a man to his acts , his principle or ideal is regarded as absolute in the sense that it constitutes an infallible guide to human conduct , or if it is conceived of as a maxim in the Kantian sense and provides the reason a man might have for thinking it worthwhile for him to act morally .
30 And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned .
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