Example sentences of "[adv] if they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explaining this they went on to say that perhaps if they did not have to put up with Keith 's trying behaviour every day until evening they might have fewer rows . |
| 2 | One would predict that where a particular sibling is not willing or able to give support they are unlikely to receive it , except perhaps if they have given assistance in the past . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps if they had got at Sir Oswald it would not have been so jolly , ’ Sir Patrick said acidly . |
| 4 | But perhaps if they had listened to what folk-legend had maintained for thousands of years neurobiologists would not have been so surprised at the learning and memory capacity of the bees . |
| 5 | Er one , in regard to how they would operate it and secondly in regard to what would be expected of them , perhaps if they were attached to one of the older type machines and not the new machines you see . |
| 6 | Perhaps if they had he would have been trying just a little harder and not preparing himself , as he was , for a long night of fornication . |
| 7 | Well if we could send that with the amenities and perhaps if they 've got any , we ca n't say that er , I view this as very much , we 've , we 've got a platform here . |
| 8 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 9 | er perhaps if they took that off and subsidised the buses then er it would be a little happier for people travelling to Bicester . |
| 10 | So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home . |
| 11 | Why did the peasants fear the cadres so terribly if they were representatives of ou great Communist Party ? … |
| 12 | They will perhaps understand even better if they pay particular attention to the fine details of every movement . |
| 13 | And in an oblique swipe at her critics in the Bush Administration she added : ‘ Those countries protesting at their return would do better if they offered to take some of them . ’ |
| 14 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 15 | ‘ Better if they paid for some more staff . |
| 16 | Most of the disputes within the DUP can be understood better if they are seen as ‘ personality ’ clashes rather than if one attempts to find major ideological rifts . |
| 17 | Young , subordinate females will do better if they mate with a new male . |
| 18 | But because of the bureaucratic necessity to generalize and disregard distinctions too fine for large-scale enforcement and administration , some people are able to do better if they refuse to acknowledge the authority of this law . |
| 19 | Here the consequentialist differs from the non-consequentialist in that some of the latter would stress the importance of people keeping their promises and would consider it better if they did . |
| 20 | Children manage better if they are left to touch and play with their food experimenting at their own rates . |
| 21 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 22 | Or , does the economy do better if they act as gardeners , nourishing the soil , pulling out the weeds , selecting the plants ? |
| 23 | Clients would fare better if they examined profit figures , checked track records . |
| 24 | Find-spots rather favour the arrangement in fig. 124 , but the characterisation seems to fit better if they are made partners of the other men . |
| 25 | He is also much more positive than many earlier organization theorists , who emphasized the complexities of individual behaviour in organizations but did little to help top managers except to say their task was very difficult and that they might do better if they understood that . |
| 26 | Joe would have liked it better if they 'd been level . |
| 27 | Perhaps the fallen girls might behave better if they were not constantly reminded how different they were . |
| 28 | This will depend on the nature of the dispute and the extent of the part played by lawyers in the proceedings , but , for the reasons set out below , lawyers will serve their clients ' interests better if they refrain from imposing too many legal formalities on the procedure . |
| 29 | From an employer 's point of view , would n't that be er , better if they had a key man insurance under something like erm , well under a Cover Master , for example , because if he was a long term em employer |
| 30 | Now you 're obviously I mean most people are but you can obviously understand better think better if they 're more practical |