Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | Except if it 's warnin' you . ’ ’ |
| 4 | In other words , while the court would not have imposed liability in respect of the decision itself ( except if it had been perverse ) failure to go through the preliminary steps of obtaining essential information could have grounded liability . |
| 5 | Most cars move over when they see a Ferrari , except if it 's a Porsche . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not fucking contagious is it , 'cause if it is — ‘ |
| 7 | For the full effect of neighbours , go on Saturday or Sunday so as to find the whole array of cars , vans , lorries ‘ motorbikes and children , although if it is a fine weekend some of the boats and caravans may be missing . |
| 8 | Where one party has no commercial autonomy vis-à-vis another , it is treated as part of the same economic grouping and therefore not subject to Article 85 , although if it is in a dominant position Article 86 may apply . |
| 9 | I used a textured cream fabric as a backing , to add a little interest , although if it had been too heavy it would have distracted one 's eye from the heart pattern itself . |
| 10 | In order to pass through the barrier you will need to explain the nature of your message briefly , although if it is confidential you must say so . |
| 11 | It is often based at a Community Mental Health Centre ( CMHC ) , although if it is , it is important that the supervisory and rehabilitation staff operate separately from the staff who provide the routine day-to-day mental health service , otherwise the needs of those in crisis may quickly push the needs of long-term sufferers into the background . |
| 12 | ‘ Although if it 's still raining the ditch wo n't be too comfortable . |
| 13 | Pittenweem was one of the burghs which favoured Alexander , although if it had favoured Anstruther , it would have been three to two . |
| 14 | ever quite to reach ( although if it 's cut |
| 15 | Like copyright , this right is automatic and does not depend on registration but , unlike registered designs , there is no requirement for the design to have eye-appeal , although if it does , it is not barred from protection as a design right . |
| 16 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 17 | If I were reasonably satisfied that , other things being equal , substantially fewer persons would be murdered if the death penalty were available than if it were not , I should have opposed its abolition and would support its restoration . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it will be a much easier horse to handle , for example to catch , than if it had not had this early contact with people . |
| 19 | And if a cold-blooded animal is cold , then it metabolizes less rapidly than if it is warm — and so needs less energy , which means less food . |
| 20 | The horse must be treated as well , if not better , than if it were your own . |
| 21 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 22 | Mares carrying their first fetus produce much higher levels of antibodies if the fetus is a horse than if it is a mule , the exact opposite of what one would expect . |
| 23 | This situation is known as one of negative ‘ net-effective cost ’ ( NEC ) , and the CEGB should undertake any investment promising NEC on the grounds that it will make electricity prices cheaper than if it were to do nothing . |
| 24 | If we do n't warm up first we can easily pull a muscle or tear a ligament , just as the elasticity in a rubber band is greater if it is warm than if it is cold . |
| 25 | than if it had been so much inert luggage . |
| 26 | Wheeler did experiments which proved that an animal absorbs 60 per cent less heat at noon in the upright mode than if it was on all fours . |
| 27 | In both these situations , the buyer is assured of a return of the original price plus interest and is not taking any significantly greater risk than if it made a loan secured on the property concerned . |
| 28 | A dog which is being exercised off the leash will cover considerably more ground than if it is walking with you . |
| 29 | ( Incidentally , I suspect the risks of abuse would be considerably less if the ‘ pay ’ were fought for and won by a united feminist campaign on the grounds that housewives work and deserve money for that reason , than if it were graciously granted by government in a mood of pronatalist , pro-family , antifeminist zeal to cut the costs of the social services . ) |
| 30 | — some word senses appear only when used in particular idioms or collocations ; Intersections — e.g. if ’ conduct ’ and ’ violin ’ appear together , this would suggest a different sense of ’ conduct ’ than if it appeared with ’ wire ’ ; |