Example sentences of "if [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Wilko would accept if offerred the job . |
| 2 | In seminars held there last Thursday and Friday two groups of scientists announced what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN 's greatest discovery yet , a particle known simply by the letter W. If proven the discovery will vindicate all those who pushed for the means to make it possible . |
| 3 | Commission officials , however , have argued that if given no alternative , fishermen will carry on fishing until there are no fish stocks left . |
| 4 | It may seem unnecessary to add : if given a choice , do not attempt to answer a question that you do not understand ( unless , of course , your plight is such that there is no other you can do instead ) . |
| 5 | They had noticed that females of both types generally prefer to mate with a quadrimaculata male , if given a choice . |
| 6 | For example , if given a choice , between mating with a near relative , and mating with a non-relative , a mouse will choose the non-relative . |
| 7 | If given a choice many workers of both sexes in the " core " leaf of the shamrock would prefer a better balance between time and money and this could bring enormous advantages : greater sharing of child care between the sexes ( which many men now want ) , more opportunities to study or retrain in later life and the possibility of wider participation in public affairs or voluntary work . |
| 8 | No sensible designer would have conceived such a monstrosity if given a free hand to create a flatfish on a clean drawing board . |
| 9 | The decision to press ahead with new builds on a large scale was based on Provincial 's conviction that it could reduce its losses if given the freedom to operate cost-effective diesel-mechanical rolling stock , allowing shorter but more frequent trains , than having to take on InterCity 's weary cast-off locos and hauled stock . |
| 10 | A solitary horse , if given the chance , will always try and join others . |
| 11 | Most horses who are used to eating grain , if given the opportunity like an open feed room door , will eat too much . |
| 12 | So things improved ; although he still tried to bite , kick , rear on top of people , run them down , or crush them into fences , if given the chance . |
| 13 | We can infer from these studies that horses reared with other horses in a free and enriched environment ( like a large paddock which offers variety and interest ) , if given the extra stimulation of owners who continually expand their mental horizons , will be more intelligent than a horse that never leaves its paddock or continually lives in a stable or yard . |
| 14 | Tizard ( 1977 ) , whilst rightly arguing that new families need to be totally in control of the way they bring up their adopted children , is also prepared to concede that ‘ just as there are some couples willing to adopt handicapped children , others , especially if given the support of other adoptive parents , may be willing to adopt children who retain links with their natural families ’ . |
| 15 | But if loving parents freely admit that they would have chosen to let the child die if given the choice , it is clear that the vast majority of parents would take this view if given an option by the doctor concerned . |
| 16 | Ask each one of the family to make a list of how they spend their time and what changes they would like to make if given the chance . |
| 17 | To offer a means of institutionalizing their relationships ( which , if given the opportunity , would perhaps be as stable as the average ‘ normal ’ modern marriage ) , thereby guaranteeing some rights of continued support between the parties , would thus serve as a valuable method of ameliorating a particular social ill . |
| 18 | In many cases though , the body-mind-spirit will heal itself if given the chance . |
| 19 | In all schools of natural healing , which includes aromatherapy , the most important underlying principle is that the body will heal itself if given the chance . |
| 20 | Although improved feeding increases body size , and they fatten well on grass if given the opportunity ( growing faster than the Galloway ) , they seem to achieve better beef quality and milk yields on fairly frugal regimes . |
| 21 | In the clinical area , learners develop their practical and social skills , but at the same time develop a full sense of responsibility , especially if given the guidance and support they need to become safe and competent practitioners . |
| 22 | BT could , if given the incentive and the wherewithal , take the country into a genuine information revolution that goes far beyond the plans for cable television . |
| 23 | So even a lethal cobra prefers to bluff an attacker if given the opportunity . |
| 24 | Hitler predicted that , if given the opportunity , Poland would strike out to take over Silesia , East Prussia and Pomerania . |
| 25 | They are very single-minded , refuse to be dominated by other dogs and will gladly dominate their owners , too , if given the opportunity ! |
| 26 | If given the choice as to potato , order baked rather than chips ; do n't smother it in butter but use small amounts of the proffered sour cream . |
| 27 | Of the thousand-plus programmes I must have taken part in during those years I remember very little , and those mostly trivial things : Thor Heyerdahl the Norwegian explorer arriving half an hour late from Broadcasting House because the taxi driver sent to fetch him understood he had been told to pick up four airedales ( a reasonable enough request , he reckoned , from the BBC ) ; the maverick film director Ken Russell whacking Alexander Walker , the Evening Standard film critic , over the head with a copy of his own paper ; Norman St John Stevas , MP ( now Lord St John of Fawsley ) winking at a cameraman who had had the stars and stripes sewn on to the bottom of his jeans ; Enoch Powell 's eyes filling with tears when I asked if he was an emotional man ; A. J. P. Taylor on his seventy-fifth birthday admitting he had never been offered an honour and when I asked him which he would like if given the choice , his replying , ‘ A baronetcy , because it would make my elder son so dreadfully annoyed . ’ |
| 28 | Lots of popular fish , such as danios , are hardly ever stationary , putting on a good lively display if given the room to feel at home . |
| 29 | In a rather confused , uncertain , period Reagan stood out as an upbeat , optimistic candidate who , despite his failings , had an easily understood programme and a clear sense of the direction in which he would take his country , if given the opportunity . |
| 30 | What these legislative reforms seem to be suggesting is that all is basically well with the traditional model where the directors of the company manage the company but are supervised in that task by the shareholders who , if given the requisite powers , can be relied upon to ensure that directors do not use their powers for their own purposes . |