Example sentences of "and if they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authors are not supposed to avenge themselves in their writings , but they do , and if they were to be prevented , there would be far fewer books . |
| 2 | So the tutorial is a place for ideas as well as practice , and if they are well used they can help an actor to be more objective about the craft . |
| 3 | Agents do n't want deadwood and if they are interested in you it is because they feel they can sell you into the market , so that you can go on and make money both for yourself and them . |
| 4 | Repairs take time and money to carry out , and if they can be avoided gliding will be less expensive in the future . |
| 5 | You can only see three of four fields and if they all look bad your morale will suffer . |
| 6 | And if they have enough pocket money or other cash — say £5 — to buy whatever is available locally . |
| 7 | In the present system claimants can ask for an internal review and if they are still dissatisfied , take their case to Review Board of local councillors . |
| 8 | A wipe down with a damp cloth is all that 's needed to keep them clean , and if they have a factory-finished polyester powder coating , they wo n't need to be redecorated for 15–20 years . |
| 9 | Our investigative researchers ventured into the centre of London to find out if High Street shops are dog-friendly and if they 're not , why not ? |
| 10 | Make a note of the values at maximum and minimum and if they are not of equal magnitude adjust the zero-offset trimpot so as to make them equal . |
| 11 | Villages are expensive to live in and if they are to become vibrant communities again , local people must be able to earn enough to be able to continue living in them . |
| 12 | And if they offer the unit or investment trust options , they must also offer shares or you will not be able to invest the maximum amount . |
| 13 | They do not for the most part take a position like that of Boas and Evans-Pritchard which rejects the very notion that there are general laws governing human history ; and if they do not , it would seem that they too are driving , however cautiously , towards an understanding of human history in general , in other words toward a theory of human evolution . |
| 14 | If one stops for a piss the rest might catch up and if they do they will either fall straight over him so that you finish with a ball of dogs that will take forever to unwind , or they will take lumps out of him . |
| 15 | They will wither at the first frosts anyway , if they come ; and if they do n't … |
| 16 | As late as 1970 members of A $ L , to my knowledge , had never heard of Debord , and if they had were not the least bit interested . |
| 17 | And if they ever ask for help against their employers , their chances of getting it are usually ( despite Grunwick , see later in this chapter ) known to be small . |
| 18 | You were half-way to being a lady 's maid with these private patients and if they wanted you to paint their fingernails while they told you their life histories you could n't choose but obey . |
| 19 | They would just like to keep on playing , they claim , and if they have children they would probably use educational methods similar to their father 's . |
| 20 | Celtic are in no hurry to sell , and if they continue the form they showed in the 3-0 victory over Hibernian at Easter Road they will be quite happy not to have any calls from potential buyers at least until the end of the season . |
| 21 | Brazil will fill Wembley next March and if they show just a fraction more ambition near goal it will be a night to remember . |
| 22 | Maybe , now that they know it works and if they are embold-Clare Shearer as Rosina ened , it will grow during the run into the big , bold bellylaugh it ought to be , forgetting operatic pretensions to high art and closer to situation comedy . |
| 23 | Because they choose their words too carefully , jealously control their meanings , and if they 're sussed enough to believe in ambiguities and contradictions you can be sure each one is carefully mounted in position for you , the listener . |
| 24 | But , again , no one seems to have considered that as an option ; and if they had , it would have been highly unpopular and , if implemented , its effects slow and perhaps ultimately unsatisfactory . |
| 25 | But , outclassed and outnumbered , most will be destroyed as soon as they take to the air ; and if they do not take to the air they do not matter . |
| 26 | It 's the weapon they want , and if they have to take you out to get it , what 's to lose ? |
| 27 | And if they are serious about securing Irish unity , they should also explain how they envisage it coming about while the sectarian political blocs remain unchallenged . |
| 28 | From now on the locals would do what they were told to do by Detroit , and if they did n't like it they could take the option of either getting out of their own free will , or being booted out . |
| 29 | This plan 's only going to be successful if they do n't suspect anything , and if they see her around they 'll suspect lots . |
| 30 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |