Example sentences of "but if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if everything is political , as is often proclaimed , then nothing is ; one can invoke Saussure in the assertion that meaning is a matter of differentiation . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 3 | But if everything is determined by the laws of science , then free will must be an illusion , and if we do n't have free will , what is the basis for our responsibility for our actions ? |
| 4 | But if everybody wants ( and gets ) a discount , you lose your advantage . |
| 5 | But if everybody suddenly started turning up with their girl-friends … ’ |
| 6 | Yeah but if everybody says no you must n't see |
| 7 | But if everybody would like them ? |
| 8 | That is , the student may improve his or her performance by 100 per cent , but if everyone else improves similarly this grade will be no higher than before . |
| 9 | Everyone has their own ideas about how it should be done , but if everyone agrees to lift it together , it suddenly becomes a very easy task . |
| 10 | er , Can I enter a plea for tolerance , if in a democracy it 's very easy to get steamed up about things you do n't like , things you find disgusting and revolting but if everyone is going to come forward , have banned the activity they do n't like then we 're going to live , it may be a democracy , but it 's going to be a narrowed , er and intolerant society in which we live . |
| 11 | Yeah but if everyone |
| 12 | Yeah I know but if everyone went out if you 're allowed |
| 13 | Riddell verges on suggesting that an organisation may be deemed subversive not simply if it works to undermine the state , but if its members have any mental reservations about the constitution . |
| 14 | But if its harmful effects are ignored because it is thought that they are too generalised , too subjective or too difficult to tackle , then unnecessary ill-health will continue to occur . |
| 15 | Even at his ‘ going rate ’ it 'd be a better deal , but if its just for 500K . |
| 16 | but it does highlight a need and I 'm not going to tread on the Treasurer 's toes in this instant but certainly that will add to the financial burden of running the Association but if its to increasing its lobbying power and authority over those in positions of influence , then above all we do need a very large membership . |
| 17 | But if its promises are broken there is no financial compensation on offer . |
| 18 | But if its promises are broken there is no financial compensation on offer . |
| 19 | But if its going to be happening on a regular basis in to Tracy , then perhaps Paul should put a report in to Frank . |
| 20 | No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye . |
| 21 | And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way . |
| 22 | But if her advice were heeded , America 's brain-dead presidential campaigns would be even more stultifyingly boring . |
| 23 | But if Her Majesty is putting her hopes in Prince William becoming the perfect monarch , I feel she is being rather over-optimistic . |
| 24 | But if her snarling face in the mirror is any indication , Snow White 's the one who should be quaking in her boots . |
| 25 | But if her words had any effect on him , he had n't revealed it ; instead he had continued to avoid her glance , riding at her side with his features frozen in the same expressionless mask . |
| 26 | But if her companion had heard her he gave no sign . |
| 27 | Youthful students were one thing , but if her impressionable sister had become involved with a man of this calibre … |
| 28 | But if her astrologer gave her any warning , she 's not telling anyone . |
| 29 | But if her foot 's wider , you 'll get the bigger size it 'll take it up on the length bit . |
| 30 | Warnie said that there was room only for a clear cut division of opinion — if one is a Catholic , the aumbry contains Our Lord and of course even prostration is hardly reverence enough : but if one is Church of England , it contains but a wafer and a little wine , and why in front of that should one show any greater reverence than in any other part of the church ? … |