Example sentences of "if they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the interiors created by the designers of such facilities are as forbidding as the old-fashioned spit-and-sawdust pub ; any lingering atmosphere is swept away in a barrage of stained wood and fake Victoriana , and any casual visitors made to feel inordinately guilty if they do not , alas , wish to eat . |
| 2 | If they do attempt to fly on a windy day , then a check flight should be made to ensure that they remember the hazards and how to avoid them . |
| 3 | ‘ But if they do , we should go with them . |
| 4 | But just suppose — if they do send in dragoons with guns to take the men away — we are helpless , then , you know we are . |
| 5 | Even if they do not have to hide , they will be like lieutenants to us now — ‘ |
| 6 | Nobody 's listening but I insist : ‘ This fairness of skin obliges them to shield themselves so that if they do catch the sun they avoid the obvious danger of peeling . |
| 7 | However , when these figures are broken down , it can be seen that certain groups , such as single women over 75 , are less likely to have an occupational pension , and , if they do , the average amount is less . |
| 8 | It is not easy to achieve this effect if they do not take into account the dimension and spacing of the steps as well as their particular quality , which must be in tune with the music if it is to make sense . |
| 9 | If they do , their design loses the calm spaciousness which the style demands , no matter how fast or slow the dance . |
| 10 | If they do they have forgotten that , like them , every member of their audience ‘ has an inborn sense of measuring time ... |
| 11 | If they do , the next day Rover may believe the owners will come home and become aggressive without any reason . |
| 12 | Sadly , so many dogs seem to end up in classes run by loud , aggressive people , where they are yanked cruelly on choke chains and punished physically if they do n't do as they 're told . |
| 13 | Young academics and critics do not seem to have had the same difficulty , or if they do , are not letting on . |
| 14 | Or , if they do not , they have to take on trust the material that the New Historicist scholar-critic hands them . |
| 15 | There 's no reason why they should n't be funny or gripping even if they do n't use many words . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If they do work , that is wonderful — but we have no way of knowing for sure . |
| 17 | ‘ If they do n't get their finger out , they will lose almost all their business to the direct trade , ’ is Jim Moran 's succinct analysis of the market 's future . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the insurers are judge and jury rolled into one — if they do not think that your case has a reasonable chance of success they will not indemnify you . |
| 19 | If they do not , the party could lose its majority in parliament , precipitating a government crisis . |
| 20 | The means-tests would be accompanied by powers to bind-over parents to prevent their children from offending and to ‘ hit them in the pocket if they do n't ’ . |
| 21 | Like , we 're in the position where we can differentiate between them and gangsters in the community , and , like , we have to show the decent people that the Provies might scare them , but they do n't scare us , even if they do . |
| 22 | If they do attack again in strength I do n't see how we can possibly hold them , due to our large number of casualties and the very few reinforcements that seem to be joining us . |
| 23 | Overall , even if they do get the paper they want , it does not follow that they get the political coverage they want . |
| 24 | People can enjoy reading about you even if they do n't like your music and if enough of them do , it improves your chances of more coverage the next time you need it . |
| 25 | With good quality records and exciting live performances , artists can attract the attention of individual journalists and disc jockeys , even if they do n't benefit from much daytime radio play . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They will wither at the first frosts anyway , if they come ; and if they do n't … |
| 29 | If they do , it is thought unwise to allow them to come and settle in this country by and large . |
| 30 | ‘ If they do n't , let us know and we 'll get on their track . ’ |