Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] if [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er the centre 's supposed to be totally non-political and if it ever got political , they 'd close us down . |
| 2 | It seems the more peculiar because if one only has one slit , one does not get any fringes , just a uniform distribution of electrons across the screen . |
| 3 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 4 | Jack had always been teetotal , since he was convinced that if he ever touched alcohol , he would become dependent . |
| 5 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 6 | ‘ I am concerned that if I now have to respond fully to that part of the plaintiffs ' order of 5 June dealing with the various alleged payments my position vis-à-vis the police investigation may well be prejudiced . |
| 7 | On the question of registration of electors , clearly it is very important that if we now have less than nine weeks from this evening for those possibly four hundred thousand people to seek registration then the it is essential that the minister and the department er engage in a serious advertising campaign to ensure that people can exercise the rights that are due to them and I would like the minister perhaps in his later remarks , to expand on what , if any , measure the government intends to take to publicise the fact of E C voting rights to those four hundred thousand or so er European citizens of voting age resident in this country . |
| 8 | This environment is far worse for lichen growth than any known in the Arctic and if we conservatively assume that the Antarctic lichens grow only half as quickly as those in the north , the former with a present diameter of 100 mm must be easily 10 000 years old and perhaps considerably older . |
| 9 | The weathermen say we 're safe but if it even thinks of heading north , we run for shelter . ’ |
| 10 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 11 | to come in and blitz the place from top too bottom and if we just have them once a fortnight , the in between weekend I can whiz round , |
| 12 | She let him tell Gentle that if he ever saw hide or hair of Gentle in the building again he 'd have him arrested as an accomplice to attempted murder . |
| 13 | Yet she knew for certain that if she never saw him again she would never forget him . |
| 14 | The reference to ‘ ancient and approved custom ’ might have tempted ingenious demur by the bishops , but Edward left them in no doubt where their best interest lay : ‘ know for certain that if you so act , we shall forcefully seize your baronies . ’ |
| 15 | About eighty per cent of the users are students , and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books . |
| 16 | Now one of the features of Microsoft Word is that a only lets you work with text which is what is called selected and if you actually move the cursor down a bit so that it 's not at the beginning of a document and then we 'll follow our way through these various selecting text keys which are outlined in that paragraph , section three six one . |
| 17 | Any well-structured course can build in progression where necessary and if it so wishes restrict the choice of menu on offer . |
| 18 | She was painfully aware that if she ever betrayed her ambivalent feelings for him he would end their charade immediately with little or no compunction . |
| 19 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 20 | You know , it 's alright but if you just eat waffles , it 's like just eating chips ! |