Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most crucial of all , the royal couple themselves , with their thin permeable skins , will die if the atmosphere gets so hot and dry that they lose their body fluids or if they are badly chilled , and this may mean the end of the whole colony . |
| 2 | In other experiments , Papi has shown that pigeons do not home accurately if their nostrils are blocked , or if their olfactory nerve is cut , or if they are experimentally distracted by a strong smell ; but other experimenters have failed to repeat these results and it has proved impossible to train pigeons to make the relevant olfactory distinctions ( which is a standard , and powerful , method of testing for sensory abilities — p. 43 . |
| 3 | Or if they 're well grown , use a rake to collect them together for composting . |
| 4 | If all the chambers were as long as this , or if they were only used by people who had gone down deep into them , then his search would take months . |
| 5 | Besides , you know , it 's too trivial , there 's too many important things , like why have n't you got the special offer on display , to even bother to tell why you 're not , why you 're not performing or if anything is n't going right . |
| 6 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 7 | A patent , once granted , can be revoked if it is subsequently shown to fail to meet the requirements for patentability ; for example , that it was not novel on the priority date or does not have an inventive step , or if it was not granted to the person entitled to it . |
| 8 | You should read this section if you require a non-standard LIFESPAN process ( eg. you may wish to turn off the production of approval listings , grant public access to DCs ) or if you are about to set up your LSLIVE process . |
| 9 | They do not apply if your employment is terminated during the term or if you are constructively dismissed . |
| 10 | Or if you 're not going back to the hospital , it will be sent to you by post . |
| 11 | So you got the whole spectrum of , or if you 're just doing it like French dictation , it wo n't , if words tend to just , to just be spoken language , right through to an immensely detailed erm , attempts to put everything down , including tone of the voice , and all these other ones which are extremely difficult to I think you noticed that I was standing looking at the transcriptions near each team . |
| 12 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
| 13 | He does n't now , whether they 've been a super star for a long time or if he 's never heard of them . |
| 14 | We made one together , one each in step by step so we showed 'em what to do and then if you were n't sure you asked or if he was n't doing it right so they did it together technical erm situation . |
| 15 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 16 | It is unknown how long Leapor worked for Susanna Jennens and the Chauncys , or if she was also employed at other houses . |
| 17 | ‘ That bridge has got concrete cancer , ’ he warned , ‘ and if something is n't done soon there 's going to be a disaster . ’ |
| 18 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 21 | They are made by human beings and if they are not doing what we want then we have a right and a responsibility to change them . |
| 22 | Flaws in the system are taking a ‘ severe toll ’ , and if they are not corrected , ‘ the consequences could prove fatal to firms of all sizes ’ . |
| 23 | Children do not have that choice , and if they are not helped by those they rely on to deal with their frightening and disturbing feelings then they can suffer considerable harm . |
| 24 | Last week the UK Department of Health confirmed its earlier recommendations that the risk of cot death is reduced if infants are laid to sleep on their backs , if they are not exposed to cigarette smoke before or after birth , and if they are not overwrapped or overheated , especially when feverish or unwell . |
| 25 | And if they are not taken in their usual sense , how should they be understood ? |
| 26 | Sometimes X sells goods to Y who in turn sells them to Z. Sometimes , however , Y acts as X 's agent in selling to Z. In the former case Z buys his goods from Y and if they are not delivered or are defective Z can look to his seller , Y , and if necessary can sue him for breach of his contract of sale . |
| 27 | say that women have been discriminated against for so long that they just have n't had the opportunities to rise up through the ranks , and if they are ever going to achieve the kind of representation that they ought to achieve just by the sheer numbers that the represent in the population , apart from the quality , and there are a lot of people who would say that women are probably rather superior erm to a lot of men at an equal level |
| 28 | The question posed is how far social rights should now be conceived as including , beyond such things as education , health care and the alleviation of severe poverty , a right to employment or to an appropriate basic income , to decent housing , or to participation by employees in the management of their firms ; and if they are so conceived , what policies and institutional changes could effectively establish them . |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 30 | Parents have to be aware that not absolutely every accident is preventable and if they 're not prepared for their children to run that element of risk then obviously they have the choice of not letting their children go . ’ |