Example sentences of "if [pron] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone is screened for genetic disorders , for which there may be no cures , what are those people then to do , and who is to have access to the information — prospective employers , insurers ? |
| 2 | It was as if I were surrounded by snarling dogs held back by chains . |
| 3 | She looks as if she 's made of man-made fibres you see . |
| 4 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 5 | It was as if she was bound by silken cords , soft yet irresistibly strong . |
| 6 | If you are engaged in international trade as an exporter or importer you should be in regular personal contact with the management of the Trade Finance Division of your bank . |
| 7 | In case there are any reading this who have still not seen the vision , allow me to spell it out in moral advice : If you attend zoos and circuses — find other entertainment ; if you are engaged in intensive ‘ livestock ’ farming — throw away the systems of close confinement ; if you are engaged in animal experimentation — find alternatives ; and if you still eat meat — give it up . |
| 8 | If you are engaged in foreign trade , would loans or an overdraft in foreign currency help you ? |
| 9 | But they are just as difficult to read if you are used to political hypocrisy . |
| 10 | The water is normally like crystal and , if you are used to British waters , it is strange to see bubbles from other divers , rising like plumes some 40 or 50 metres away . |
| 11 | If you extend £100,000 of credit for a period of one year and during that year the inflation rate averages 10 per cent per annum , you will have effectively lost £1 0,000 even if you are paid in full and right on time . |
| 12 | After all , it 's in their interests to keep you going — if you 're pushed into total insolvency you become a worse debt to them . |
| 13 | Now , if you 're charged with managing anything , you have to make decisions and when you have to make a decision , you ca n't have your cake and eat it . |
| 14 | Just show your Family Credit order book or , if you 're paid by direct credit into your bank or building society account , the letter that notified you of the award of benefit . |
| 15 | If you were promoted from general secretarial duties to organizing the flow of work through the typing pool you can assume you ‘ have qualities of leadership and organizational skills ’ . |
| 16 | If something is couched in general terms then it is too vague and ill-defined . |
| 17 | If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater . |
| 18 | If we are concerned with readers who have sensory deprivation , or if we are confronted with unfamiliar alphabets — in the writer 's case examples of these would be Arabic or Japanese — there may be much preparation before the process can continue . |
| 19 | If we was educated with handicapped , you know , if we 'd mixed with them … but we never saw them . |
| 20 | Garden centre managers need to know that wildflower seeds have to be grown from native stock ; that highly ornate ‘ mock-Tudor ’ nest-boxes put nestlings ' lives at risk by attracting predators ; that the natural balance of a pond is not best served by chemical algicides ; that salted peanuts are a killer for birds ; that eco-friendly insecticides are a contradiction in terms ; and that wildflowers and buddleias are little help to wildlife if they 're grown in peat-based compost . |
| 21 | Try to avoid wearing tight fitting trousers or underwear , especially if they 're made from artificial fibres . |
| 22 | Okay , so erm do them and then if they 're lost on practical things like they do n't know where the toilet is will you help them . |
| 23 | What if they 're bitten to ruddy hell ? |
| 24 | The counsellors are not there to tell any young person what to do though if they are asked for practical advice they will give it . |
| 25 | If they are filled with progressive rubbish , they should demand from the headmaster and governors that they should return to traditional structured learning so that their children will have a fair chance . |
| 26 | Similarly , it has long been known that hens lay more eggs if they are kept under artificial illumination . |
| 27 | I do understand that many people think wild animals roam over very large spaces and therefore feel cramped if they are kept in restricted areas but most have territories , areas which they mark out for themselves in various ways , and spend all their time inside these territories anyway and consequently they can consider their enclosure as being their own territory . |
| 28 | Similarly contracting-out may not provide authorities with greater flexibility if they are tied to long-term arrangements which are difficult to renegotiate . |
| 29 | And on the other side , subordinate groups have no other recourse than armed revolt if they are deprived of other means of exercising political rights ; or they may find themselves in a situation where their formal rights can only be made effective in practice by the use or threat of violence . |
| 30 | Companies with a regular collection can include SWIFTAIR items in their post if they are separated from other mail by an elastic band . |