Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , one British study ( Brody and Tarling , 1990 ) concluded that we could have a substantial effect on the crime rate if everyone convicted of an indictable offence received a mandatory 19-month prison sentence . |
| 2 | Film reviewers have a simple rule for sizing up new movies : ‘ If nothing happens in the first ten minutes , ’ they say , ‘ nothing 's going to happen . ’ |
| 3 | If I stuck with the basic training and did well I too could be one of them . |
| 4 | Now what if I support in the main the aims of the Act , there are one or two areas I think that some things are not a good idea . |
| 5 | If I point to a particular item in a room and say " that " , we can say that the demonstrative encodes distance from the origo , whether actual or mental , and the coincidence of indexical and symbolic meaning is only possible when we know what object is being pointed to . |
| 6 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |
| 7 | Right double the speed , if I drive at a hundred and twenty . |
| 8 | Erm what would happen if I drive at a tenth of the speed ? |
| 9 | If I drive at a tenth of the speed , is it gon na take me longer or is it gon na take me is it gon na be quicker ? |
| 10 | Before you start on that do you mind if I turn off the flickering television screen ? |
| 11 | If I waited for a hundred years , if I devoted my life to fasting and asceticism and scholarship as the Druids do , still it would make no difference . |
| 12 | Steven suggested Spenser and Shakespeare , with perhaps Scott and Hardy , and if I insisted on an up-to-date author , William Goulding . |
| 13 | I do n't think I 'd want it in the house , it might be confusing if I walked into a gloomy room with it |
| 14 | ‘ If I walked into a Catholic school they 'd all look at me funny and shout ‘ Proddy ! ’ |
| 15 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 16 | Well if I left at the same time as you he mi he might feel obliged to offer me a lift but if he did |
| 17 | if I stay in the right place . |
| 18 | If I stay in the same place for too long I get stale . ’ |
| 19 | The theory is that if I stay among the faceless long enough , I become faceless myself . ’ |
| 20 | If I throw in the little un , Sid Watkins will be happy to give me twenty quid Yes , I reckon Sid will be glad to see our Ma in the morning . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 22 | It was as if I suffered from an optical illusion so strong that it consumed my other senses . |
| 23 | ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’ |
| 24 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |
| 25 | Later I tell C that if I worked for the Daily Star , I 'd have my story already . |
| 26 | For example , if I look at a round globe then the image on my retina will be circular , and there will be no reason to suppose that the idea imprinted in my mind will be anything other than that of a flat circle . |
| 27 | So how about if I look at the six monthly saving , |
| 28 | If I behaved in a similar fashion I would expect to lose my ‘ ticket ’ and be imprisoned for a considerable time . |
| 29 | ‘ If I play at the Royal Albert Hall , there may be 3,000 people there , but it 's still one-to-one because that 's the way I operate . |
| 30 | Then we 're sending a letter which erm , well let me just say , we are then also sending , now here with the D I Y , the numbers er coincide Here the numbers coincide with the illustrations , so if I talk about a certain you have to look at paper one , paper two paper three or A B C. And you see what they look like . |