Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [that] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume that we are not the proprietors but the trustees of this world and that we have a deed of covenant to honour , this at once introduces certain absolutes into economic life and certain limits on the exercise of freedom . |
| 2 | In the same fashion , Kant maintained , the nature of our knowledge can not be understood if we assume that it is simply fed into us from outside ourselves , and that we are merely passive recipients of information from the world around us . |
| 3 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 4 | But even if we assume that it is sound at an abstract philosophical level , it would be extremely dubious to assert that this theory can justify our present practices of punishment or anything like them . |
| 5 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 6 | If we win that we 're in the final at Wembley , what , what if we beat Chelsea at Wembley ? |
| 7 | If we see there 's quite a few on the walkways , and if we know that they 're outsiders then we 'll we 'll turn round and we 'll walk back the other way . |
| 8 | Their problems are so deep and the solutions will take so long that it will hold back political and economic progress in western Europe if we insist that they are brought into the fold sooner rather than later . |
| 9 | Erm , and if we decide that we 're going to just kind of , as a result of a day like that , do three things or something like that , you know , erm I 'm not sure that that 's helpful but |
| 10 | In all three cases the changes in the host , if we accept that they are Darwinian adaptations for the benefit of the parasite , must be seen as extended phenotypic effects of parasite genes . |
| 11 | If we accept that it is reasonable for Health to sell its message in this way , why are we wary of religion ? |
| 12 | We have to be aware of this possibility and , if we find that we are being misunderstood , find another means of expressing ourselves . |
| 13 | ‘ If we find that it is true that he made these deals he could lose his permit , ’ he said . |
| 14 | If we believe that they are , with us , part of the ‘ One , Holy , Catholic and Apostolic Church ’ , then our relationship with them is important . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the belief in our own fallibility is itself an " incorrigible " belief ; i.e. if we believe that we are sometimes mistaken , then we are most certainly sometimes mistaken . |
| 16 | If we believe that it is right to push back the boundaries of middle age a few years , we can happily keep our young tastes and looks for a bit longer . |