Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | A defendant involved in a case where such proceedings are contemplated should be present if , after discussion with counsel , it is thought that his interests may be affected . |
| 2 | The woman we have just described is 30 lb ( 13.6 kg ) overweight and she should be delighted if she can be rid of this in around a year . |
| 3 | I should be delighted if my hon. Friend 's constituents would care to drop me a note with information on their individual salaries . |
| 4 | On the whole this was seen as an arrangement that should be temporary if at all possible , even where the relationship with the parents was good and they were supportive of their adult child . |
| 5 | Even when the skull is in more than fifty pieces , good reconstruction should be possible if the broken edges are clean and not eroded . |
| 6 | I should be sorry if it were otherwise . |
| 7 | I should be sorry if the debate on the Bill were to be unnecessarily prolonged and so prevented the House from debating the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill that hon. Members are waiting to discuss . |
| 8 | I should be grateful if you could answer a few technical queries for me . |
| 9 | The last paragraph reads : ‘ We should be grateful if the suggestions contained in the attached letter could be firmly suppressed . |
| 10 | I should be grateful if you would amend the small advertisement for the B.A.E.C. at the next time of insertion so that the last part reads : ‘ For details , write to the Secretary , . |
| 11 | I have a query that seems to straddle tax and company law and I should be grateful if you could help me . |
| 12 | I should be grateful if you would consider whether exceptions of this kind for categories of pupils can be justified in the case of English . |
| 13 | I should be grateful if you would advise your counsel of the Crown Prosecution Service 's position so that he might appraise the court if necessary … |
| 14 | So you used to say in business letters things like I should be grateful if . |
| 15 | I mean I got that with my interview at I should be grateful if you would |
| 16 | " Mr Herriot I should be grateful if you would come and see my dog . " |
| 17 | ‘ a police officer should be grateful if he could point to a clear cut instruction that he was only to stop a meeting if some incident at the meeting itself , whether caused by the speaker and his supporters or by the opposition present at the meeting place , led him to suppose that disorder was inevitable and could not be averted by any other means . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Mandeville called , ‘ I should be grateful if you could stay in the hall . |
| 19 | ‘ I will leave this chamber when I have finished and , Lady Prioress , I should be grateful if you would wait for me in your own chamber . |
| 20 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 21 | I should be grateful if you would give me an estimate for translating the enclosed leaflet into handwritten Urdu , Hindu and Punjabi . |
| 22 | I should be grateful if you could make any amendments on your copy and return to me as soon as convenient . |
| 23 | I should be grateful if you would let me have any amendments or omissions a.s.a.p . |
| 24 | Whilst we will review after the initial 3 months period I should be grateful if we take the arrangement up until the end of the calendar year so that it continues to operate whilst being reviewed . |
| 25 | I should be grateful if you would confirm that these seem like reasonable quantities to you and also that only the amendments I have marked are required . |
| 26 | I should be grateful if you would confirm that the changes I have marked are the only ones necessary . |
| 27 | In view of this change of plan I should be grateful if you would confirm that we can go ahead with your rewrite — a copy of which I attach . |
| 28 | What the hon. Gentleman says about members of the Territorial Army being refused their bounty is news to me , so I should be grateful if he would write to me . |
| 29 | I am happy to give an undertaking to my hon. Friend that I would be only too delighted to visit his constituency , but I should be grateful if he would release me on Christmas day . |
| 30 | I should be grateful if the hon. Gentleman will confirm that that is the Government 's intention . |