Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] if " in BNC.

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1 Erm do you believe if , if we erm oh I think we 've already covered that bit right so if I put erm come up with a erm a recommendation that would provide erm an income for your wife in the event of your death erm is there any reason why we ca n't look at this ?
2 The problem is that the two may not change in tandem ; the first may need to change rapidly , while the latter change only slowly if at all .
3 I 've got some crusts down here if you want
4 For example there are supposed to be many wives who would have left their husbands long ago if they had been able to work out how to tell him they were going .
5 Robert , who had been very silent , said suddenly , ‘ I know it 's too soon , but your little daughter might feel her loss less deeply if you gave her another dog .
6 ‘ It is n't very high on my list of priorities but I guess I 'd change my mind soon enough if I were to meet the right person . ’
7 So it 's two pound anyway so if you 've got four quid spare between us .
8 They may be freer to experiment or help unpopular clients , and the government can then disown them or cut off funds more readily if it is attacked .
9 Volunteers can help clients more effectively if they are allocated time for tasks other than direct interviewing .
10 She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship .
11 Still was n't enough goals though even if Poland had beaten Holland , England still would n't have qualified because they needed , because er the opposition got a goal , they need to be , they had to win by seven clear goals so that meant they had to win eight one , not seven one , you see .
12 Slot the new post sections into the metalwork and hammer fully home if required .
13 They often know from this visual appraisal almost immediately if another person interests them or not .
14 When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources .
15 No doubt we can drag our heels pretty effectively if we really try .
16 " A man who wants to talk at large about smoke may have to pick his words very carefully if he wants to exclude the suggestion that there is also a fire : but it can be done . "
17 The wire is generally fastened to the bracelet with a popper so even if she forgets about it and walks away from her machine with it still attached , it will just pop apart .
18 The feeling is growing that we should get our act together smartly if we are not to be left gongless at the end of a less deserving queue .
19 Brittle bones is a condition that affects all older people to some degree , but post-menopausal women in particular ; and it is the reason why they break their bones so easily if they fall .
20 Sivapithecus combines some of these same characters of the distal humerus with primitive characters of the humeral shaft , and this confuses the issue still further if it is grouped in the orang-utan clade , for this indicates that some of the postcranial characters shared by the orang-utan and the African apes must have evolved independently .
21 Would er th er , over here it was described as a , er er it 's still a maze out there if you do n't know where you 're going , would you agree ?
22 There 's some chocolate chip cookies out there if you want some .
23 The President 's cabin lay three miles into the reserve , four miles to the north and a good eight hundred feet above the lodge , and divided from it by a small tributary of the Makaa so Trent could expect no help there even if the owner was in residence .
24 You , the teacher , are taking the work seriously even if they 're struggling with it .
25 Other members were conscious of the need to make progress more urgently if the whole enterprise was not to be overtaken by events .
26 People can handle change more effectively if they keep one thing constant rather than allowing everything to change .
27 ‘ We know we have to reduce consumption but we 're going to get change more quickly if we do it step-by-step .
28 And as I came back down this mucky road from the High Street , which , as you know , can be a pretty depressing trek home especially if you 're tired , it all seemed bright somehow , and welcoming .
29 It is best to apply the oils after a warm bath or shower because they will penetrate the skin more readily if it is slightly warm and damp .
30 Several factories in Northamptonshire , anticipating the drift to the County Ground for the mid-week game , closed down for the day , but in Northampton itself factory workers were allowed the afternoon off only if they made up for it in overtime .
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