Example sentences of "[adj] if it have " in BNC.
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1 | Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke . |
2 | I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened . |
3 | The demonstration should not go wrong if it has been adequately rehearsed beforehand . |
4 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
5 | That this would be an inappropriate objection is evident from the fact that the Punch cartoon I mentioned earlier would have been almost as funny if it had figured a human fisherman rather than a kingfisher . |
6 | And animal minds , a fortiori , do not engage in this sort of computation ( which is why the Punch cartoon would have been less funny if it had shown a human fisherman ) . |
7 | Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date . |
8 | Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time . |
9 | Treaty did not of itself prevent a member state from imposing an ownership residence requirement as a condition for exemption from the compulsory acquisition of land , could not be followed in the present case for three reasons : ( a ) in the Fearon case , the owners ' residence requirement was not coupled with any nationality requirement and the court indicated in paragraph 10 of the judgment , at pp. 3685–3686 , that its decision would have been different if it had been ; ( b ) in the Fearon case , the residence requirement was limited to legal owners of the land and did not extend to peripheral persons , such as those who had lent the owners money in order to buy the land ; and ( c ) from the point of view of its geographical scope , the residence requirement at issue in the Fearon case was framed in local rather than national terms . |
10 | Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ? |
11 | ‘ It would have been more interesting if it had been more explicit , ’ she said . |
12 | Er four hundred , four hundred , to , four hundreds if it 'd won , for a place he would have get less , but he was still in it it was |
13 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |
14 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
15 | The only thing is i it would have been nicer if it had of printed . |
16 | Detectives say the young woman was left badly shaken after the assault and have warned that the incident might have become more serious if it had gone on any longer . |
17 | If you are fortunate enough to own , or to find , an incunabulum or book printed before 1500 , do not be too alarmed if it has no title , since many books of the period had none , at least in the sense that we understand , the publisher/printer contenting himself with a curt statement of the title and author 's name , known as a ‘ label title ’ , or else a small introductory paragraph ( sometimes using a different coloured ink ) known as the ‘ incipit ’ , from the Latin ‘ it begins ’ . |
18 | It would have been very sad if it had been stopped . ’ |
19 | He would have felt nervous if it had n't been raining . |
20 | It 's earning the pennies to pay the bills at the end of the month ’ and I do get upset if it 's come out perfectly . |
21 | Some may even feel that perhaps sex is not quite right if it has nothing to do with procreation . |
22 | Simple material can be unmistakably right if it has an appropriate urge and impulse . |
23 | Perhaps , in this fictional world ( it must be fictional if it has dragons in it ) the knight is seeking a magic pineapple , hoarded in a dragon 's cave . |
24 | This movement , as Rufus had no doubt intended , sent Mary toppling forward into Adam 's arms , her breasts lightly slapping into his chest in a way that would have been blissful if it had been allowed to continue but Mary , drunk as she was , had sprung aside , actually sprung to her feet , and rather late in the day hugged her arms across her chest . |
25 | ‘ We have had our differences and I am sorry if it has caused offence . ’ |
26 | It 'd be really awkward having a name like that if it had a short neck . ’ |
27 | Instead , the whole coating would have to be repainted much sooner that if it had been touched up periodically ! |
28 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
29 | ‘ And it would n't have done that if it had been driven down to Streatley and back ? ’ |
30 | That I know we 're flogging a dead horse , but that half past ten , a phenomenal amount of time , it should never ever have taken a fraction of that if it had been done properly . |