Example sentences of "[pron] if [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this was the case the caveman 's body would need to be ready to run away very quickly , or enable him to try to defend himself if caught by the tiger . |
| 2 | A similar case exists where A interferes with the subject-matter of the contract in a way which if done by B would amount to a breach of the contract . |
| 3 | These rules include provision for the calculation of a quota of votes which if gained by a candidate will ensure election and this has the effect of producing in each constituency a result in seats which is as nearly proportional as possible to the opinions of the voters . |
| 4 | Accounting policies which if altered for consistency with the purchaser 's policies would have a material effect on the earnings or net assets of the target . |
| 5 | a programme of reconstruction which if applied in practice would create an educational edifice not unworthy of the British people … |
| 6 | As when he talks about colour , he distinguishes between the painter 's requirements and those of the sightseer ; so a dry heat may produce an aerial density in the atmosphere very favourable to view the scenery , which if lit by ‘ a cloudless sky will be too general to please the ( painter 's ) eye of taste . ’ |
| 7 | And I recall also some years ago , Mr Rayne , who travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginald Mauvis , remarking that a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas , if not in the fellow being frogmarched to the nearest police station . |
| 8 | Reed Consumer Books was this week locked in dispute with leading wholesalers after proposing to introduce a standardised discount structure and abolishing full credit on returns , in a move which if pursued by other publishers could seriously damage the long-term prospects of the wholesale sector . |
| 9 | UAPT duplicates this on card files indexed by name rather than address ( except for London , which if fled in address order like the national register ) in 42 area branch offices . |
| 10 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 11 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |
| 12 | He defined trade secrets ( at p425 a-j ) as : ( a ) information used in the trade or business ; ( b ) of which the owner limits the dissemination or at least does not encourage or permit widespread publication ; ( c ) and which if disclosed to a competitor would be liable to cause real or significant harm to the owner of the secret . |
| 13 | It has a large preparation and grilling area with a removable firebowl , which if reversed with the windshield still attached will prevent rainwater collecting . |
| 14 | This provided an example of a well-understood formalism which if interrogated in a particle-like way gave particle behaviour and if interrogated in a wave-like way gave wave behaviour . |
| 15 | is the number which if multiplied by itself |
| 16 | Its real value lies in its ability to help identify important characteristics which if taken into account will reduce the risks of innovation . |
| 17 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 18 | Data that , then , cost nothing if obtained through government channels would have a price if sold through the medium of free enterprise — a peculiar state of affairs . |
| 19 | They are unlikely to satisfy the test required by the main argument , i.e. that individuals were more likely to succeed in realizing that which reason required of them if subjected to the government concerned than if left to themselves . |
| 20 | Both halves have their merits , but together their appeal will be limited to those teachers of computer science , who if lecturing on the impact of motor traffic on society , would spend half the time on the way sparking plugs work . |
| 21 | Nature does take care of itself if allowed to . |
| 22 | ask him if come in Monday and he could say |
| 23 | The defendant 's admission , defence or counterclaim must be signed by him if acting in person , or else by his solicitor in the solicitor 's own or firm 's name . |
| 24 | At one point I ask him if travelling through Africa for Pole to Pole was disturbing . |
| 25 | In Stones [ 1989 ] 1 WLR 156 ( CA ) , Glidewell LJ said that : " The mischief at which the section is clearly aimed is that if a burglar has a weapon which he intends to use to injure some person unconnected with the premises burgled , he may nevertheless be tempted to use it if challenged during the course of the burglary and put under sufficient pressure . " |
| 26 | Similarly , gender neutrality which is theoretically desirable might in practice have little to commend it if introduced into the law of rape as it is presently constructed . |
| 27 | Slowly a ‘ What if crept into my mind . |
| 28 | If you ask me how I would indulge myself if forced to , I suppose I would put some comfortable footwear near the top of the list . |
| 29 | Little attempt , until quite recently has been made to relate all this material to the site-stratification , or to consider the social and economic evidence these artefacts could give us if related to particular periods or parts of the site . |