Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to pay a $300 cash deposit , refundable on delivery , or entirely lost if there was so much as a cigarette burn in the carpet . |
| 2 | You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home . |
| 3 | He could be sued or even prosecuted if anything went wrong . |
| 4 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |
| 5 | The relevance of these facts must be clearly or explicitly stated if they are used in an essay . |
| 6 | The Middle East Economic Survey , a trade publication which maintains close contact with OPEC delegates , said in a special edition at the weekend that the cartel might have to cut its output ceiling by 678,000 bpd more than already planned if it wanted to raise oil prices from levels around $18 a barrel . |
| 7 | Teenage children , admitted by almost all teachers as the most difficult to teach , may become better motivated and better behaved if they have a short-term goal , passing the next grade on the ladder , and if they are working alongside people who are both older and younger than themselves . |
| 8 | That 's right , in that erm , you 're , the probability of you getting a well paid job is greatly enhanced , if not guaranteed if you know er , the people who are employing you . |
| 9 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 10 | A second would be to ensure corrugated iron covers on doors and windows are better secured and quickly repaired if removed or damaged . |
| 11 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 12 | Incontinence can be managed and often cured if the reasons for it are known . |
| 13 | Several held public meetings where local MPs were put on their mettle and remorselessly pilloried if they failed to acquiesce . |
| 14 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
| 15 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |
| 16 | He is tart , relentlessly superficial and completely lost if a caller has a serious problem . |
| 17 | We 've talked of horses being physically and mentally deprived if kept in a small space . |
| 18 | Finn had moved into a glass box and never noticed if she or Francie or Aunt Margaret scratched on the glass to attract his attention . |
| 19 | The AEA believes that some of the waste could still be properly and safely cleared if a decision to this effect was taken soon . |
| 20 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 21 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |
| 22 | Its share in Liverpool rose by more than 14% compared with 1986 , but hardly changed if comparison is made with 1988 . |
| 23 | She liked us to keep to our promise , but quite understood if the children were ill , or something else cropped up , and we got behind — so long as we let her know immediately . |
| 24 | Most people have not been indoctrinated into religious faith but into a questioning or ignoring of religion as basically superseded if not actually false . |
| 25 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 26 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a woman who is entitled to return to work , but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists . |