Example sentences of "[conj] if [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 We build at getting better things , where if we do n't actually watch it , we build at getting worse at things .
2 Young academics and critics do not seem to have had the same difficulty , or if they do , are not letting on .
3 Sometimes the strong sense of form causes individuals to rise to the occasion or if they do not , their inadequacy can be contained by the form itself .
4 Or if they do manage to put you in a bedroom , remember that you 've got a whole camera team there , and they usually want to do some extraordinary shot from very close up , so they put you right on the edge of the bed , probably on a board which you 're about to fall off at any minute .
5 These regulatory agencies are increasingly faced with transnational adversaries who are capable of shifting their main base of operation — or if that is too drastic , their illegal activities at least — to other countries where laws against such behaviour do not exist , or if they do , where enforcement is even more lax .
6 But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another .
7 The evidence , however , would suggest that in general schools either make little attempt to develop this ability in their pupils , or if they do , it is done very ineffectively .
8 Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms .
9 No one notices , or if they do , they notice behind my back .
10 Cos half the adults do n't do they , or if they do , it 's normally taken as a sign of severe erm , upset , is n't it ?
11 Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue .
12 Or if we do sow it , we sow it in vast , sudden blocks — before a mission , for example — which may appear so artificial to those on the receiving end .
13 So it all depends how you different people different personalities and that and erm right though I do n't agree with them at all what they 've done , erm as I said , If I do n't speak or if we do n't whatsit we going to ruin the whole thing we 're fighting for .
14 All over two , then if you pass , spread them over minus sixteen add thirty four gives me eighteen over two , or if I do minus thirty four I get nine over two , that 'll be plus nine or even minus twenty five
15 If you do not know they are there , or if you do not know where they are , you will miss them .
16 It becomes unhealthy if you overload the amount of product ; use the wrong fryer for the job ; or if you do n't allow for the recovery period of the oil temperature . ’
17 Or if you do n't care for the porridge , there 's some of these new Post Toasties .
18 If time is running short and you have neglected to bring a cage trap along with you or if you do not possess one , there is another way .
19 Of course , they are n't all questions you can ask directly , or if you do , you wo n't get an honest answer .
20 Where space is really tight , or if you do n't need a 12-place setting machine , think about a slimline or compact model .
21 Do n't pass it back again to the left — or if you do you 'll strip off the ribber stitches . )
22 You will not find words like skive and naff in most dictionaries ( or if you do they will be marked ‘ dialectal ’ or ‘ colloquial ’ ) , though you will find words like scrolloping , which a famous writer used once .
23 " Well , or if you do n't , he can afford it .
24 Well class is inbred and er class is something you have or you have n't , and if you have money or if you do n't have money .
25 There are also those old myths still around about when you do n't get pregnant — like if it 's your first time , or if you have sex infrequently , or if you do it standing up .
26 Cut out this picture of Rainbow Rabbit or if you do n't want to cut your magazine , you can trace the picture and colour it in .
27 If you do not return to work , or if you do return but do not stay for at least three months , the twelve weeks at payment will be recovered .
28 Let me just explain , if you ca n't make it , or if you do n't want to do it , I will er re-do it all again in the lecture next Friday at eleven .
29 You 've got to leave land fallow , or erm , you know , you , you ca n't indulge in mono-culture continuously , or if you do , you 've got to be , you 've got to manage the soil condition very , very carefully indeed , you can just er , produce a desert if you 're not , if you 're not careful .
30 Or if you do
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