Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here . |
| 2 | Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing . |
| 3 | Can I suggest as , as we , we start the document , that we have a copy of the procedure we 're discussing open , because I think most of us in debate and discussion proper if we made our own procedures , things that we hear about . |
| 4 | And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force . |
| 5 | Some counsellors suggest that patients try " controlled drinking " and diagnose themselves as being alcoholic if they fail . |
| 6 | The thing about the Paddies is that some of them can pass as English if they 've been brought up here . |
| 7 | He 's half and half , in fact a little bit more English if you weigh it up . ’ |
| 8 | residential if you do n't . |
| 9 | It would be sensible if we had a common system of training for the two sides of the profession ( apart from specialist subjects ) , so that the choice could be postponed until the last ; but this has not been done . |
| 10 | Erm , it would seem sensible if we look across the whole commission to try and even things out . |
| 11 | In view of the plethora of material for debate and the fact that the debate is starting rather late for reasons that the House understands , I think that it will be sensible if I curtail my remarks to some degree . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 're very sensible if you feel like that about it . |
| 13 | Rachel was horribly sensible if you tried to fight with her . |
| 14 | At the end of September the group split up ; determined to get away from things English , they now decided to explore different areas , thinking they would learn more German if they gave up each others ' company . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 16 | And it 's so annoying because I 'm bothered if I know words hum the tune . |
| 17 | They would be less conspicuous if they walked . |
| 18 | So , getting down to specifics , the two species mentioned both make excellent aquarium subjects , the only cause for concern being whether they have been maintained in brackish water or already acclimatised to freshwater if you wish to maintain them in this environment . |
| 19 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 20 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 21 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 22 | But we would be equally wrong if we believed that the development of rhythms depended wholly upon internal factors . |
| 23 | Something good can come out of something that went wrong if we get encouragement from the rest of society . |
| 24 | Though we have no contemporary commentary on the Pergamene works we can hardly go wrong if we choose to see in them a monument to human pain made somehow more tolerable to contemplate because embodied in barbarians . |
| 25 | ( Parent : ‘ Can you think of anything that might go wrong if we adopt that course of action ? ’ ) |
| 26 | Cynics will say this will be brief , but Graham Taylor 's team can start to prove them wrong if they win today and , most probably , go top . |
| 27 | They could n't have been more wrong if they 'd worn Father Christmas suits . |
| 28 | And what 's wrong if they do ? |
| 29 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 30 | The Conservatives will , however , be very wrong if they think that the whole constitutional thing can be forgotten . |