Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your mother has always wanted you to do what you want but she will insist that you can only stay here if you have a job . |
| 2 | A rule book from the hospital in 1917 said all patients had to be discharged within four weeks of admission and could only stay on if absolutely necessary . |
| 3 | Now you 're obviously I mean most people are but you can obviously understand better think better if they 're more practical |
| 4 | It is a disciplinary offence to defy an order from a senior officer , so he can only carry on if he is prepared to take on his immediate boss . |
| 5 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 6 | I should like to hear Rebecca 's version , but can only do so if I repair my rudeness and invite them here — ( Like the Queen , we never ask her back ) . |
| 7 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 8 | We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational . |
| 9 | Thus polyisobutylene might be expected to crystallize because the chain is symmetrical , but it will only do so if maintained at an optimum temperature for several months . |
| 10 | It should only do so if satisfied that the child has suffered , or is likely to suffer , significant harm leading to the need for a child protection plan . |
| 11 | Such entry could be extremely disruptive to the tenant and the following proviso may be advisable : Anyone entering the Premises under any of the provisions contained in this Lease shall only do so if the purpose of such entry can not reasonably be achieved otherwise than by effecting entry on to the Premises and any person or persons entering the Premises pursuant to the provisions of this Lease shall cause the minimum of disturbance to the business being carried on in the Premises and shall not in any event prevent such business from being carried on and shall forthwith make good all damage caused by such entry |
| 12 | However he said that the courts will only do so if the covenant is " intrinsicaly just and reasonable " . |
| 13 | In the area of competition and canvassing there are three general headings under which the courts will examine the existence of reasonableness of a restraint : 4.1 Restricted activities If the employer seeks by contractual restraint to restrict the activities of a former employee by proscribing the types of business in which the employee may become engaged once employment is over then he can only do so if he can establish a close connection betwee the restriction and the work done by the employee prior to leaving . |
| 14 | Contrariety will only appear here if it is specified that apples ( or pears ) constituted the whole of the purchase : All I bought were some apples/pears . |
| 15 | My lot just do what they 're told ( he was really quite worked up for him ) and better look out if they do n't . |
| 16 | In general , machine code will only run properly if it is in memory at the addresses for which it was assembled . |
| 17 | But the amelioration policy , filtered through the structures of local government in the West Indies , could only work properly if the case for planters recognising the virtues of a movement towards free labour was urgent . |
| 18 | It was felt by the Royal Commission on Police Powers that criminal prosecution and investigation could only work well if the general public felt confident in the role played by the police . |
| 19 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 20 | The front pushes wide on a steady throttle and the rears will only slide out if the power is cut suddenly on the faster curves . |
| 21 | Those who are seriously ill may be ‘ universal reactors ’ ( see p 162 ) and they will only recover fully if they can be protected from the majority of synthetic chemicals . |
| 22 | That can only happen properly if the fundamental , unshakeable understanding of Engineering is soundly built . |
| 23 | You may already have life insurance , but that will usually only pay out if you die . |
| 24 | Hospice administrator Deidre Shaw said : ‘ Our shop is a most essential source of income and can only operate well if it is given support by the public . |
| 25 | The prime reason for this is that such warehouses have become machines and will only operate correctly if the logic for their function has been meticulously thought out , checked and rechecked . |
| 26 | Could you only come out if your parents collected you ? |
| 27 | I wish that pressure in the House would prove enough , but I am realist enough to know that change — real change — will only come now if we push from every side . ’ |
| 28 | If other countries resist a realignment , then a real appreciation can only come about if their inflation falls below Germany 's , at the cost of slower growth . |
| 29 | And it would only come about if a majority of members were judged to have done so . |
| 30 | Improvements to animal welfare and the environment can only come about if they are perceived by us to have added value , and this means that the animals must continue to work for their living and we must accept the short-term economic consequences of working towards explainable , more humane , agriculture . |