Example sentences of "[that] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is a technology , ’ says the UK Genetics Forum , ‘ which should be looked at from the point of view that if something goes wrong , it ca n't be put right . |
| 2 | DO watch the screen while you type or give commands so that if something goes wrong you can correct it as soon as possible ( eg using Esc ape , U ndo ) |
| 3 | Those that like the Macintosh System love it : those that do n't like it detest the idea of that mass of graphical software between them and their applications , between them and the processor : like the nervous flyer , they hate the feeling that they are not in control , that if something goes wrong , there is absolutely nothing they can do to save themselves . |
| 4 | So that if something breaks it 's going to be that weak old rope , not |
| 5 | But er I mean we We 've spoken about it before , on the platform , and things like that , that I mean everybody knows the score that if something happens if you 're if you 're sleeping you 've not got a an excellent chance , put it like that , I mean you er I mean nobody ever expected anything like what happened on piper to happen any on that scale . |
| 6 | To subsidize the various courses we run , to help the display team towards expenses and in general to be able to function as a society knowing that if something arises we can meet the cost without going bust ! |
| 7 | But to me the excitement of the job is so much that if something comes along , I do n't think twice . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , there are delays in discharge at the moment , often caused by silly things like a lack of commodes , and the nurses worry that if everything has to be in place before discharge then there will be more delays . |
| 9 | It 's just — well , it 's just that if whatever killed Paula was a software virus rather than an accident , then someone would have had to infect the suitbrain . |
| 10 | They point to statistics which show that salt intake is ‘ far in excess of need ’ and may lead to raised blood pressure in susceptible adults , and that if everyone reduced salt intake by half a teaspoon a day , it could save 40,000 premature deaths per year . |
| 11 | Let me advise Council now , that if they proceed down this primrose path any further then it becomes a resignation issue for me and , I suspect , many others who can not believe this farrago . |
| 12 | By the mid-1930s male civil servants could choose to ‘ allocate ’ part of their pensions ; that is , to opt for a lower pension on retirement , so that if they died first their wives would get a modest continuing pension ( ibid . , |
| 13 | They have all seen the game on TV , they know that if they get to the table they can build big breaks and if you make one mistake they go for your jugular . |
| 14 | I 'm talking about quarter past seven , at this time , well there 's no real need for them to be up now it 's just that if they get , they like to have a a little bit of a play time . |
| 15 | I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ? |
| 16 | Moreover , there was the fear that if they secured the vote then they would destroy the delicate balance of the Constitution and much else besides . |
| 17 | They learned that if they blew and sucked a little at all baits before they accepted them , the safe ones moved easily and the dangerous ones did not . |
| 18 | Most behaviour problems are triggered by situations where children have learned that if they try hard enough they can get their own way ( Bijou and Baer 1976 ) . |
| 19 | Mothers often recount how embarrassed they feel and that if they try to ignore their child 's screams in town then other shoppers make comments like ‘ Oh , give him a sweet , he 's only small ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Everybody who carries a knife should know that if they try to take it into a club , they wo n't just be banned from that club , but all the clubs in town . ’ |
| 21 | Wrote to Lloyds Bank telling them , that if they try and keep |
| 22 | The techniques of Rational Emotive Therapy are applied in which sufferers come to recognise that their thoughts ( A ) lead to feelings ( B ) which determine their actions ( C ) and that if they wish to change thus progression they must learn to challenge the faulty reasoning in ( A ) and hence develop more appropriate feelings ( B ) and subsequent actions(C) . |
| 23 | The dealer then approaches the arms manufacturers telling them that if they appoint him as their agent , he will get them a contract in return for a percentage of the value of the transaction , which could be as low as 3 per cent , or as high as 15 depending on how specialized is the equipment required . |
| 24 | He is a good cook , believing that it is important for men to learn to cook so that if they marry a woman not too well versed in the culinary arts , they will still survive ! |
| 25 | Maureen O'Hara , of the Children 's Legal Centre , said : ‘ Local authorities have to accept that if they 've made every effort to keep children at home with the non-abusing parent and it does n't work , they may have to be taken into care . ’ |
| 26 | And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right . |
| 27 | Rangers go to Motherwell knowing that if they avoid defeat they will equal their best unbeaten sequence of matches — 38 — set back in 1975/76 when they won the domestic treble . |
| 28 | Our students have realised that if they miss an assessment for just one learning outcome , they wo n't get a module , and will jeopardise their chances of getting the general SVQ . |
| 29 | They warn that if they cut costs to compete they must also lower their standards . |
| 30 | ON THE eve of the FA Cup semi-finals Labour have hinted that if they win the General Election , Third and Fourth Division grounds may not have to become all-seat , despite the Taylor Report 's recommendations . |