Example sentences of "[subord] if [pron] have " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 If we had started on week one , where if we 'd had complete programme information up to week thirteen when , that 'd be more complete would n't it ?
2 Yes , it 's the , the failure to keep bovine identification breed re records by two or three far farmers and it 's one of those things where if you 've got a lot of animals and you have n't marked them , then you get a lot of incorrects , and that 's why we 've got to go through it .
3 two sixty , if you 've got a bad phone it used to drag the paging down for all others , where if you 've got paint in the socket
4 You can live something like it in a commuter suburb , where if you have a blazing row with your wife , neighbours will only get to know about it if she tells them .
5 no , if , what , where if you have n't got any gold ?
6 He 'd be — what — in his fifties now if he 'd lived , a Deputy Secretary , perhaps even a Second Permanent Secretary .
7 So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ .
8 In other words , while the court would not have imposed liability in respect of the decision itself ( except if it had been perverse ) failure to go through the preliminary steps of obtaining essential information could have grounded liability .
9 It is unreasonable to expect them to tackle problems through their consultants , although if they had independent supervisors this might be possible .
10 ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’
11 It is advisable to wear loose , comfortable clothing , although if you have come straight from work this may not be possible and is not essential .
12 Floodlights are not necessary , although if you have a large garden you may consider strategic lighting within the grounds , but the back and front door should have lights that come on automatically at dusk and stay on until dawn .
13 The shape of your room will probably dictate the arrangement , although if you have a generous-sized room , you may be able to change the shape of the actual work area with room dividers .
14 I used a textured cream fabric as a backing , to add a little interest , although if it had been too heavy it would have distracted one 's eye from the heart pattern itself .
15 Pittenweem was one of the burghs which favoured Alexander , although if it had favoured Anstruther , it would have been three to two .
16 He lived in 1935 ( when I last saw him ) in the utmost simplicity , although if he had been a little more conciliatory he could always have earned enough for his comfort — and his wife 's ; but he never valued anything that money could buy as he valued the integrity of his sharp-shooting mind .
17 Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister .
18 The solicitor who gave those undertakings was not made a party to the proceedings , although if he had been held out by his firm as a partner , s14 of the Partnership Act would have fixed him with potential liability .
19 Families where there has been a murder find that people are more reluctant to talk to them than if they had suffered an ordinary bereavement — sometimes even crossing the street to avoid them .
20 The increased dose they would get from having Hinkley C on their doorstep , according to Jeremy Western ( a manager from the Board 's Health Physics department who confidently fronted the radiation case ) was less than if they had simply moved from one part of Britain to another — where the ‘ natural ’ background radiation happened to be higher .
21 They are happier now , for by conserving and converting the existing buildings they were able to achieve a higher percentage of floor space than if they had built anew .
22 By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate .
23 Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain .
24 By resorting to a money-lender it became more difficult to conceal their embarrassment — than if they had merely run up bills with retailers .
25 I ran to your reviews as if they were my own and felt more dismay and indignation than if they had been .
26 Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge .
27 More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate .
28 But if both players accept this logic and defect , they end up worse off than if they had co-operated .
29 The French settlements along the river St. Lawrence had no such attractions ; the peasant farmers who settled along the river were probably better off than if they had stayed at home , but they could not produce enough revenue to support the fairly lavish military , civil , and ecclesiastical establishment that had been set up there as well .
30 In this way there was in human history a cumulative build up of knowledge and success in adaptation to the environment which made human beings very quick to adapt to new problems — much more easily and quickly than if they had depended only on genetic transmission .
  Next page