Example sentences of "[prep] if it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 2 | ‘ It looks as if it is probably down to the two of us , ’ said Grindley . |
| 3 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
| 4 | as if it is not natural not to stand |
| 5 | If you do not have the luxury of a dining room used just for dining — and most of us do not , the trick is to make your dining table look as if it is not a dining table most of the time . |
| 6 | There is a smaller bedroom and a tiny , suspiciously tidy kitchen , which looks as if it is not often used . |
| 7 | If the parent bird is aquatic and is making its display on water , it may turn on its side , flap one wing awkwardly in the air and paddle itself in a circle as if it is hopelessly crippled . |
| 8 | Though at any given amount it looks as if it is n't going anywhere , it 's always on the move , lumbering from crisis to crisis . |
| 9 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
| 10 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
| 11 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 12 | While people may even find themselves avoiding others who would be understanding , precisely because their concern may threaten to breach fragile defences and bring on the ‘ crack-up ’ that feels as if it is only just being fended off , as it is . |
| 13 | ‘ You talk as if desire were one-sided , ’ he countered softly , ‘ as if it is only I who wants you . |
| 14 | And so , parents that may be listening , it sounds as if it 's up to you to provide the basic training to enable the schools to do their part . |
| 15 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
| 16 | That 's sounds as if it 's pretty cheap . |
| 17 | It 's so weird though , cos The Rising Sun , it 's not as if it 's not central , |
| 18 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
| 19 | as if it 's just over the horizon , waiting to happen to me , as weird and wonderful as all the things that happened last autumn . |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
| 21 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
| 22 | Sounds as if it 's just above us |
| 23 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
| 24 | you know it 's almost as if it 's like er you know a sort of negative thing to , to , to find out about somebody erm so erm yeah I mean I think I , so I think you 'll , I think you 'll , you 'll of necessity have to try and do something which captures this , this sort of informal talk because as soon as people commit themselves to writing they 're gon na be erm they 're gon na be |
| 25 | It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with . |
| 26 | I feel as if it 's really deep , |
| 27 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
| 28 | Cos it sounds as if it 's really good ! |
| 29 | Does n't look as if it 's quite full yet . ’ |
| 30 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |