Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] if he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 When the defence relied upon is ‘ act or default of another person , ’ the defendant will have a good defence only if he has also made available to the prosecution such information as he has identifying that other person .
2 The ocean carrier , therefore , was deemed to warrant to the consignor safe transport and delivery and could avoid liability only if he proved that something in the nature of force majeure had intervened .
3 Where 's Ben only if he 's locked out he 'll be going hell like mad in a minute .
4 So the pragmatist judge will behave like Earl in Elmer 's case only if he has an indirect , noble-lie reason for pretending that legislative intentions are relevant .
5 I 'm gon na , I 'm gon na get Scott tonight if he makes any comments and this fist is gon na go strop straight where it hurts .
6 Scamp had done thirteen months of a two-year stretch and he could 've got out in a coupla months more if he 'd kept his nose clean .
7 With a string of southern primaries due in March , Clinton remained the overall favourite for the nomination ; the conventional wisdom was that Tsongas could not generate sufficient appeal outside New England , and — given the 1988 fate of Michael Dukakis , a Massachusetts liberal ( also of Greek ethnic origin ) with whom he was frequently compared — would be unelectable as President even if he did secure the nomination .
8 He might have done this a good deal earlier if he had wanted for it was completely blank .
9 B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent .
10 Charity began at home , and , though there were larger claims on him in the world outside , what was the worth of his work there if he ignored and hurt those nearest to him ?
11 He learned to play golf one-handed , although he could also use a two-handed grip sometimes if he controlled the left hand carefully with the right .
12 Parents and social services were outraged that abuse victims might come into contact with Stout again if he returned to the city .
13 Lady Errol intervened through her brother-in-law , informing Johnson , in the hyperbole of hospitality , that she would never allow him to enter Slains again if he left now , and , with the daylight of the long summer evening available , she provided her coachman so that the travellers could view a couple of local geological curiosities , the Buller of Buchan and the rock of Dunbui .
14 Experience tell you what to do and when to do it … and he s is risking a sending off if he makes it look too obvious .
15 There is no doubt Norman 's aggressive form of golf is one of the reasons why he appeals to galleries so much , but he might have to contain himself a bit more if he hopes to win on a more regular basis in the future .
16 It will affect Alec Stewart 's batting eventually if he keeps wicket regularly and has to concentrate on it . ’
17 The key to the repressive discipline advocated in this manual of behaviour is that it is to be the means by which man is liberated from all that thwarts his true nature , just as the dancer can only use his body expressively if he trains his muscles : " those move easiest who have learnt to dance " .
18 Night after night she 'd nag , and in the morning would peck his cheek affectionately if he walked by the cooker where she was frying up his bacon and eggs for breakfast .
19 Dadda would have locked Stephen up if he had known what was going on .
20 ‘ He could have taken my eye out if he 'd had a knife .
21 I mean s Kingsley Black has stood it in here to the second post now if he does n't feel he can get enough on it to go for goal he should keep it in the danger area just turn it back across the face of the goal and let one of the other lads have a go at it , Collimore or Rozario .
22 Woosnam names Bernhard Langer as his ‘ dark horse ’ and the German has succeeded in keeping an appropriately low profile even if he has had more practice rounds than anyone .
23 BARRY Lane could secure his place in the Ryder Cup team today if he maintains his form at the Lancia Martini Italian Open .
24 The Revenue are of the view that a taxpayer 's home ( even if a rented flat ) can be his main residence even if he does not own it .
25 This is one of the main reasons for the statement that an engineer can only do his own job well if he understands those of the other functions in his company .
26 Brave words , but she had the genes of the unknown Richard Redford in her veins even if he did n't show on her birth certificate .
27 So John Emburey was handed the captaincy that could well have been his years earlier if he had not gone to South Africa in 1982 , thereby losing the Middlesex captaincy to Gatting after Mike Brearley retired .
28 He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period .
29 Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out .
30 A manipulator who has gone long seeks to force the price up ; and to force the price down if he has sold short .
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