Example sentences of "[verb] if it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 2 | Where a procession is organised without notice , no offence is committed if it was not ‘ reasonably practicable ’ to give such notice , either at all , or within the specified six clear days . |
| 3 | Well you bu you 'll know if it is n't . |
| 4 | Unfortunately it 's said you communicate less with your wives , I do n't know if it 's exactly true , but if somebody says to you , you never talk to me , you do n't tell me anything , that 's your A type behaviour . |
| 5 | We still do n't know if it 's over yet . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They sometimes have jazz here in the evenings , ’ Agnes chattered , ‘ although I do n't know if it 's up to your standards . |
| 7 | ‘ All these things recently , I do n't know if it 's just bad luck or me being stupid or what . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
| 9 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
| 10 | They , they 're just not getting back right now , I do n't know if it 's just to be sensitive to her or whether it 's just because , you know , they 're gon na see each o I mean they live on the same road , they 'll probably see each other this weekend . |
| 11 | Oh no , it 's erm I do n't know if it 's quite my sort of thing . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know if it 's actually fully penetrated yet . |
| 13 | Everyone talks about Tipper Gore and ‘ Smash the PMRC ’ , but I do n't know if it 's really such a bad thing to put stickers on records for kids . |
| 14 | Er well I do n't know , is n't that , they 're maisonettes , they 've got that big eye on the front I do n't I do n't know if you , I do n't know if it 's still there , I mean |
| 15 | There 's a big tree was wedged on er , I do n't know if it 's still there on Friday , I took a trip up to see it |
| 16 | But I do n't know if it 's still there , is thing they put it in last year I think , but I . |
| 17 | I did have one in the drawer though , I do n't know if it 's still there |
| 18 | I do n't know if it 's there . " |
| 19 | I do n't know if it was totally successful but I enjoyed it . |
| 20 | You may be right , but your cynicism would be easier to accept if it was universally applied . |
| 21 | I found the homework , homework diary was useful because I used to check in , end of every of week they used to know if it was n't there I 'd want to know why it was n't done ! |
| 22 | She doubted if it was anywhere near the truth , but clearly it made Miss Beard happy . |
| 23 | The second meaning may be termed the ‘ substantive sense ’ of unreasonableness : a decision may be attacked if it is so unreasonable that no reasonable public body could have made it . |
| 24 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 25 | Second , sealing the border with Serbia would be unlikely to work if it were not accompanied by the simultaneous sealing of the border with Croatia : the Bosnian Serbs , already talking to the Croats about a confederal division of the spoils ( see page 46 ) , would get their supplies from Croatia , and the Croats — never mind their signatures on the Vance-Owen plan — would anyway continue their military campaign for territory . |
| 26 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 27 | He says if it 's not cut down it literally chokes the jungle and so every four or five years the mangrove is cut and then it grows again like a blackthorn or hawthorn hedge would grow . |
| 28 | You must tell your partner to stop pushing if it is too painful . |
| 29 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 30 | Not necessary , Tuesday will do if it 's that serious . |