Example sentences of "[verb] if it [is] [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 | Well you bu you 'll know if it is n't . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We still do n't know if it 's over yet . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They sometimes have jazz here in the evenings , ’ Agnes chattered , ‘ although I do n't know if it 's up to your standards . |
| 6 | ‘ All these things recently , I do n't know if it 's just bad luck or me being stupid or what . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
| 8 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Oh no , it 's erm I do n't know if it 's quite my sort of thing . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know if it 's actually fully penetrated yet . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | But I do n't know if it 's still there , is thing they put it in last year I think , but I . |
| 16 | I did have one in the drawer though , I do n't know if it 's still there |
| 17 | I do n't know if it 's there . " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | You must tell your partner to stop pushing if it is too painful . |
| 21 | Not necessary , Tuesday will do if it 's that serious . |
| 22 | The idea is highly successful and the company flourishes , but Rachel begins to wonder if it is really possible to tell the future . |
| 23 | Because you will not have it accepted if it is not in the house style , and there are conventions , appropriate , and quite different , according to the magazine , the newspaper , and so on and so forth , so you need to acquaint yourself with the house style . |
| 24 | Whenever a child is created , it is only added to OPEN if it is not already in OPEN or CLOSED . |
| 25 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 26 | We ask for three O eight to be referred or opposed if it is not and that you support motion three O nine as it 's in line with current policy . |
| 27 | One might ask how the church has grown if it is not out to recruit members from other denominations . |
| 28 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 29 | Have a guess does n't matter if it 's not right . |
| 30 | It must be half size — and it does n't matter if it 's half finished either . |