Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here .
2 Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing .
3 And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force .
4 it 's no good saying to someone come on you should know this if they do n't it does n't help does it .
5 This is why a very fine-grained analysis is needed , and why we will not get very far in synthesizing our findings in relation to large databases like this if we do not use quantification : as these differences are not categorical , we usually will not be able to demonstrate them convincingly unless we quantify .
6 I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened .
7 You think I 'd have screwed up my own life like this if you had n't come along with your cap-twisting routine and your sob story all about how you were losing your little baby girl ? ’
8 You can see this if you break away from the discipline of the computer 's own official operating system , and write your own private programs to decipher what is actually written on every sector of the disc .
9 You ‘ Il be very glad you did this if you turn up one day to find the river high and murky because if , for example , you know that one swim has a lovely clean gravel bottom and another has half a Morris 1000 and a blackberry bush in it then this may help you decide where to fish and where to stick your mate !
10 It 's better to sail two oblique courses to get down there but this if you choose where to gybe to reach your goal point .
11 Taking account of ferry fares , petrol , road tolls and insurance , it should n't cost four more than £100 each — and many tour operators give discounts of more than this if you do n't take their flight .
12 ‘ You know , buddy , you do n't have to do this if you do n't want to , ’ Donleavy said .
13 ‘ I said to Kate , ‘ This is nothing against Cathal , but you do n't have to do this if you do n't want to — just remember that ’ . ’
14 Erm , yes they have , for forgive me , I 'll just finish this if you do n't mind , I 'm , I 'm almost there , one O ten point three eight .
15 So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ .
16 I can ask you to accept that I should n't have come to you like this if I did not believe that the matter may turn out to be very grave indeed .
17 Especially when after one who had seduced a mother of three , and had got what he wanted , threatened her by blackmail of telling a brutal husband about this if she did not continue the association .
18 How could he pursue her further if he did n't even know her name ?
19 Black told New Scientist he may sue WRCC-26 if they do not retract the letter .
20 residential if you do n't .
21 At the end of September the group split up ; determined to get away from things English , they now decided to explore different areas , thinking they would learn more German if they gave up each others ' company .
22 It did hold us up I mean we would have been down there a lot quicker if we had n't had
23 Be quicker if we split up . ’
24 The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you .
25 Cynics will say this will be brief , but Graham Taylor 's team can start to prove them wrong if they win today and , most probably , go top .
26 It would be wrong if I did not correct the inaccuracies that are contained within the letter .
27 The involuntary bailee does no wrong if he acts reasonably in trying to return the goods .
28 This is clear if we look back over the years .
29 It is the dies incertus an , certus quando of the glossators : it is not clear that the day will actually ever come , even though it is clear if it does when it will be .
30 Computing power has never been cheaper , he added , but the cost of your computer system will be too high if you do n't make full use of it .
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