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 . |