Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the examiner may not agree that the fact is implied in the question ; but he will not mind about this if he sees that your assumption is not the result of carelessness but is your considered interpretation of the question . |
| 2 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 3 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 4 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 5 | But we would be equally wrong if we believed that the development of rhythms depended wholly upon internal factors . |
| 6 | The Conservatives will , however , be very wrong if they think that the whole constitutional thing can be forgotten . |
| 7 | Minter , had he but known it , was right as well as wrong : right that Harry was running short of cash , wrong if he believed that currently mattered to him a jot . |
| 8 | The magnitude of the special needs post-holder 's task becomes clear if one considers that these skills are to be geared to assisting classroom teachers of varying lengths of career experience ( often considerably longer than that of the ‘ qualified ’ supporter ) and range of subject specialities ( beyond the supporter 's expertise ) — teachers already under pressure from many directions and with ambivalent feelings about ‘ hawing problems ’ and ‘ being seen as in need of help ’ ; and if one considers that the supporter 's extended task is to deepen these colleagues ' understanding of ‘ special ’ learning needs , to enhance their skills , discover and develop their strengths and the confidence that the professional know.how they possess can be summoned for responding more appropriately to most of the behavioural , emotional and learning difficulties they encounter . |
| 9 | The APA also questions the current rule that the state must prove that a defendant is sane if he claims that he is insane . |
| 10 | Well c I could make it erm nine sixteenth if you like if it 's |
| 11 | It may seem easier if you remember that all parents have to do just this when they change a baby 's nappies , wipe the baby 's bottom , and ensure it is clean and dry . |
| 12 | And that 's paid erm to your spouse to you know to keep things sort of flowing if you like while the long term pension is sorted out . |
| 13 | Right , well we have two hundred and sixty five pounds and sixty eight pence in the bank at the moment , erm which actually is n't very much if you think that we 've got to go right through to July to our next fund raising event , so , I was wondering that , if anyone has n't paid their subscriptions for last year or if anyone owes for Christmas cards , I think there 's one or two |
| 14 | ROUNDABOUTS ARE SAFE AND SIMPLE IF YOU KNOW AND USE THESE RULES … |
| 15 | Actually , the Governor would have ample reason to feel paranoid if he did but know the gist of the message Jaq intended to send . |
| 16 | By the 1850s attempts to understand the arrangement of animals had thus reached the limits possible if one assumes that species are fixed in time . |
| 17 | Because if that if you had if you had a perfect year it is that . |
| 18 | Jeffrey : You feel guilty if you do and guilty if you do n't , that 's the problem . |
| 19 | ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’ |
| 20 | The dilemma of those who evoke consciousness as the basis of phenomena was succinctly stated by Ronnie Knox in his limerick on idealism : There once was a man who said " God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there 's no one about in the Quad . " |
| 21 | Which is understandable if you believe that there is a ‘ solution ’ which can be bought . |
| 22 | Be patient if he moves or speaks slowly : give him time and encourage him to express himself . |
| 23 | She would feel so much happier if they had and it was over . |
| 24 | Perhaps I would be a bit churlish if I said that they could have scored even more in the second half , but that 's a minor complaint . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're not sure if she jumped or fell , ’ said a coastguard . |
| 26 | The problem with relying on COSE is that no-one 's really sure if it wants or is ready — or knows how — to solve the problem yet . |
| 27 | She might love her husband , but in exchange he 'd never wanted anything from her except sex , and she was n't even sure if he wanted that since he 'd been forced into marrying her . |
| 28 | ‘ All these years I 've been talking and telling , ’ he writes , ‘ and I 'm not sure if anybody listens or understands me . |
| 29 | I have myself devised many staff plans over the years , and I do not believe I am being unduly boastful if I say that very few ever needed amendment . |
| 30 | If you 're windsurfing in April and May you 'll be more comfy if you beg or borrow a wetsuit , otherwise you wo n't need any special equipment . |