Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] if it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is not even certain that the Diet ( parliament ) will reform the electoral system this summer , or that if it did much would change as a result .
2 On these grounds the Wolfenden Committee decided that the abolition of prostitution was not something that it ought to recommend , or that if it did , could have any chance of success .
3 That 's right , if the sho if the top part of the shoe went that was the only you got a new pair or if or if it burst around the sole and the seam .
4 The Leader of the Opposition simply pointed out in an article that he wrote just before the party conference that the proportion of gross domestic product — national income — devoted to education since 1979 had dropped , and that if it had remained the same , the difference would be the figure to which the hon. Gentleman has referred .
5 One of the speakers was suggesting that a proposal should be judged on its merits when it comes forward for approval to the registering authority and that if it does n't fit into the set pattern , that should n't necessarily debar it .
6 my my guess is that by a side wind er can mix all the erm items on the list , terms would include erm maybe committed and maybe not committed expenditure expenditure and that if it does affect because erm there are some items erm in the erm not clear whether it 's committed or not Market Square er which we do n't want to support .
7 The Treasury accepted that a five-year programme of public investment should be planned , and that if it failed to prove adequate to secure full employment , then changes in taxes to encourage private investment and consumption should be made , but the question of budget deficits remained a bone of contention and was fudged in the report .
8 West German electoral law prescribes that in principle the magnitude of a constituency should not deviate by more than 25% from the average , and that if it deviates by more than 33.3% its boundaries must be redrawn .
9 And if if it does start dropping we 're gon na have to change our tactics and go and do something else you know we 'll we 'll knock on anybody 's doors do you know what I mean w we 're not proud and we 'll go you know we 'll just change our tactics and er whatever it takes .
10 gives you a bit more time to decide exactly what you want to talk about cos if if it has go to be in week three or week four , then we really sort of like decide now what you 're going to write about so that n Cos next week is gon na be our last meeting on this topic , so you really want to sort of give a bit of a presentation on what you 're going to say .
11 just pushing it in and and if it goes that 's it , you , you want to question every thing
12 I , I pity the poor typist has to transcribe this as and when if it happens , ha , ha she 's going to get some very strange noises , including me having a pee and flushing the loo before lunch , what have you , I forgot to switch it off .
13 Because if if it broke it 'd be like all my fault .
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