Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | But we would be equally wrong if we believed that the development of rhythms depended wholly upon internal factors . |
| 4 | The Conservatives will , however , be very wrong if they think that the whole constitutional thing can be forgotten . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The APA also questions the current rule that the state must prove that a defendant is sane if he claims that he is insane . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ROUNDABOUTS ARE SAFE AND SIMPLE IF YOU KNOW AND USE THESE RULES … |
| 10 | Actually , the Governor would have ample reason to feel paranoid if he did but know the gist of the message Jaq intended to send . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Jeffrey : You feel guilty if you do and guilty if you do n't , that 's the problem . |
| 13 | ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 . " |
| 15 | Which is understandable if you believe that there is a ‘ solution ’ which can be bought . |
| 16 | Be patient if he moves or speaks slowly : give him time and encourage him to express himself . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're not sure if she jumped or fell , ’ said a coastguard . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ All these years I 've been talking and telling , ’ he writes , ‘ and I 'm not sure if anybody listens or understands me . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This is all the more reasonable if one considers that very few , if any , manufacturing concerns engage solely in one type of production . |
| 25 | And I will be deliriously happy if you write and tell me if you find an answer to your original query elsewhere , as then I will be able to help other people in future . |
| 26 | Personally , I do n't care one way or the other but James would n't be very happy if he knew that Leo knew . ’ |
| 27 | Catherine and he still spent time together , when he was not working in the fields , but he no longer expressed his fondness for her in words , and he looked angry if she touched or kissed him . |
| 28 | Do n't think I 'm being bitchy if I say that Stephen probably resents him as much as he admires him . |
| 29 | The argument that high taxes reduce the flow of private savings for investment in industry is only important if one believes that the ownership of industry should be in private hands . |
| 30 | So you could you could replace the blind if you redecorated and changed the colour |