Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , no one was going to call them cheapskates even if it meant staying at home for the rest of the decade . |
2 | When Madame shook the bucket you turned out your pockets even if it meant walking home . |
3 | BUT SHE 'S STARTED TAKING THESE NEW TABLETS STILL IF IT MAKES HER FEEL BETTER I DO N'T MIND . |
4 | The emancipators thought a commune could serve administrative and judicial purposes only if it embraced a coherent area of peasant settlement . |
5 | Troops out if it costs too much , troops in if it pays |
6 | Troops out if it costs too much , troops in if it pays |
7 | The implementation of liberty can stretch to keeping places of recreation closed on Sundays , upholding the rights of preachers to speak in public places even if it causes an affray , and opposing the development of catholic schools because their teachers do not communicate the Bible without priestly mediation . |
8 | Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists . |
9 | But with the last cut in the discount and Lombard rates in early February , and further reductions expected in the coming months , it clearly recognises the need for lower rates even if it does adhere to its policy of small steps . |
10 | because there must be some give and take in the deal and the Purchaser would probably proceed on the same terms even if it knew of a few minor breaches — the Purchaser should not be able to bring a claim after completion for those kinds of problems ; |
11 | Well that 's true , but what I 'm saying now is regar I think national is national it 's it 's multi-locational and it across boundaries right If it 's confined within the southern region therefore it 's . |
12 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
13 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
14 | They should remember that it would all have ended seven matches earlier if it had not been for an 88th-minute equaliser against Bashley on September 16 . |
15 | Hesh Wiener of Technology News of America comments that IBM is having to price current drives at less than half of list , and will make a success of the new ones only if it lists them at or below current street prices . |
16 | Respondents to the Social Attitudes Survey in 1984 were asked : In general would you say that people should obey the law without exception , or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law ? |
17 | So it ca n't be the same as in churches even if it stays in the profit ? |