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 ?
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