Example sentences of "[noun pl] if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Although we might be prepared outside our normal scheme to fund the current year 's training for such people on the understanding that future funding will not be available , so in other words if somebody comes along to you and says , I 'd like to do an M B A , beginning this year , now normally we we would say , yes , we will contribute our half to that cost , er and that would then be a high priority on our budget to provide continued support for the rest of that M B A course , we 're now saying that that the answer is actually no , because we can not provide support next year , we do n't think , er but if you never the less want to go ahead this year and then fund it yourself from then on , then we we have actually got money available which we can use this year .
2 In short , you need to watch your words if you do not want to risk jeopardising your job .
3 Motor insurance policy premiums should reduce over several years if you accrue ‘ No claims bonuses ’ — in other words if you do not make any claims for damage , etc .
4 Also if it 's within your own normal income you can give anything , in other words if you do n't reduce your capital .
5 In other words if you do n't you 're not the best people .
6 If you do n't know the words if you do n't know what the Spanish or lemonade or you ca n't spell the darn thing you 'll get a low mark right .
7 It turns out that you can actively deceive some bats if you play back to them their own cries with an artificial delay .
8 Yes , if you got ta , if you 're fully funded on the premiums if you take out
9 Most people are also scared to get involved now , because of the reprisals if they 've actually reported some , to er , to a crime and you can a , understand that .
10 Some fear reprisals if they did so , although tourists have been coming here for years to fish for trout and salmon . ’
11 It will help to understand the relationships if we consider again the diagram of the four-fold human being with its physical , emotional , mental and spiritual planes ; imbalances in these planes constituting the internal or inherited factors ; and the whole surrounded by-environmental influences , both beneficial and harmful ( Figure 10 ) .
12 Okay right , stop , stop , stop please , you 're out of your heads if you have n't got it on to paper .
13 The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands …
14 The idea of the bond is both to demonstrate the financial security of the firm and to provide funds to rescue its clients if it goes out of business .
15 Shop monthly account Credit from a particular shop , sometimes to an agreed limit ( say , £200 ) , until monthly statement which you have to pay in full ; no interest ( except in some shops if you pay late ) .
16 Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning .
17 The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with .
18 ‘ It is easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes if you do n't know the ropes or do n't have someone reliable to operate for you , ’ a contented owner of property in Portugal told me .
19 In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs …
20 ‘ Darlington could miss out on foreign trade opportunities if it does n't begin an enlightened dialogue with these people . ’
21 Back in January 1980 we made ten predictions about the decade ahead — and offered free resubscription forms to all readers if we scored less than five out of ten .
22 While we are now well aware that too much fat , especially in saturated forms , increases the risk of heart disease and certain cancers , the latest from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) — Diet , nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases — says we run further risks if we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables .
23 I do to our kids if they lean back I says oi tip that chair on its legs .
24 Yes , you 'd miss the parties if we went away .
25 Warnock yesterday said : ‘ The incident suggested that Agana is not really behind either me or the team — and if that 's the case it 's better for both parties if he moves on . ’
26 The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties .
27 She kicked and screamed her defiance until her father told her that it would be considered very bad manners if she did n't join the other children .
28 But we have to do it , they 'd be absolutely down on us like a ton of bricks if we did n't .
29 She did n't see why people were supposed to work hard if you ground their noses ; it seemed more likely that they 'd work hard if you promised to grind their noses if they did n't .
30 It was otherwise six months if you do n't pay cash .
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