Example sentences of "[vb base] if it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean if it 's just economies you 're after , closing down an institution 's not the best way to do it , because the plant remains , and , and you ca n't easily get rid of the staff . |
2 | I mean if it 's right at the back it does n't matter if it 's black or red . |
3 | but I mean if it 's not yet that 's fine . |
4 | That that 's not much but if it 's if it 's I mean if it 's not padded out with waffle and drivel cos you I mean if it 's a good ti concise answer that 'll probably get a good mark . |
5 | Or alternatively , I mean if it 's really that important , erm and and it 's on the Friday , we we could actually send for somebody from here to come out . |
6 | I mean if it 's then it 's the end to the clause , erm , er |
7 | Anyway I mean hopefully this this will be sort of you know if it 's well publicized it it will be well attended because of the past . |
8 | Always explain what you are doing , and if they can understand you , ask if it 's all right to do it . |
9 | If the task is completed successfully there is joy and satisfaction ; and there is disappointment , sadness and anger if it is not . |
10 | I wonder if it is badly wounded . |
11 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
12 | The crew think this is pretty stupid of them but I wonder if it is n't fantastically mature . |
13 | GRAHAM TAYLOR searches desperately for someone to get a grip of England 's midfield and you wonder if it is too late — at 28 — for Stewart Robson . |
14 | However logical may be the derivation of Protoctista as the name for a kingdom , I wonder if it is more likely to catch on now than it was in 1861 . |
15 | I wonder if it 's just some sub-conscious thing that my casualness is really just wanting to be recognised … ’ |
16 | I wonder if it 's not the game of football that 's a problem , but the attitude of many of the people involved . |
17 | Well thank you , I , I 'll leave to Norbert the handling of the artist 's side of this , but as to the amateur sportsman , I know this is a very familiar and accepted notion among us , that the British do n't take sport seriously enough , but I wonder if it 's not one of the many self-delusions that we suffer from . |
18 | ‘ Sometimes I wonder if it 's really worth it ! ’ |
19 | I wonder if it 's really |
20 | So' if it 's not blowing your tune , try something different ; there are lots of alternatives . |
21 | See if it 's still there . ’ |
22 | see if it 's still going round . |
23 | See if it is not more real than all the historical novels ever written . ’ |
24 | ‘ Just see if it is n't . |
25 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |