Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 We can bring you back at home or if they insist that you go back in an ambulance , you may , they may not put you back home you know , have you thought of that ?
2 If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug .
3 If Af = B we frequently say that f is onto B. If we do n't know ( or if we know but do n't particularly care ) that f is onto B , we often just say that f maps A into B. ( Thus " into " is just another word for " to " .
4 What do we usually do in times of stress , or if we feel that we need cheering up ?
5 In saying this , however , Blackie ignored the evidence of his colleagues in Scotland who unequivocally denied any protection , adding , ‘ If we have a criticism of a teacher or if we feel that a teacher is weak in some respects … the matter would be discussed very frankly with the teacher in the first place ’ .
6 Or if we find that a grand-daughter is assisting her own mother in caring for an elderly parent , whom is the granddaughter helping ?
7 He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’
8 It also has a residual power to make an appointment if the child has sufficient understanding to give instructions himself and wishes to do so or if it considers that it would be in the child 's best interests to be legally represented ( s41(3) ( 4 ) ( a ) and ( b ) ) .
9 Children are found in need of care , protection and control if the court establishes that they are not receiving the sort of care a good parent may reasonably be expected to give and they are falling into bad associations , are exposed to moral danger , or the lack of care is likely to cause suffering or seriously affect their health or proper development , or if it establishes that they are beyond the control of their parents .
10 And the barriers drop , so if you try and go through when the lights are flashing or if you try and go round the barriers the chances are the train 's getting nearer and nearer and could hit you .
11 If you take an instant dislike to a particular hypnotherapist , or if you feel that you are unlikely to be able to establish any rapport with him , then he is not the one for you and any treatment would be unlikely to succeed .
12 Emergency contraception sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used as a regular method of family planning .
13 Emergency contraception ( sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ ) may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days .
14 and if something happens that we feel is important and so one of your form tutors has something that they 're committed to and you wan na bring that in that 's fine .
15 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 .
16 In this sense one is neutral only if one can affect the fortunes of the parties and if one helps or hinders them to an equal degree and one does so because one believes that there are reasons for so acting which essentially depend on the fact that the action has an equal effect on the fortunes of the parties .
17 And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock .
18 erm I suppose that would mean if they felt they were taking up so much of their time that they could n't do what they considered to be their job properly , and if they felt that I think the parents were persisting and insisting that their own children got more attention than the school could really afford to give them if they were going to be fair to everyone .
19 And if they come when my brother 's here , he 'll get some marvellous shots of them , I promise you , telephoto lens , the lot , and I think he 's got a video camera now , too .
20 It has to be the subject of a proper report er by the er audit commission , but the district auditor and if they find that there has been er er wrong doing , if they find that there has been any er wilful neglect or if they find there has been any er unacceptable er maladministration then I will certainly join with the er the Secretary of State in condemning that .
21 I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry .
22 Arguably it provides a very strong constraint on managers to act efficiently , if we may assume they are concerned about their future career path and if they believe that the firm does not systematically assess their performance wrongly .
23 And if they think that , then it makes sense to assume they 're trying to get to me by hurting you . ’
24 And if they think that it suits them to shift a factory to the Philippines because there wo n't be an inspection there , that 's what they 'll do .
25 And if they think that they they can help you out with that that extra half page to get four pages
26 Reporters are constantly under pressure and if they feel that stories must be double-checked on every point they will not use them .
27 At a grassroots level people tell you freely that they want to curtail their daughters sexuality and if they feel that the appropriate method is castration then so be it .
28 ‘ The people are mightier than a lord , and if we know that , we — can — not — be — put — down . ’
29 If we see there 's quite a few on the walkways , and if we know that they 're outsiders then we 'll we 'll turn round and we 'll walk back the other way .
30 This is calculated by locating a base line across the minima on either side of the absorption band and the vertical height to the top of the band from the base line is converted into a composition using the equation where P cis is the fraction of cis configuration , A cis is the absorbance at 13.6 µm , A trans the absorbance at 10.4 µm , and if we assume that the 1,2 content is negligible .
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