Example sentences of "[coord] if it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction .
2 " Just a word or two , Mrs James , I can easily wait if you 're engaged with your friends or if it 's not otherwise convenient . "
3 the consumer 's house is not ‘ treated with chemicals ’ , it is preserved , with built-in protection — or if it is not , it is built of woodworm fodder .
4 If a LIFESPAN header can not be found or if it is not in the correct format then a ‘ scan error ’ results .
5 The MMC pointed out that the block exemption only applied if there were no effective competition , no refusal to supply , or if it were not true that less favourable conditions were imposed on those with an exclusive purchasing obligation .
6 A patent , once granted , can be revoked if it is subsequently shown to fail to meet the requirements for patentability ; for example , that it was not novel on the priority date or does not have an inventive step , or if it was not granted to the person entitled to it .
7 And if it be not the fact , it can not be apparent to the judges …
8 And soon we 're going to get to the point where we 'll be producing strings , each one with consistently the same sound-picture — and if it 's not , then we 'll instantly know what part of the process or what inconsistency in the materials is causing the problem .
9 You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time .
10 You can feel how the child is positioned with your hands and if it 's not well , I turn it round until it 's in the right position .
11 so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep
12 And if it 's not one of the ones you 've remembered you think well it 's probably a C.
13 And if it 's not referenced here it may not be referenced anywhere else .
14 Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues .
15 Bu but basically we are , we are now going for land reform and if the , if th th the momentum from this is coming from the spontaneous actions of the peasants themselves , and if it 's not coming then we 've got ta give them the guidance to move in that direction .
16 After all , I almost dragged you into this , and if it 's not what you hoped for then I 've no right to pin you down . ’
17 the carpet and if it 's not right he can
18 And if it 's not right , then it 's well it 's your fault !
19 We see what it 's like , and if it 's not very good we 'll watch something else .
20 And if it 's not achievable now , when will it be achievable .
21 So you 've got to watch what you take and if it 's not necessary you do n't take it if you 've got any sense but if you 're gon na take everything on the assumption ju just in case , the just in case , just in cases you know , do n't work all these the fail-safes ten times over you 're overloaded , ah but you 're so much unnecessary weight it all comes back unused , untouched .
22 Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing .
23 It 's aerobics , and if it 's not altogether welcome , at least it 's tolerated , by some better than others .
24 Grief will find an expression at some time , and if it is not allowed at the time it occurs , then it will be much more difficult to deal with when it is triggered by an event in later life .
25 If a house is not built soundly in the first place , and if it is not kept in good repair , it will fail when put to the test .
26 But the fact is that , unless the present lack of respect for the universities of the country can be remedied , education as a whole will not be respected ; and if it is not respected , then it will not improve .
27 And if it is not ( and I will argue that it is not ) then to what extent does this tradition of anguished regret for the past hinder our actions in the present and the future ? …
28 It will therefore affect what happens during the interview , and if it is not done well enough it may prevent you reaching the interview stage at all .
29 Anything less or anything other than this is not only untrue but alien and unhelpful , and if it is not dealt with it will inevitably create doubts .
30 T. G. ; and if it is not at once clear who is speaking , there is a genuine question ‘ Who said that ? ’ or ‘ Who is ‘ I ’ ? ’
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