Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] if [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result .
2 Edmund Barham 's wooden acting as Carlos would have mattered less if he had been vocally more alluring and if his stilted phrasing had taken a hint from Mark Elder 's conducting .
3 Like so many other worthwhile benefits , it seems destined to wither away year by year , even though the benefit that it replaced , the widow 's allowance , would have been uprated annually if it had continued .
4 You may feel ready to embark on more strenuous exercise ; but do talk to your doctor before you get carried away if you have a history of heart trouble or high blood pressure , or any other health problems such as bronchitis or emphysema .
5 Perhaps she would have come sooner if she had .
6 The Don admitted that we would have won more if we 'd had Harvey in earlier so perhaps that 's the most telling point of all .
7 For most of the century they earned from 10 to 12s a week ( 50-60p ) , and could , it was often argued , have earned more if they had chosen to work more hours .
8 ‘ I 'd never have come here if I 'd known … ’
9 Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops .
10 They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings .
11 It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated .
12 I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said .
13 In the first place , it will be transferred only if it has been given previously to a candidate of higher preference now elected with a surplus or eliminated .
14 It could have been turned away if we had n't been told .
15 On divorce a married woman may now apply for a property transfer order , and this can be made even if she has made no direct financial contribution to the purchase or improvement of the matrimonial home .
16 What , no I do n't think so , the E E C should of be , should of said well if it has to be moved if it 's
17 It is made easier if we have lots of messengers .
18 But 90 per cent of them could be prevented actually if we had better working and environmental conditions or were n't so stressed and needed to smoke and drink to kill the pain of daily life .
19 ‘ You would n't have thought so if you 'd heard him shouting after me as I ran away , ’ Sarah said .
20 ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby .
21 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
22 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
23 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
24 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
25 ‘ The patients may have died even if they had been admitted . ’
26 You say that I need to discuss copy when I 've got there if you 've got copy if they 've had full colour before then they will have bromides and separations and things like
27 The sun would have shone brighter if yourself had been there .
28 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
29 Some of us have to work for our living , I 'd never have got anywhere if I 'd moved at your pace ! ’
30 Personally I could n't have cared less if we had n't caught a single rabbit .
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