Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Texas-based Enron said Teesside was among several sites it may consider if it goes ahead with plans to build a new petrochemical plant in Europe . |
| 2 | I was in agony and I 'd like to know what I should do if it happens again . |
| 3 | This draft also has a separate provision relating to the imposition of conditions by the parties to a treaty , which a third party must observe if it wishes to take advantage of the relevant right . |
| 4 | It must change if it wants to get the most out of computer technology , two other speakers said . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know what I 'll do if it 's all gone . ’ |
| 6 | Put him down and I 'll see if it works . |
| 7 | I 'll see if it comes up on the Leeds list . |
| 8 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
| 9 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 10 | It no longer indulges in slanging matches with the American embassy , which had hinted that Kenya 's aid might suffer if it did not tolerate an opposition . |
| 11 | Let's see if it gets back to what they said there . |
| 12 | Oh well it worked with Abingdon , let's , let's see if it works with Witney Mickey , thank you very much . |
| 13 | While an industrial tribunal may err if it misinterprets these guidelines , the Employment Appeal Tribunal has emphasised that , for all the potential complexity , the assessment of compensation is inevitably a rough-and-ready exercise . |
| 14 | ‘ You do realize what this could do if it gets out ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Gorbachev apparently told Landsbergis that negotiations with Lithuania could begin if it suspended its independence declaration , if only for the duration of those negotiations . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what you 'd say if it happened to anybody else . ’ |
| 17 | Finally , I would like to imagine what may happen if it does turn out that mental health can be shown to have a genetic basis . |
| 18 | Different considerations would arise if it did , since it would be contrary to public policy for the court not to recognise as a qualified representative of the head of state of the foreign state the diplomatic representative recognised by Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 19 | After that , Waits retreats into his usual ho humdrum bummed-out bluesywoozy alkie drone mode mood muzak , the sort of mozzery gushy mush your dog would make if it had vocal chords and could handle its drink . |
| 20 | The Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday disputed the interpretation put on Mr Hurd 's words last Wednesday but refused to say what the Government would do if it lost . |
| 21 | Now North Yorkshire County Council er I think in their statement look to erm to existing market towns to provide what little evidence they can up to justify fourteen hundred dwellings , er I think that 's again a simplistic approach because by definition the market now can seal them up wider catchment area , many of them are some distance from York , and the settlements concerned provide a service base for a number of surrounding villages , and therefore the actual specialities and services found within that particular settlement are greater than one would achieve if it did not have a large catchment area . |
| 22 | Goodness knows what we shall do if it needs any alterations , since we have discovered that Ruth is not a needlewoman , and I have far too much to do before we leave . ’ |
| 23 | What could be more sensible than the suggestion that the best way of evaluating a thing for its very own self , and not for its effects or its contribution to the value of larger wholes , is to consider what value it would possess if it existed in complete isolation ? |
| 24 | He told those responsible their hamlet would burn if it happened again . |
| 25 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |
| 26 | Erm the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight er , paragraph fifteen did actually , I think address the provision government sites quite well , or it would have if it had actually been properly implemented in that there was a carrot and stick , there was stick or requirement |
| 27 | They warned that ‘ a major political row ’ would erupt if it emerged that Sir John had met the SDLP and Alliance at short notice — after receiving a letter from an UUP delegation requesting a meeting . |
| 28 | Mm and what would happen if it came to the end of the quarter and you had so much money accumulated to pay on your Co book , for stuff that you 'd got over the quarter , and you just could n't pay it ? |
| 29 | But what would happen if it left me ? |
| 30 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |