Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er and in any , in any event there are a number of things I tend to miss altogether if I want to er keep to timetable which I and I , I 'm sure you 're , all the , the audience or group or whatever you like to call it that will welcome an extension of the talk . |
| 2 | Nanny and rotten news seem to go together if you ask me . |
| 3 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 4 | The other would allow the smart to inherit the Earth ( plus a legacy from their wealthy parents ) and console us with the exhortation to work harder if we want more , which goes down like a glass of sand in the unemployment deserts . |
| 5 | Thus when direct taxes are increased , they reduce people 's net incomes — the income effect — with the result that people have to work harder if they want to maintain , let alone improve , their standard of living . |
| 6 | ( We only asked them to comment here if it did not meet expectations — either they all had low expectations or the conference was a high standard . ) |
| 7 | She did n't see why people were supposed to work hard if you ground their noses ; it seemed more likely that they 'd work hard if you promised to grind their noses if they did n't . |
| 8 | These teachers are telling us that you 've got to work hard if you want a good job but there 's no jobs there anyway . |
| 9 | Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward if they saw suspicious activity near the garage at any time on Saturday night . |
| 10 | Publicans whose premises backed on the harbour were interviewed and , over local radio , people were being asked to come forward if they had been in the neighbourhood the night before , especially those who had used the car-park . |
| 11 | Peter Clark is appealing for his daughter 's clients , friends and associates to come forward if they have even the smallest amount of information . |
| 12 | Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird , it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will , in all probability , set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's so 's you do n't have to go outside if you wants to go to the toilet , ’ he explained . |
| 14 | There have been dozens , perhaps hundreds of novels , however , written about the great mysteries of crime from the Constance Kent case of the 1860s to the Wallace trial ( The Was-there-a-Mr-Qualtrough case ) of 1931 to the mystery of who killed the Princes in the Tower , a subject to choose only if you think you can beat the redoubtable Josephine Tey at her own game in her classic The Daughter of Time . |
| 15 | They were asked to participate only if they had no history of gastrointestinal diseases or abdominal surgery other than appendectomy , and if they had no symptoms that could be attributed to gastrintestinal motility disorders . |
| 16 | It may help people to drink more if you measure out this amount into a stock of glasses or cups , so that they can see for themselves how much this means . |
| 17 | It would be dangerous to supply too much to South Korea since Rhee could not be trusted to behave responsibly if he possessed powerful forces . |
| 18 | In order that transfer can take place in a manner which allows colleges to progress rapidly if they wish , but at the same time make allowances for those who prefer to proceed more slowly , each college is being consulted on the rate of transfer appropriate for each course offered . |
| 19 | Furthermore , as a result of high levels of unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s ( and possibly also as a result of the capacity of the more affluent to accumulate enough resources to enable them to retire early if they wish ) , the percentage of those in their late fifties and early sixties who regard themselves as permanently retired has increased ( Walker 1980 ; GHS 1986 : 73 ; Johnson 1989 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Everyone ought to go home if they 've got a home to go to . |
| 21 | So it but it was easier for you to go home if you wanted to I suppose . |
| 22 | The first pruning after planting is the important formative prune — the plant can not be expected to grow right if it does not start right . |
| 23 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 24 | Well in er , this policy any time if you want to surrender so if you need er , some of the money , you can get that money or any time . |
| 25 | But those who find these positions unattractive will have to look further if they want to say that there are such things as knowledge or justified belief . |
| 26 | Such a result would leave Mr Smith , sponsored by the general workers , still able to win even if he failed to gain the support of most MPs or constituency parties . |
| 27 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 28 | that means we 'll have to walk there if we go |
| 29 | But it behoved her to tread warily if she did n't wish to find her new-found freedom curtailed and that was the last thing she wanted . |
| 30 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |