Example sentences of "if [pron] be [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she used to sleep in and then a little bit after that she went to live in Liverpool with my grandmother and went to work there so s I I s I was the sort of erm eldest one at home then you know so I felt as if I was more or less responsible for looking after my mam sort of thing . |
| 2 | Even for a woman , if she were sturdily or athletically built . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know if she was there or not . |
| 4 | If you are below or above these measurements , your build tends towards one end or other of the average frame size . |
| 5 | Even if you are more or less an appropriate weight to begin with , you can benefit from exercise to tone the muscles . |
| 6 | ‘ Bubble , she does n't care if you 're here or not . |
| 7 | If there are more or modified synapses , the chemicals and structures of which the synapses are composed must show signs of change , which might be measurable either by biochemical methods ( for instance , an increase in the amount of synaptic membrane protein ) or under a microscope ( for instance a change in the dimensions of particular synapses , or an increase in synaptic numbers ) . |
| 8 | They affect the picture of reality we hold in our minds , and if they are sharply or poorly focussed , reality will be correspondingly clear , blurred or distorted . |
| 9 | So even if they are inadvertently or wilfully slipping down a couple of hundred more calories than they intend in the course of a day , they might still find themselves clocking up a decent weight loss on the scales each week . |
| 10 | Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining . |
| 11 | When the ferret is re-entered he will either kill another rabbit if it is there or , if it is tucked up , he will scrap away at its hindquarters . |
| 12 | you might end up down to once a week if it 's twice or whatever |
| 13 | Okay , so the gradient which shows you how fast they 're going If it 's more or less horizontal , they 're still . |
| 14 | It 's too much , if you ever have too much you can just fold a bit down , if you have a big bandage you can fold either of those edges down first if you 've got too much and then you fold it forward and back , now your pin sticks in , but all the material and out of all the material and it goes in a straight upward direction , again it must go in that direction so that if per chance it comes undone it falls out and drops on the floor , whereas if it was sideways or downwards it would open and stick in your casualty , so that 's why we have it done that way . |