Example sentences of "if they do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be little point in having these different norms ( which are arbitrary in linguistic terms ) if they did not carry social meaning , distinguishing between one community and another and carrying a sense of community identity for speakers . |
| 2 | For generations prior to this calamity the custodians and promoters of Yahweh — that is , the now canonized Prophets of Israel — had been warning the people that if they did not abandon their syncretistic ways , the wrath of the one true God would descend upon them . |
| 3 | Mr Straw said this involved ‘ veiled threats if they did not cough up and clear promises of honours if they did ’ . |
| 4 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 5 | Police boarded the plane , banned all alcohol and warned the players they would be booted into jail if they did not stop harassing the 150 passengers and crew . |
| 6 | The speaker paused in his speech and warned that if they did not stop they would be removed . |
| 7 | Sociologists who lend their names or their work to a particular social policy are engaging in a political act ; they can not escape by saying that the use of their work to justify a particular social policy ( even if they did not advocate that policy ) is not their concern . |
| 8 | When asked if the police would continue to charge the travellers if they did not move on , he replied : ‘ I presume so . ’ |
| 9 | It may well be that the police did have justification in their reasonable fear that a breach of the peace would ensue if they did not remain where they were , and if they did not issue instructions to the appellants to leave . |
| 10 | Not only did the Dissenters still suffer civil disabilities , but they could still be prosecuted for worshipping outside the Church of England if they did not fulfil certain requirements at law . |
| 11 | The company initially expressed doubts as to their liability to duty but were informed that the revenue were of the opinion that the duties were payable and that they would incur penalties if they did not pay . |
| 12 | If they did not reach the very poorest , they went further down the scale than most model buildings , and provided the sort of accommodation the poor were used to , despite the introduction of a guardian and a gate to keep the transients at bay and the tenants up to scratch . |
| 13 | He told the assembly 's members that if they did not vote down the existing chief minister , a supporter of Mr Sharif 's , and put him in the post instead , the president would dissolve the assembly and they would all lose their jobs . |
| 14 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 15 | After meeting them , Nez Perce headmen including Lawyer and Timothy dispatched a delegation to St Louis in late summer 1831 to answer claims that ‘ the white man 's religion was better than theirs , and that they would all be lost if they did not embrace it ’ ( Catlin ) . |
| 16 | Programmes would wither away if they did not command sufficient local support . |
| 17 | One of the TUC 's two great general secretaries , George Woodcock — the other was Walter Citrine — warned them that they would lose influence if they did not reform themselves . |
| 18 | Only if they did not show their faces , only if they kept their heads low and lived in obscure corners , could they hope to pass at least in physical safety through life . |
| 19 | Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine warned rebels they would be left with a lame duck administration if they did not ratify Maastricht . |
| 20 | At least by the eleventh century every king expected to recruit a part of his army by paying mercenaries , or from knights who received a fee not in land , but in cash ; though he did his best to make his great nobles provide contingents for which he did not have to pay , or ( at least in the twelfth century ) pay him in cash if they did not serve him in person . |
| 21 | I M P A C which was formed to protect the pensioners had threatened an injunction if they did not go to Court . |
| 22 | Some Yakuts split a dog in half and walked between the pieces with a lump of earth in their mouths , saying that if they did not observe the vow they would be split in two and buried in the earth . |
| 23 | If they did not adjust prices immediately then market activity would bring about the changes . |
| 24 | If they did not reply correctly , they either failed to say anything , or answered with ‘ I do n't know ’ ( Wannemacher and Ryan , 1978 ; see also Grieve and Stanley , 1984 ; Kavanaugh , 1976 ; Trehub and Abramovitch , 1978 ) . |
| 25 | However , it is fair to say that much would have been lost to the county if they did not exist . |
| 26 | He remarked that if they did not exist he and many others in his position would have to invent them ! |
| 27 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 28 | He moved forward importantly , pushing past Bernice and Cheryl as if they did not exist . |
| 29 | Gordon Orchard , a 61-year-old former Coldstream guardsman , who admitted abducting the child last summer , had 50 previous convictions , including indecent assault and attempted rape , but was sentenced as if they did not exist . |
| 30 | No two humans ever communicated to the fullest extent if they did not empathize with the mind of the other . |