Example sentences of "if we do not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 If we do not commit ourselves to our world-wide lost neighbours , then we do not care about them .
2 I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways .
3 Response : I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways .
4 Future generations of composers will damn our spinelessness if we do not do something about this proposal , and they will be right .
5 He seems to be saying that we should open ourselves up to this possibility , and that if we do not do so , we may miss something that may ultimately be much more important to us than all that science is able to capture in its net .
6 If we do not do this , we shall not find out very much about the social functions of variation in the community or about the sources and motivations of change , and our results will therefore be superficial .
7 If we do not do that , shall not we see hordes of people sweeping from eastern Europe into western Europe simply looking for jobs ?
8 If we do not do that , we are abdicating responsibility and refusing to fulfil our primary role — to tackle and solve problems of a substantial nature .
9 I fear that , if we do not do that , we will not put the Territorial Army on a proper basis .
10 If we do not care , then we do not love , if we do not love , then we are nothing .
11 If we do not face our anger or frustration at work , we take it home with us and because we feel safer and more secure with those at home , we direct our anger and frustration at them .
12 If we do not face up to our fears , we might project them onto the outside world , perhaps in the form of violent crime , epidemics , disasters or a vengeful God , or ( closer to home ) in the form of a partner , family or friends who ‘ block ’ our growth , and thus protect us from facing our fears .
13 If we do not discover , we do not evolve .
14 Some prefer to feed from the tank bottom , or the midwater level , however , and if we do not cater for these fish they may find all the food gets eaten before any sinks down to them .
15 We are poor guardians if we do not ensure its unalterable right to childhood , to mystery , to dreams , to tenderness and to love ; if we do not realise that by ceasing to provide authority we may also cease to care ; if we do not conscientiously maintain the spiritual foundations without which the young can not build anew ; if we do not teach that there is a third way , neither reactionary nor libertarian , which still waits to be explored .
16 Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here .
17 We can not of course attract and keep customers if we do not produce what they want to buy , if we do not control costs , if we do not hire the right kind of people , or if we fail to motivate them .
18 If we do not send legislation down to the dioceses , it is almost analogous to a judge who fails to include a point of law in a summing up to the jury . ’
19 If we do not care , then we do not love , if we do not love , then we are nothing .
20 Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time .
21 While we are now well aware that too much fat , especially in saturated forms , increases the risk of heart disease and certain cancers , the latest from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) — Diet , nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases — says we run further risks if we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables .
22 ‘ Now I shall tell you something which I wish you to remember , even if we do not meet again soon after this week . ’
23 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
24 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
25 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
26 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
27 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
28 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
29 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
30 Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know .
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