Example sentences of "that if [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure they thought that if they just gave us a token punishment , then the whole thing would all be forgotten . |
| 2 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 3 | It appears that they can delay their body clock with ease but they can not advance it , so that if they ever go to bed late then they are stuck with a body clock ( and bed-time ) that tends to become ever more delayed . |
| 4 | And the point is that if they then change |
| 5 | That means that if they only take the score card then you 're in there fairly quickly do the advertising sales and come out and on to another site . |
| 6 | He demonstrated programs that drew brilliant-coloured three-dimensional designs , until those watching felt that if they too bought one they would have the same magical powers . |
| 7 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 8 | They were the sort of things too which the parent generation owned , those old people that Adam , until Rufus laughed at him , had inadvertently called the grown-ups : sheets and blankets and knives and forks and pots and pans and more complicated appurtenances of living that if one ever thought about at all one supposed one would have to get together for oneself eventually . |
| 9 | Erm , it 's quite clear from the district auditor 's letter that he thinks that we 're not being systematic enough , about what we do about environmental improvements , and it seems fairly clear to me to , that if we just push the to the service committees , erm , nothing will ever happen , except possibly on planning , and that erm , it will just sort of quietly disappear because it 's not the top priority of any of the other service committees . |
| 10 | there are times when we think that if we really had faith , if we really believed , if we were true Christians then we would have this peace and serenity about us . |
| 11 | We know that if we really step out of line , then the police or the armed forces may step in with their right to use legitimate violence to force our conformity . |
| 12 | erm the I mean we have a pentadactyl limb , whether we climb or run or fly or swim , you can recognise an obvious deep anatomical resemblance between the limbs of organisms behaving as differently as that , and therefore that if we really want to understand evolution we have to understand these erm , I do n't know whether one wants to call them plans or archetypes , or structures , call them what you will . |
| 13 | He thought that if we really tried , we would be rewarded . |
| 14 | Anyone who wants to change anything will have to somehow change it without altering the figures because they 're settled and we know that if we ever go back to No. 10 or the Cabinet we 'll always get the backing of the Prime Minister and the appellant will always be overturned . ’ |
| 15 | Vigno , who had served with the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , intimated that if we ever got to Corsica we would be expected to do it in under forty minutes . |
| 16 | In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race . |
| 17 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 18 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman welcomes the project , but he must face the harsh reality that if we ever had a Labour Government there would be no money available to pursue this project , let alone order any more type 43 frigates . |
| 19 | I think that if we ever tried that , it would ruin our band . |
| 20 | But it leaves us admitting that if we ever want to say that such a statement is determinately true , we must admit that there are facts in virtue of which it is true but which lie beyond the possibility of verification . |
| 21 | On the question of registration of electors , clearly it is very important that if we now have less than nine weeks from this evening for those possibly four hundred thousand people to seek registration then the it is essential that the minister and the department er engage in a serious advertising campaign to ensure that people can exercise the rights that are due to them and I would like the minister perhaps in his later remarks , to expand on what , if any , measure the government intends to take to publicise the fact of E C voting rights to those four hundred thousand or so er European citizens of voting age resident in this country . |
| 22 | We all know intuitively that if someone firmly believes they are inadequate and worthless , that the world is a rotten place and that life is full of suffering , then they will not have a joyous , exuberant and loving life . |
| 23 | Say replies , that if someone else has got something to say , they 'll sa they 'll |
| 24 | The point is that if you just ring America , you might as well be from outer Albania for all they care . |
| 25 | if you like so it pinches the two positive charges off the hydrogen cos in these equations the charges must must balance as well so that if you just cross the double positive out you need to you ca n't write it in but you need to remember that it wants to become a double positive given |
| 26 | The Mani Pulite — clean hands — investigation in Italy that has now snared Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA ( see page seven ) has won universal admiration for its thoroughness and determination not to pull punches ; our only concern is that if you simply put the two words Mani and Pulite together , the thing does n't sound nearly so squeaky clean … |
| 27 | The corollary of this is that if you absolutely love certain items like cake or chips , do not ban them from your life for ever , not even for a week . |
| 28 | The reference to ‘ ancient and approved custom ’ might have tempted ingenious demur by the bishops , but Edward left them in no doubt where their best interest lay : ‘ know for certain that if you so act , we shall forcefully seize your baronies . ’ |
| 29 | While the first point is of little real consequence except to the typographer the second means that if you only have 10 point and 12 point but want 14 point you are going to have a real problem ! |
| 30 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |