Example sentences of "but if [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if changes had to be made , the only cost effective alternative was an all-purpose authority for Edinburgh and the Lothians . |
| 2 | It argued that the existing two tier local government in Lothian was the best for delivering local services but if changes had to be made , the only effective alternative would be an all-purpose local authority for Edinburgh and the Lothians . |
| 3 | If this has three cables , then A is on a spur fed from B , but if B has two cables then you must check back further ( to socket C ) , to see whether A and B are run as an old two-socket spur from C , or are part of a radial circuit . |
| 4 | But if Nicholas felt he had suffered at the hands of Celtic , then the suffering he experienced in London at the hands of the media was to force him out of the limelight and into a melancholic shell where scoring goals seemed harder than pulling Mother Theresa . |
| 5 | The Copts would object very strongly if Owen were to invade the church ; but if Mahmoud did it they would riot . |
| 6 | But if Charlemagne had a priestly character as a ruler , it lay more in the duty of a priest to teach and preach , than in any function of administering sacraments . |
| 7 | But if Sweden go through this time we will try to arrange extra games . |
| 8 | Runcom has probably made more original contributions to more branches of the subject than any other geophysicist ; but if history judges his work on that basis alone , it will come up with an incomplete assessment . |
| 9 | Oswiu died on 15 February 670 , according to Bede ( HE IV , 5 ) , reckoning a reign of twenty-eight years ( HE 111 , 14 ) from an accession in 642 , but if Oswiu became king in 643 he would have died in 671 ( see Appendix , Fig. 7.3 ) . |
| 10 | Bede 's reckoning from 642 for the accession of Oswiu would suggest to him the year 664 , but if Oswiu did not succeed until 643 the reference to his twenty-second year would point to 665 as the year of the council . |
| 11 | But if objects to do with God could be regarded as so dangerous , how much more God himself ! |
| 12 | But if romanticism suits the Devil because it has a habit of slipping us into unreality-away from the real battle — it has an even more pernicious aspect . |
| 13 | But if Russia falls into anarchy or lurches back into despotism the price that we pay could be frightening . ’ |
| 14 | In the 600cc class which should be the best of the day , Jim Moodie is fastest on 115.90 but if McCallen gets it together he can win this race for the third year in a row . |
| 15 | No , but if Fran walks in , if Fran walks in they 'll just put , they 'll put a toy on and they 'll take it out |
| 16 | But if England lose the second Test , they will need a new captain as well as a new-look team Gooch would surely not survive any longer . |
| 17 | But if England wanted me to switch , I would do so . |
| 18 | ‘ At a time of high inflation , two or three percent flexibility a year is fine , but if inflation goes up to 12 per cent , you 're in trouble and the profit is wiped out . ’ |
| 19 | There is no guarantee on PPs — you could do better , but if inflation went up , or the stock market turned sour , or the people you were buying it from were not very clever , you could do very much worse . |
| 20 | Now inflation 's very low at the moment , but if inflation took off again and got into double figures , then not only would your pensions suffer , but your bills would go up as well . |
| 21 | ‘ We believe the French Texel must be a strong sheep and have size , but if breeders take it too far they may lose the qualities that are fundamental to the breed as a successful crossing sire for the commercial producer , ’ says Mrs Martin . |
| 22 | But if but if Emmy gets the funding nothing to worry about . |
| 23 | ‘ — but if Ross had n't twisted Owen 's arm and made him take the money we would n't have been able to afford even a shoe-box . |
| 24 | ‘ But if members tell us they are in dire straits , without a job , gone bankrupt , and the wife 's run off with the milkman , then we will move heaven and earth to help them . |
| 25 | I 'm not clear what you hope to find , but if Shildon digs up anything to embarrass the MacQuillans I 'm prepared to share the credit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But if Medoc does summon Crom Croich , ’ said another soldier , ‘ he 'll send out the Conablaiche to tear people 's hearts from their bodies , and that 's just as bad as the Erl-King . ’ |
| 27 | But if drink lost him respect , he never lost the admiration of one College porter who said you had only to watch him cross the street to know he was a genius . |
| 28 | But if attempts to produce this concrete research are doomed to neglect or derision or to be defined as ‘ espionage ’ , then what can be achieved ? |
| 29 | But if descriptions deviate too far the products , and certainly the price structure , should be suspect . |
| 30 | But if Lewis wants to wear the WBC crown with pride , he must set himself aside from Riddick Bowe 's yellow-bellied tactics . |