Example sentences of "to be [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two general assumptions which seem to be widely if not universally accepted as self-evident . |
| 2 | ‘ Anyway , I 've obviously got to be here if you 're going to be leading the good life , since I 'm a major component of it . ’ |
| 3 | Thanks for your letter — but it is not a separate flat we let , it is our ( untidy ) home , and in saying ‘ you could have the flat if we are away ’ , I meant that my husband , the owner , is happy for you two ( ie you and your husband ) to be here if for some unlikely reason we are unexpectedly away at that time . |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's not necessary for you to be here if I 'm here , ’ she protested . |
| 5 | But it does seem to be again if we 're going back to Government guidance who are justifying extra policies to be brought forward to this alteration , it is a serious omission this alteration that there is no policy which deals with rural affordable housing . |
| 6 | ‘ I can see you 'd want to be there if Dana was discovered with Garry , ’ she laughed . |
| 7 | only in the sense that driving while drunk is wrong , and would cease to be so if medical obstacles were removed ? |
| 8 | Slalom is meant to be fun ; it fails to be so if we take it all too seriously . |
| 9 | This would still seem to be so if most , though not all , the terms are standard — if , say , there are minor variations from one buyer to another ( e.g. as to the commodity or the quantity bought or the price to be paid ) . |
| 10 | Certainly one can consent to wounds in the course of surgery , at least it is thought to be so if there is a sound benefit , e.g. sex change . |
| 11 | ‘ The county council are taking seriously their request for a speed restriction on a stretch of road which has proven dangerous in the past and will continue to be so if action is not taken . ’ |
| 12 | It may have to be less if we are rushed . |
| 13 | Siliceous crusts , or silcretes , are much more durable , but seem to be mainly if not entirely relict features . |