Example sentences of "the [adj] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation is always to deny this rather than confront it , to revert to plans on paper , stick with the safe rather than the exciting even if , at the end of the day with this route , little is achieved . |
| 2 | Yes Mr Chairman I 'm not clear erm about something that Mr Gordon said in his opening remarks that I 'd like clarified and that is that he gave the committee the impression that there were er certain of the of the partners that were accepting erm a lower specification in other words , omitting from the what is the British best if you like , erm certain items of of equipment in order to reduce cost of the aircraft , both in development stage and at the production stage , final cost of the aircraft , unit cost . |
| 3 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 4 | Er , next week will be the last week for selling tickets for the social so if you 'd like to come tickets next week . |
| 5 | Ehrenpreis 's approach , while fruitful in some respects , tends to treat the poor as an object to be observed from the outside even if it is with ‘ rapt interest ’ . |
| 6 | Well there 's you right angle that 's still the hypotenuse which one would be the opposite now if we 're dealing with with this angle ? |
| 7 | The intensity of the potency , determined by the quantity of dose given , is also regulated to the optimum especially if the doses are increased progressively as is suggested e.g. an extra 5ml spoonful each week . |
| 8 | There is general consensus in the research studies that physical punishment does ‘ work ’ in the limited sense that it will suppress many behaviours quickly and completely — the latter only if alternative ( competing ) and desirable behaviours are encouraged with positive reinforcement ( rewards ) . |
| 9 | The tears are n't the same somehow if you 've got to cry alone . |
| 10 | It so happened that two different remedies were sought in this case , but the decision on the issue of standing would have been the same even if the applicant had sought two declarations in different terms . |
| 11 | He speaks quietly , pleasantly , with an even delivery that would sound the same even if he was threatening your life . |
| 12 | the shopping and the cooking and the sa , she made a remark , abo , and I said well it 's always the same even if you go out to work it 's still your job |
| 13 | He would n't leave me , but things would never be the same again if he found out . |
| 14 | And the same perhaps if you 're exposed over a |
| 15 | ‘ It would be difficult to invent a more complicated system for taxing the self-employed even if one set out with that very objective , ’ Mr Lamont said . |
| 16 | But investors should uncork the bubbly only if they have already banked their profits . |
| 17 | The ‘ mature ’ writer not only survives those renunciations , they help constitute his art , an art which will always finally take priority over the plight of the other even if , as was the case with Gide , it also succeeds in mitigating it . |
| 18 | We can both aid the other here if we 've a mind to . |
| 19 | Because labour was cheap , there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne , and , because land was scarce , the lord had the whip-hand also if he wished a cash rent in lieu of labour services . |