Example sentences of "if [pron] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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1 | It will provide if no-one else does . |
2 | I 've got a couple of things I 'd really like to mention if no-one else has got anything . |
3 | If everyone else has got boy or girl friends , so what ? |
4 | That is , the student may improve his or her performance by 100 per cent , but if everyone else improves similarly this grade will be no higher than before . |
5 | That 's an argument that ought to appeal to the Noble Lords opposite if nothing else does ! |
6 | However , with the sticky label approach and the possibly dangerous method of fitting the power supply — the mains hum will affect the picture quality if nothing else happens — the unit slips into the second rank . |
7 | If nothing else happens , we are in the world of monetary base control . |
8 | No wonder we have always eaten as we have , she thought ; if nothing else comes out of my malaise I may at least learn how to cook in the spirit of the times . |
9 | Most things are played with conviction and have neat tunes , and if nothing here changes your life , it 's a decent record for a bastard hot sticky day . |
10 | as if nothing bad happens here . ’ |
11 | Councillors should know beforehand what they are expected to discuss and a councillor may absent himself if nothing really concerns him on the agenda . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | because if someone else says that and then all of a sudden I did n't know this and now I know it . |
14 | This was , in part at least , in pursuit of the idea that ‘ if it 's broadcasting , then the BBC does it ’ ( even if someone else does too ) . |
15 | I really prefer it if someone else does the cutting , because even though I 've worked in newspapers for so long , it 's terribly hard to know how to cut your own stuff . |
16 | I 'll say I 'm from the garage if someone else does , about the service . |
17 | Fashanu himself had thoughts on this : ‘ If you can relate yourself to somebody , it 's a big spur to you , ‘ cause , if someone else has done it , you can always follow him . |
18 | Say replies , that if someone else has got something to say , they 'll sa they 'll |
19 | Even if someone else comes up to us and tips us off about a possible shoplifter we can only act if we see the person steal again , ’ she adds . |
20 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
21 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
22 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
23 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
24 | Goffman ( 1981 : 150 ) cites one type of example : if someone repeatedly tells us to shut the window , we can finally respond by repeating his words in a strident pitch , enacting a satirical version of his utterance ( " say-foring " ) . |
25 | ‘ We are delighted if someone just goes around their office rattling a collecting tin , though obviously the dafter the idea , the more fun the whole thing becomes . ’ |
26 | if someone just says sort of , straight off and asks you especially if you you think , Ooh he 's asking me here maybe they 're not , maybe they are . |
27 | Contact has been destroyed if someone thoughtlessly buts in . |
28 | However , if someone wilfully refuses to pay the charge , it is right that he should have to pay the price for his illegal action . |
29 | If someone really works hard to get something to my attention , it will be heard that much quicker . |
30 | now if someone therefore becomes interested in one of the developments , would they be any doubt buying the houses without having a solicitors assistance ? |