Example sentences of "if he [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a danger that a freelance programmer will try to hold his client to ransom if he later realizes that the value of the software he has produced is out of all proportion to the payment he received for writing it . |
| 2 | If he wisely orders his men to occupy a certain hill it does not follow that they had reason to occupy that hill even before they were ordered to do so . |
| 3 | If he reasonably does not discover his right until a short time before the last days of the three months have elapsed , then obviously it would probably not be reasonably practicable to give notice in time . |
| 4 | By section 12 , the senior police officer is empowered to impose conditions on the proposed march if he reasonably believes that it may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or alternatively that the purpose of persons organising the march is to intimidate others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |
| 5 | Females tend to disperse themselves among the males but in cases where a male has an especially good territory a female may opt to breed with him even if he already has a mate , rather than go for one without . |
| 6 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 7 | Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 9 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 10 | Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 11 | And if he willingly takes on his share of household and parental duties , he may still have to contend with the scorn expressed by some old-fashioned ‘ macho ’ types who would not dream of being seen to do what they continue to think of as ‘ women 's work ’ . |
| 12 | If he also asks for a large deposit , the alarm bells should be ringing . |
| 13 | Additionally , an aggressive horse has the courage and determination to be a top performance horse , if he also has the physical capabilities and the motivation . |
| 14 | It is beginning to look as if he also carries within him a seed of self-destruction . |
| 15 | If he just phones them up tonight he can get a ticket . |
| 16 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
| 17 | What if he just walks along the lane ? ’ |
| 18 | If he just wants that he can have it . |
| 19 | Recognising guilt bigger than Laverne , I ask him if he just wants to go back now . |
| 20 | But Aoun seems sure that , if he just hangs on regardless , some other miracle will in due course come to the rescue . |
| 21 | He has been on the losing side in Cup semi-finals on five occasions , and if he finally makes it to Wembley this year he may look back on this bitter struggle as the crucial victory along the way . |
| 22 | You will find he will go to immense trouble to avoid Night Goblin units if he even thinks they might contain Fanatics . |
| 23 | One can not be surprised when , quite apart from reservations in the social worker himself about handling sexual matters , the worker has a strong sense that , if he even tries , his particular behind may mark the end of a long chain of kicks ! |
| 24 | Whilst the policy of this requirement — classifying attacks on persons engaged in law enforcement as especially serious — is perfectly understandable , one result of the wording of section 18 of the 1861 Act is that D can be convicted of this offence ( with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment ) if he simply pushes a police-officer in order to prevent an arrest , and the officer loses balance , falls awkwardly , and suffers serious injury . |
| 25 | The accused will after Allen be guilty if he simply vanishes with no intent to repay . |
| 26 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 27 | The lover of power is attracted to the viewpoint of the strongest , the one who can , even if he graciously refrains , force others to act against their wills ; he may himself achieve power , or fantasize it , or in consciousness of impotence prefer to look down on himself through the eyes of real or imaginary conquerors . |
| 28 | But if he sometimes tends to distinguish active from contemplative life in terms of life-style , he is also aware of the strenuousness of contemplative life and stresses that solitude alone will not yield the fruits of contemplative life . |
| 29 | If the Secretary of State is able to give an honest answer at the Dispatch Box , will he tell us that if he genuinely surveys the objections and sees that the vast majority of the people of Ayrshire object to opting out , he will give democratic and fair-minded consideration to the consultative process and , at best , abandon the idea of opting out or at least postpone it for the foreseeable future ? |
| 30 | So he is doing well if he genuinely feels no lusting after earthly things but such a burning love of God that it is the only thing he wants to talk about , the only activity he wishes to pursue ; and if anything which furthers it , however apparently difficult , is easily done , and any hardship suffered gladly with genuinely indestructible inner joy . |