Example sentences of "if [pron] believe [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His mother spoke as if she believed an unnatural weight of learning had fallen on her son 's head and knocked him into madness .
2 I was up in Oregon at the time and got back to find that the tremor had shoved the sewage pipes up a few inches and thrown the water out of the lavatories , a well-known portent of Satan 's arrival , if you believe the infernal guidebooks .
3 but if you believe the proper price
4 We only supply newspapers if we believe a new outlet will expand the market .
5 Choosing this date also allows Balboa and his company a little breathing space : they can spend two full days marching from the unpleasantness in Quareca to the summits of the coastal range — rather more reasonable a period than the few hours that elapse if we believe the earlier date .
6 If one believes the second conjunct , one must invoke an unusual explanation for the sounds emanating from my mouth .
7 Candidates have the right to complain if they believe a governing body 's decision or procedures have been discriminatory and the latter will be answerable before an industrial tribunal .
8 They must draw attention to national needs if they believe the educational system is not adequately meeting them .
9 He spoke without conviction , as if he believed the last phrase was something he was obliged to say rather than genuinely believed .
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