Example sentences of "[prep] if [art] " in BNC.

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1 While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared .
2 The idea was to try to bring back the spirit of entrepreneurship that I thought people in these neighbourhoods would be inclined towards if the right environment were established . ’
3 If the War Altar is destroyed of if the Theogonist leaves it he is dealt no magic cards , and will not be able to cast spells .
4 There is then a pause , followed by one of the following messages : — and possibly one of if the H strip message has appeared .
5 ‘ What about if the company no longer exists ? ’
6 You 're thinking about if the ball is coming to you you 're watching the ball .
7 Now how about if the cat if your cat had strayed how would you spell that ?
8 So if you have a look at those and play with them for next time erm and make sure that you learn those two rules about if the signs are the same
9 Erm number one asking for the completion had been worthwhile , very good there , reminded er John why , yeah that was excellent , thought you handled the objection well , you know , about if the person walked through , that was good , everything else was tick tick tick erm sound pretty enthusiastic there , that little extra note , excellent voice , quite enthusiasm again controlled but not appear too pushy , it was very controlled
10 Yeah well what about if the fire was down that end ?
11 Yeah well what about if the fire 's between the box room and this exit ?
12 Sure enough Jay at ten past three in the morning flits down the stairs of the crumbling house in her pomegranate kimono , mad woman in search of photo , as if a photo could help her understand .
13 The movements were strongly influenced by the stylised Bugako players and were appropriate to each scene , but oddly enough the whole appeared too static , as if a series of japanese prints was being paraded before the audience .
14 No doubt age-old instincts tell them that altitude gives a measure of protection , but often the fact that a site commands good views seems a positive recommendation , as if a distant prospect of fields or farmyard is in itself an aid to production .
15 I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head .
16 In their futile endeavour Joseph Chamberlain and his contemporaries were only re-enacting in modern dress the plot of the mideighteenth-century drama , by proceeding as if a common will and desire to be subordinate existed when it did not .
17 as if a finger were put on the naked soul !
18 The non-aggressive angel-like pose , is of course extremely seductive , which makes the threat of force oblique , only implied , as if a beautiful face was being laid over the ugly face of violent coercion .
19 as if a mother did n't know where her own daughter was !
20 Suddenly there was a gap , as if a favourite comfortable armchair had been removed from its cosy place by the fire .
21 as if a steady stream of uncut , top-notch , straightforward soul is what Prince should be striving for !
22 But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm .
23 But I always wonder , as if a film had been taken from my eyes and I saw new worlds . ’
24 One may compare such a public certification of the title with the stamp on a coin , which attests the genuineness of the metal , whereas the system of private investigation of title is as if a man was obliged to employ an expert analyst to test the genuineness of the coins which might be tendered to him .
25 It was as if a great load fell from his shoulders .
26 So on this occasion when the priest set forth this ancient cry , it was as if a sleeping volcano erupted .
27 I felt as if a huge gap had appeared in my existence , because one who had always been there was there no longer , and I should never see him again .
28 He turned back , as if a thought had just struck him .
29 Critics seem to view this as a cowardice , as if a boxer should want his brains pulped .
30 The civil and foreign services treat the whole thing as if a gong is just another perk of the job .
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