Example sentences of "if [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As C. S. Lewis warned in his book A Grief Observed , ‘ Your bid will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it . |
| 2 | as if nothing less would do , |
| 3 | There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support , if nothing more . |
| 4 | Erm I think it it is beneficial mainly in the sense that erm if nothing more than running round the vehicle to make sure there are no marks and bangs and scratches on it which you 're going to inherit from the the previous run that it had er with a different driver perhaps . |
| 5 | What cruel irony it will be if my own uncompromising and innovatory integrity should lead me into the mantraps set by the sort of people who scarcely know one end of a pen from another . |
| 6 | But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them . |
| 7 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 8 | And that even if my own son ca n't read , speak French or identify Mozart concertos , he can nearly walk and he 's brilliant at heading a ball . |
| 9 | Given that it is only half an hour from the coast and has charming country to both west and east , Cambo is a place to think perhaps of staying in , even if my own instincts would lead me to prefer one of the Basque villages . |
| 10 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
| 11 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |
| 12 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 13 | To some extent this reflects the power relationship in the scene , because both participants still act as if their former tutor/student relationship still exists , but it also indicates Anderson 's greater interest in what Hollar may have to tell him . |
| 14 | It looks as if their all coming back , their all coming from the shops where their usually their going . |
| 15 | The critical decision for the banks will come if their own adviser sticks to his view of the costs . |
| 16 | Voters who read a stridently left- or right-wing paper are at least exercising some choice , even if their own partisanship is different from that of their paper . |
| 17 | She found it unsurprising that her lodgers , with the exception of Mr Landor , assumed she was Italian , especially if their own command of the Italian language was weak . |
| 18 | In July 1922 , the Company enquired whether either of the other two companies had any covered top cars to spare , which they could borrow , to see if their own cars could be fitted with top covers . |
| 19 | In France or Germany , they say , teachers would be amazed if their own great writers were not compulsory reading for all students . |
| 20 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 21 | The strongest disapproval often comes from those who scream about liberties if their own particular indulgences — for assault rifles , say — are attacked . |
| 22 | Children are seen as needing long-term substitute families if their own parents can not meet all their needs ; if for example , there is no consistent or affectionate relationship with the parent , or if contact is only sporadic . |
| 23 | The entire team will have the incentive to be diligent , including being diligent in monitoring each other , but individual managers will have this incentive only if their own contribution is identifiable , and in the nature of things this will probably not be possible . |
| 24 | If their own heart is breaking it should not be allowed to show . |
| 25 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
| 26 | For if their own equilibrium price rises by 10 per cent and the average of all other prices rises by 10 per cent too , then they will not increase output because they know that there has been no increase in the relative price of the good on their island . |
| 27 | If their own price rises by 10 per cent and they know that on average other prices have risen by 5 per cent then they will increase their output . |
| 28 | Given 20 numbers to use , subjects may have assumed that the quantity the experimenter was interested in must vary in some way , if their own feelings did not , they may simply have based their responses on aspects of the environment which did vary , e.g. their speed , proximity to other vehicles etc . |
| 29 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |
| 30 | Designated accessible polling stations , er will themselves have to cover fifty percent or so of a constituency initially and people will be allowed to have access to a designated station if their own station is one that has not qualified at that time , although the aim will be a hundred percent designated er polling stations with full access . |