Example sentences of "if [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If for a general purpose need , then the board should have at least two independent analogue I/O channels , which means two separate A-to-Ds and D-to-As . |
| 2 | Jack too felt a painful void — ‘ one remembers his old happy days , especially his puppyhood , with an ache ’ , and for Minto it was grief ‘ as if for a human being ’ . |
| 3 | During the active growing season , prepare the rooting area as if for a seedbed and scope out a gentle dip in which the branch will lie comfortably . |
| 4 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 5 | I sat right at the front , my head tilted back as if for a nose-bleed , the stick of my sherbet lolly angled like a thermometer , in a quiet fever of excitement . |
| 6 | Certain formalities have to be observed ; for instance , the lease must be in the form of a deed if for a term of more than three years . |
| 7 | Some of the children had been brought by their parents , as if for a special outing or a treat . |
| 8 | The object , like the subject , has no consonants , and is attained by pushing the lips forward as if for a kiss . |
| 9 | Standing at the door with her knuckles on her hips , she bade me recline on the high wall-bed , as if for a medical inspection . |
| 10 | Pockets were emptied of loose change , parcels scanned as if for a malignant tumour and handbags rifled for evidence of evil intent . |
| 11 | Mrs Danby , who was dressed in sporty tweeds , as if for a shooting party , gave a superior kind of nod . |
| 12 | ‘ I can suppress if for a time . |
| 13 | If the plaintiff has been unable to work at all up to the date of the trial , his loss will be the entire net remuneration which he would have earned ; if for a period he has been able to earn something , but not as much as he would have earned had he not been injured , his loss for that period will be the net difference between what he has earned and what he would otherwise have earned . |
| 14 | Fair-haired , fresh-faced and hazel-eyed , she strode through life as if through a newly ploughed field . |
| 15 | He applied his eye to the hole in the paint and gazed , as if through a telescope already fixed and focused , at the young woman seated on the far side of the lobby . |
| 16 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |
| 17 | Bernice could see , as if through a shimmering mist , the arcade of the terrace . |
| 18 | Singer peered , as if through a fog . |
| 19 | The rotors slashed through the roof of the building , as if through a doll 's house . |
| 20 | Thank God he did n't know what I was sure of , that I felt everything as if through a mattress . |
| 21 | If during a six month funding operation , seven day money suddenly becomes more expensive due to higher money market interest rates , then a loss might be incurred . |
| 22 | ( a ) If during a break you are not allowed to leave your station and may be called on to perform some duties , you are entitled to be paid for that break . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) If during a break you are allowed to leave your station for that period you are not entitled to payment . |
| 24 | If as a captain he was not authoritarian enough , that was just not his style ; given opposition that were not vastly superior he could lead a team well enough , and chalked up two notable series wins against India and Australia . |
| 25 | If as a result of his investigations he finds that committed people display a greater degree of happiness than others then it would be an important piece of empirical information for him to consider . |
| 26 | 8.8 If any sub-clause of this clause 8 is held to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law then it should be deemed to be omitted and if as a result either party becomes liable for loss or damage which would otherwise have been excluded then such liability shall be subject to the remaining sub-clauses of this clause 8 . |
| 27 | Says Morrissey : ‘ If as a child , you live in an environment where your parents do n't get on , it 's quite crippling . |
| 28 | If as a member you wish to participate would you please write to Convocation Office ( address on back page ) , giving permission for your name and address to be released to enquirers . |
| 29 | If as a GP you are in somebody 's home and give a thrombolytic and the patient dies , you will be blamed . |
| 30 | The benefit which the taxpayers in this case received was the placing of their children in surplus places at the college , if as a matter of discretion the college agreed to do so . |