Example sentences of "[adj] if they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I VISITED the top secret Battle of the Atlantic command centre in Rumford Street and was very impressed , but I feel it would be even more interesting if they had dummy figures dressed in naval and wrens ' uniforms and placed in their respective positions . |
| 2 | The back bends could be more versatile if they had flatter carvers , with more radius in the stem . |
| 3 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 4 | This may not matter too much if they have professional advisers on whom they could rely . |
| 5 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 6 | Bones are counted as complete if they include significant portions of all three segments . |
| 7 | Many LDCs have such governments which can be reasonably stable if they enjoy wide support among the population . |
| 8 | So with regard to these beings , the Chewong know that they are vulnerable to attack , but that if they take proper care in their day-to-day behaviour and avoid places where potentially harmful beings are known to live and set their traps , they have a fairly good chance of being healthy and fit . |
| 9 | In rural areas UNIP was alleged to have exploited traditional structures and beliefs ; headmen were said to have threatened to expel villagers who supported the MMD , and ritual leaders apparently told villagers in some areas that they would become sick if they attended MMD rallies . |
| 10 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |
| 11 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 12 | It would be better if they had full barriers , not this system , ’ added Mrs Davis . |
| 13 | ‘ Because when people get married , ’ Ellie tried explaining , ‘ it 's better if they love each other . ’ |
| 14 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're not going to be at all happy if they see any photographs of us together . ’ |
| 16 | They will be safe if they take three points . |
| 17 | They will be safe if they take three points . |
| 18 | Aid will only be available if they pay larger amounts than those demanded now and which present experience shows they can not afford . |
| 19 | They feared that if there was another depression the unions would be left defenceless if they abandoned traditional practices which preserved jobs in the short term . |
| 20 | Even liberals believed that the colonies would remain loyal if they received economic benefits and shared in the ideals of liberty , equality and fraternity , which France provided through her ‘ civilising mission ’ . |
| 21 | Just as conjectures will be considered bold or otherwise by reference to the relevant background knowledge , so predictions will be judged novel if they involve some phenomenon that does not figure in , or is perhaps explicitly ruled out by , the background knowledge of the time . |