Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They will perhaps understand even better if they pay particular attention to the fine details of every movement . |
2 | The 1944 Act was amended so that free milk was provided to pupils over the age of 7 only if they attended special schools or qualified on medical grounds . |
3 | The treaty provides for the possibility that member states will wish to adopt a single currency later this decade , but they can do so only if they meet strict convergence conditions — conditions for which the British Government have pressed from the outset . |
4 | The rules are inconsistent because , for example , pensioners are automatically exempt from prescription charges but will qualify for help with other charges only if they have low incomes . |
5 | Under the Fund 's ordinary facilities members may purchase additional foreign currencies , but only if they accept increasing restrictions upon their domestic policies . |
6 | Only if we like geriatric killers . |
7 | It was true only if one accepted varying degrees of an absolute . |
8 | it 's only if you do English literature as well but I do n't . |
9 | Erm , cos otherwise it 's er it 's only if you have multiple applications running . |
10 | All experience showed that an attack had some prospect of success only if it had numerical superiority in a ratio of at least 3 : 1 . |
11 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
12 | for art historians , incomplete schemes or dismembered works such as altarpieces have the attraction of needing detective work ; but a critic takes an interest in a reconstruction only if it throws new light on surviving art . |
13 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |
14 | The Article 22 proposal for EEC funding of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers how they can achieve the objectives of development plans is to be welcomed but only if it includes environmental considerations as suggested by several witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee . |
15 | But he can bridge it only if he has broad lines of policy clear in his head ; if , knowing his own mind , he drives his authority down through the departments ; and if he is prepared to understand that the fruits of his efforts may appear long after the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton , gourmand and ground-breaker . |
16 | It is no mystery that a child can feel compelled to judge himself from his father 's viewpoint , although it may seem so if one uses Freudian language and starts puzzling about what it could mean for an instinctive egoist to ‘ introject ’ the image of his father . |
17 | So if we have galloping inflation of twelve , fifteen per cent , the most you would get is ten Happy on that one . |
18 | So if you have young children you might be able to make some garments and take them to the Play Group — if the leader will let you ! |
19 | We recently acquired a darts board and this has proved very popular so if you have spare darts and/or a darts board , carpet bowls or skittles these too will be received with gratitude . |
20 | A tube 's output is governed by its length , so if you need bright illumination ( perhaps for marines , or a deep , planted tank ) you need extra lights , rather than a more powerful tube . |
21 | So if you compare critical illness and death with what happens at the time , and I 've got to ask you this . |
22 | So if you want random dates . |
23 | In fifty years from then began the great wave of late Victorian building , which has so altered the appearance of places like Ambleside , especially if one compares old Church Street or the Market Place in Green 's time , to 1860 , and with what it has become today . |
24 | Order effects strategy involved the effect of the position of each adjective in the list to the impression formed ; ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ , ‘ when the list ended with several good qualities this tended to affect any answer since they remained more prominent in my mind ’ , and ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
25 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
26 | Concern centred on what effect this radioactive sea would have on the health of people in the area , especially if they ate large quantities of fish . |
27 | Avoid stressful situations , especially if they involve other people and really have nothing to do with you . |
28 | You 'll make particularly good progress with any intellectually demanding projects , especially if they involve in-depth study ; and between now and next October , Jupiter suggests you embark on a wonderfully exciting and adventurous long-distance journey . |
29 | The places most at risk for cavities are the biting surfaces of the teeth , especially if they have deep pits and fissures . |
30 | Some patients begin to recover their ability to balance and to use their limbs fully within two to three weeks , whereas others may take months or years to reach their full potential , especially if they have perceptual problems and severe spasticity . |