Example sentences of "[adv] if he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps if he followed one path , he would find a place where they came together ?
2 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 .
3 Not if he has any sense . ’
4 I 'm gon na , I 'm gon na get Scott tonight if he makes any comments and this fist is gon na go strop straight where it hurts .
5 It would be dangerous to supply too much to South Korea since Rhee could not be trusted to behave responsibly if he possessed powerful forces .
6 We must try and get some really good ones though if he brings that machine in .
7 The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’
8 a man of trained hand , eye , and brain ; disciplined and good mannered ; of sound muscle and fully developed lungs ; with a general knowledge of common tools and simple machines ; able to read a plan and make a drawing to scale ; ready to undertake any kind of unspecialised work , ; and competent , even if he does unskilled work , to do it ‘ with his head ’ .
9 The hunter is thus motivated primarily by self-interest and pragmatism — the fear of possible retribution — even if he expresses these motives in religious and moral terms .
10 So Mr MacGregor 's hard work may yet come to grief , even if he sorts that problem out there 's another obstacle to privatization running smoothly , many on the railways think the private sector will need a generous subsidy before they 'd be interested , if their not attracted the state will have to spend more to make the new structure work , a lot more .
11 And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ?
12 Even if he has fewer votes than his competitors jointly , he is still the winner by virtue of having more votes than any one of them .
13 ‘ What 's your church like ? ’ 'Is n't the Bible heavy-duty reading ? ’ 'How can Jesus be alive today if he died 2,000 years ago ? ’ etc , etc .
14 Gary Stevens will find out today if he requires another operation on the foot in which he cracked a bone during the summer .
15 But that could mean that he never sings again if he loses this case .
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