Example sentences of "[conj] if [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if I go to a car boot sale and I see some of that |
| 2 | If the conveyancer for the lessor refuses to delete it , or if you act for a purchase of an existing lease that includes such a provision , you should always explain to your client the nature of the provision , its unusual nature and its disadvantages ( putting off a subsequent prospective buyer or mortgagee , delay and expense in taking up references and obtaining the licence ) . |
| 3 | If you lose your keys , or if someone steals your keys , or if you move into a new home and you do not know who may have spare keys change all the locks immediately . |
| 4 | If the kitchen is nearly or directly below your bedroom , or if you live in a flat , you 'd be well advised to look for a quiet machine . |
| 5 | If you are over 50 years of age , if your skills are not in demand or if you live in an economic blackspot , you may find that your chances of finding a suitable job elsewhere are poor . |
| 6 | In fact , we know that if we get into a confined space with the intention of defying gravity we are running a risk and have decided to tolerate it . |
| 7 | Whilst we realise that if we belong to a national organisation , there will be some additional cost to individual Institutes . |
| 8 | Bear in mind however , that if you opt for a natural wood finish your mistakes will all be seen ! |
| 9 | But what you 've got to be very careful about is that if you go into a roundabout in that position and you get somebody in that position who is also going the same way and there 's a pinch point there , that 's the danger . |
| 10 | However , the other aspect is that if you go to a medical practice you may have four or five doctors to help you out . |
| 11 | But my instructions for the lads have always been that if you go to a job for a lady particularly and then a man comes along and starts to get stroppy , you 'll have to explain to the lady you may have to leave it temporarily and go back . |
| 12 | It has been a matter of debate because there are those in the council who feel that if you put in a contingency provision it will be spent whether it 's needed or not . |
| 13 | Pattie is living proof that if you live with a man , you discover a lot you did n't know when you were just dating him . |
| 14 | The final point to consider is that if you decide on a joint endowment , your girlfriend may decide to cash in her present endowment . |
| 15 | The next method that is used is a method which again is familiar to people on the earth — surveyors use it all the time — and that 's what we call triangulation , and the idea there is that if you look at a distant object against an even more distant background , then the apparent direction will depend on where you 're standing , and if you move from one end to the other of a baseline , then a distant steeple , for example , will appear to move against the hills on the horizon . |
| 16 | I suppose the most recent lesson is that if you merge with a company you do n't have the same opportunities for changing its culture as you do if it 's a take-over . |
| 17 | This means that if you start with a random collection of objects above the hole , and some force shakes and jostles them about at random , after a while the objects above and below the hole will come to be nonrandomly sorted . |
| 18 | People always seem to assume that if you work in a library , you should know all there is to know about books . |
| 19 | So that if you say to a primary teacher ‘ Here 's a new toy , here 's a new idea , why not try it ? ’ then they 've got the opportunity to do so without sort of dramatically changing things . |
| 20 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 21 | I 've accepted that if I open in a play in Lourdes about the life and times of Mother Teresa , the press will write : ‘ Yiddishe Momma in NUN-sense ’ . |
| 22 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 23 | And if they look after a customer like that I mean they ca n't be faulty , can they ? |
| 24 | And if I go to a rugby match , I do n't want to be accused of womanising when I 'm at Cardiff Arms Park cheering and shouting . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And if I live in a factory town , I must speak factory language when I want it . |
| 26 | And if you come from a family that do n't bother and they have n't got the time to show you how to do things , or do things with you , and do n't send you to a nursery school then you start you know just I suppose like what they do is . |
| 27 | It is very important to keep our name and work in the public eye and if you know about a suitable event , but feel you can not cope with it yourself , please contact me for help . |
| 28 | And if you move to a new house , remember that other people may still have keys to the premises — fit new locks , and use them ! |
| 29 | And if you think for a single moment that there 's going to be a repeat of tonight then think again . |
| 30 | She says children can get it from a very tiny age and if you think of a child starting its every day , not even able to move its own limbs freely . |