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 | Bones are counted as complete if they include significant portions of all three segments . |
| 4 | Many LDCs have such governments which can be reasonably stable if they enjoy wide support among the population . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're not going to be at all happy if they see any photographs of us together . ’ |
| 9 | They will be safe if they take three points . |
| 10 | They will be safe if they take three points . |
| 11 | Aid will only be available if they pay larger amounts than those demanded now and which present experience shows they can not afford . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |