Example sentences of "[noun pl] if [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Young people in training or further education may benefit from the provision of accommodation in community homes if they have no permanent home of their own .
2 Why huge job losses if we have a minimum wage ?
3 An innocent tickle in your throat could have more serious repercussions if you sip the wrong syrup .
4 Specialists believe the discovery could eventually allow the use of drugs to correct the fault and reduce the risks for women who by the age of 50 have a 60 per cent chance of developing one of those cancers if they carry the defective gene .
5 The Homunculi are not truly intelligent , and can be taken in by any subterfuge along these lines if they fail an Int test ( which should be modified by the role-play skill of the adventurers ) .
6 ‘ But there is plenty of scope for drawing the crowds if we produce the right brand of football and the results . ’
7 … as you can not reason concerning colours if you have no natural sight — because all the ideas received by your senses are of a different kind … so you can not reason concerning spiritual things if you have no spiritual sight , because all your ideas received by your outward senses are of a different kind …
8 They must draw attention to national needs if they believe the educational system is not adequately meeting them .
9 If not , you may still be able to get some help with the costs if you have a low income .
10 … as you can not reason concerning colours if you have no natural sight — because all the ideas received by your senses are of a different kind … so you can not reason concerning spiritual things if you have no spiritual sight , because all your ideas received by your outward senses are of a different kind …
11 Do not do dressings if you have a cold , cough or any other infection .
12 This relates to questions of public finance and economics , such as : what will happen to interest rates if we increase the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement ?
13 You can be more easily found by your friends if you have a settled place of work .
14 We only supply newspapers if we believe a new outlet will expand the market .
15 The vital role of the parents is to do all they can to ensure that the loss or diminution of love and friendship , will be the worst thing that can happen to their children if they transgress the legal and moral codes that control the society in which they will be living .
16 You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel .
17 You may be able to choose rigid foamed plastic as an alternative finish for the eaves and gables if you want a maintenance-free building ; if you do , discuss it with the manufacturer at the ordering stage .
18 There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one !
19 Summer bedding is usually associated with flowers rather than foliage , but leaves can be as attractive as flowers if you choose the right plants .
20 It can be equally disastrous for them and for others if they make a permanent arrangement on impulse and encourage a relative or friend to give up their own home and move in with them because they are under stress and feel that they may not be able to continue to live alone .
21 A You have every reason to worry about the effects of asbestos , but you will reduce the likelihood of any asbestos dust getting into your tanks if you fit an insulated false ceiling inside the garage roof .
22 You can find out about world events if you read a good newspaper , somebody said to me yesterday in class well we do n't get the news about these places , you do , you just do n't get it on the T V , it 's there in the Guardian every day , it 's there in the Independent every day , quite a lot of it gets reported in the Telegraph , but it 's no good if you 're reading the Mirror , you wo n't get it in there , you wo n't get it in the Mail or any other of those newspapers , the tabloids , but these things are happening , why would we be interested ?
23 Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed .
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