Example sentences of "[noun pl] if [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , you need to watch your words if you do not want to risk jeopardising your job . |
| 2 | Motor insurance policy premiums should reduce over several years if you accrue ‘ No claims bonuses ’ — in other words if you do not make any claims for damage , etc . |
| 3 | While we are now well aware that too much fat , especially in saturated forms , increases the risk of heart disease and certain cancers , the latest from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) — Diet , nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases — says we run further risks if we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables . |
| 4 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 5 | The pupils decided that they were the same in that context and were satisfied that there were only three different shapes if they did not allow fences in the middle or squares just touching at the corners . |
| 6 | It would save her poor feet if she did not have to mount the stairs to the attic . |
| 7 | It is possible to use the arrow keys if you do not have a mouse but this is rather slow and tedious . |
| 8 | I would say it 's gone up 100 per cent , where before there was a logical argument to say that it 's negligible , that argument no longer exists ; it is not negligible , it is there , it is upon us now , and it is likely to er lead to considerable er hazard for our civilian population and civilian populations of all NATO countries if we do not address it . |
| 9 | Yek bathing involved immersion up to the neck in water which was maintained at a temperature hot enough to strip the flesh from a man 's bones if he did not acclimatise himself to it gradually , and baths were communal . |
| 10 | They were not , and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them . |
| 11 | In the absence of more detailed evidence we can only speculate whether the more vocationally , or instrumentally , motivated applicants are , the less willing they will be to consider other , alternative courses and institutions if they do not get on to the course they wanted . |
| 12 | The amendment requires the court to give reasons if it does not make a compensation order in circumstances where it has power to do so . |
| 13 | Added to which , the Panel has legal power to apply to the court to require a company to change its accounts if they do not comply with recognised standards . |
| 14 | The City 's planners tend to encourage the restoration of listed buildings to their original states if they do not have to be torn down , he said . |
| 15 | There will be a guarantee of £48,750 from public funds to the initiators of buy-outs if they do not succeed . |
| 16 | She said she had been threatened with hundreds of pickets if she did not reinstate Miss Owen . |
| 17 | It is difficult to see how a sensible start can be made on the discussions if we do not know the outcome of the GATT round . |
| 18 | Does he accept that many of the constituents of his hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich ( Mr. Irvine ) face losing their houses if they do not receive the full pension ? |
| 19 | We are poor guardians if we do not ensure its unalterable right to childhood , to mystery , to dreams , to tenderness and to love ; if we do not realise that by ceasing to provide authority we may also cease to care ; if we do not conscientiously maintain the spiritual foundations without which the young can not build anew ; if we do not teach that there is a third way , neither reactionary nor libertarian , which still waits to be explored . |
| 20 | ‘ We would not be living up to our responsibilities if we did not listen to ordinary party members . ’ |
| 21 | And he now fears other landlords will be put off taking DSS guests if they do not get paid . |
| 22 | You do not have to take any detachments if you do not wish to do so ; it is entirely up to you . |
| 23 | You addressed a visible problem but bear in mind that awful things can happen in the clearest of ponds if you do not use a test kit on a regular basis . |
| 24 | somebody send the ( a copy of ) the pages if he does not have it before his boss comes back ! |
| 25 | We can not of course attract and keep customers if we do not produce what they want to buy , if we do not control costs , if we do not hire the right kind of people , or if we fail to motivate them . |
| 26 | Due to a change in federal accounting standards , Unisys says , it would have been forced to take $700m in one-time charges against earnings if it did not cut the benefits , and that would wipe out one-third of the still debt-burdened company 's net worth . |
| 27 | She should be introduced with an air of pride and affection to your friends and neighbours if she does not know them already , accompanied to all the places locally which will be of special interest to her in the future : the public library , the shopping centre , the best places to go for morning coffee , and any small parks where she might like to walk or sit in the fine weather . |
| 28 | The degree of competition in a market is an imprecise concept , as it depends on those factors which force firms to take account of the possibility that their business will be lost to rivals if they do not satisfy their customers . |
| 29 | Pipe tiny balls of pastry onto the prepared baking sheets , or not more than ½ × 5ml/tsp mounds if you do not have a piping bag . |
| 30 | Low capitalisation tended to be a factor in stifling competition , as firms were not willing to compete on price terms if they did not have the capital backing . |