Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying .
2 Or if you have three works which are performed live in PRS-licensed premises at least twelve times over the course of two years , you can also become a member of the society .
3 If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers .
4 How does one decide whether company directors are functionally more important than their workers , and if they receive five times as much as workers , does this mean they are five times more important ?
5 erm and ask them you know and say , and if they want two years , say well you know I 'm pretty keen on this , now what , you know I necessarily expect you to have me
6 pint they buy , and if they buy five pints
7 the butcher , on the corner of Street , the little tiny grocers where you used to go and fe your mother used to go and fetch her groceries , and if she spent three shillings in the shop she was a good customer .
8 If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find .
9 And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible .
10 I would always be ‘ starting the diet tomorrow ’ and if I ate one thing ‘ out of order ’ , the diet would collapse and I would eat everything in sight until I could hardly move .
11 And if I put six weeks , now this 'll overlap slightly with the present one , that does n't matter the D S S do n't give two hoots from that point of view , and that 'll then run out six weeks , which is about the beginning of September
12 And if I have two weeks time then we get paid er thirty six hour .
13 And if I have one person dearer to me than another , why must that person be singled out for an object of your violence ?
14 and if , and if I do two Beta award weekends
15 If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’
16 They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’
17 And if you change one spreadsheet you have to change everything because it is n't automatically changed throughout .
18 So the craft show , er adults are a pound , there 's easy free parking , children are free and if you want two tickets give us a ring , but make a note Nottingham University , this craft show , Jessie Conference Centre , Nottingham University , Friday and Saturday November the twenty six and twenty seventh from ten A M till six P M.
19 And if you want 70,000 people at a birthday tribute concert for Nelson Mandela , you push the information through to organisations like CND , The World Council of Churches , and you 'll have a full house !
20 It is well acted and well directed by Patrick Dromgoole and if you want three acts of vicious infighting , grisly humour , sadism , transvestism and incest this play contains them all .
21 And if you wanted ten rolls of wallpaper they 'd paper your room for five shillings .
22 What it was was I 'm in charge , no you 're not and if you meet two people give me two people who are both power like
23 Yeah but if we charge twenty P each we 're actually making a profit selling them .
24 But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know .
25 It is only natural that his pace has slowed and perhaps that gazelle-like mind , which was such an influence on the young George Best , may have dulled , but if I had eleven Dave Doyles in my side then we would make the Guinness Book Of Records and cause referees and opponents utter confusion .
26 But if I Saw Three Ships was in there because it was one of the few in six eight time .
27 But if I come one day and Liverpool are from the league , I
28 As Mr. Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds one , he would be miserable ’ .
29 As Mr Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds on , he would be miserable ’ , On a temporary and controlled basis , some excess expenditure can be justifiable — but when excess expenditure increases regularly , the danger signs flash up .
30 But if you deny one story , the rest become true . ’
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