Example sentences of "[subord] if [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're a working band , although if you look at the balance sheets , yes , we 're royalty … ’ |
| 2 | lt would , for example , sound distinctly odd to have a tone-unit boundary between an article and a following noun , or between auxiliary and main verbs if they are adjacent ( though we may on occasions hesitate or pause in such places within a tone-unit ; some people who do a lot of arguing , notably politicians and philosophers , develop the skill of pausing for breath in such intonationally unlikely places because they are less likely to be interrupted than if they pause at the end of a sentence ) . |
| 3 | They could earn far more money in these positions than if they remained inside the universities , be assured of good meals daily and sometimes also have accommodation provided . |
| 4 | First , it might be argued that to adopt a rational basis/rightness approach would create more uncertainty than if we proceeded on the hypothesis that all errors of law are jurisdictional . |
| 5 | In addition , if you become more actively involved in Compact , you are more likely to influence its direction than if you sit on the sidelines . |
| 6 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 7 | His son admittedly would almost certainly be in less danger as a hostage than if he remained in the town . |
| 8 | Much as she loved Nora , she was sufficiently realistic about her cousin to know that whatever was beginning to develop in her niece would be much more likely to come to something if Constance remained with her in Surrey than if she returned to the north . |
| 9 | Cos if I go to the college I might be able to get a flat . |
| 10 | cos if you concentrate on the kerb you tend to drive a bit too close to it |
| 11 | Erm the if if if you turn to the er Selby submission on H one , you 'll find a table at the back of that submission and that 's where that 's the that 's where that the basis of that . |
| 12 | And I 'd I 'd like to turn to the point that erm Professor Lock raised in in terms of the potential clash of interest if if you like between the restraint of of the policy and the er the development proposals as regards Sel Selby district . |
| 13 | Well if if you aim for the microphone , |
| 14 | If if you add on the Greater York requirement of thirty hectares it goes up to about ninety five hectares . |
| 15 | I have a particular interest in South Africa 's erm foreign policy and one of the , from the past , one of the things that South African decision makers have said to me , our dilemma is we do not know what American policy is because if we listen to the Pentagon we get a different voice coming out than if we listen to , let us say , congressional members who are visiting from the committee of foreign affairs . |
| 16 | Because if we continue with the housing stock that we 've got , then families living in high rise flats are never ever gon na have the opportunity to own their own house with a garden so the children can play . |
| 17 | Can I make the point that if you do n't get to the parents of kids kids , before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising the chances of what they 're doing in the SATS because if you get to the parent erm in the beginning of the spring term and say you know , Fred is not doing particularly well because of this the parents are then in a position to do something about it but if you actually tell them once , basically the stable doors closed what can |
| 18 | Hardly National Anthems , because if you think of the Red Flag , which is the Communist Anthem , it 's not National , because it spreads throughout the whole of the world , for those people who are erm , red incline , Communist incline , and if you think of Europe , whatever you think of Europe , there is a European Anthem . |
| 19 | And although these are obviously er at some kind of show because if you look beyond the horses you can see there are marquees and so on in the background . |
| 20 | ‘ The figures mean that someone has been defrauding the company and it was n't Craig Grenfell because if you look at the dates you 'll see that the fiddling went on even when Craig was in prison . ’ |
| 21 | Because if you look at the top of her , you you would n't think |
| 22 | You 'd take in an incapable because if he fell in the roadway , he might get run over . |
| 23 | Oh , but you see that , that , that does n't always apply , because if I go into the library and I take it with me and I sit by er , that gentleman who keeps handing me the paper or that lady you know |
| 24 | Tim 's coming up to move the bath back and all that you see , this old bath and erm , do some pipe work , but until that 's all done , erm , er , until this woman is sorted out , because if I find in the end we 've got to insulate again , then I know how I feel , I mean that tongue and groove going up polystyrene in the lounge and yesterday I think he 's got a new organ |
| 25 | Well , there again , yes , with reservations because if it comes to the fact that if it 's going to save human lives , yes . |
| 26 | Whereas if we go on the back of something else or somebody else as as you were saying on on the back of a wedding er brochure or something like that , in other words , go down down a specialized avenue rather than a general one , you might achieve something better . |
| 27 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 28 | If it extends in the 3' direction then the two molecules will together occupy 6 base pairs ( i.e. each one bound to GTT ) whereas if it extends in the 5'-direction only 4 base pairs will be covered by the two drug molecules ( i.e. drug is bound to CGT ) . |
| 29 | This timing is vital even on the smallest of waves since if you pump at the bottom of a wave you will not go any faster . |
| 30 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |