Example sentences of "if we take [det] " in BNC.

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1 If we take that ideal seriously there seems no good reason why it should be excluded from an important area of our lives , our relations within and to the workplace .
2 However , even if we take that summarising phrase as one possible expression of the topic of speaker R 's lengthy contribution , we have surely not adequately characterised what this speaker was talking about .
3 Well you know , if we take that scripture seriously ,
4 Right , so the difference between these two , right so let's say that 's A add B and that 's A minus B and if we take that one away from this one we get two .
5 You 'll have a chance to come back on whether we have got the wrong impression on that , I mean I recall Mr Heselton 's quite clearly , but let me pursue that at a stage further if if we take that as our impression of what you have said collectively , and you are asked to make provision for nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , again collectively in the Greater York area , and I 'm addressing this question to the districts , what provision would you make in your districts of your district figure in the Greater York area ?
6 Indeed , if we take that conversation , as it unfolds , as constantly changing and renewing its own context , then the relationship just described must be constantly changing as well .
7 Yet if we take all elections held under the Triennial Act in the twenty year period from 1695 , including by-elections , we find that only nineteen constituencies avoided a contest altogether .
8 If we take such a " bat-detector " out to a clearing where a bat is feeding , we shall hear when each bat pulse is emitted , although we can not hear what the pulses really " sound " like .
9 The assumption that there is a necessary connection between democracy and freedom is surely correct , even if we take some of the narrower definitions of democracy .
10 If we take some diesel down when we go ,
11 We are only just beginning to recognize that if we take this attitude , we are denying to arts and letters , and to the criticism of them , any bearing at all on public life — including , for instance , public education .
12 If we take this into account , the total length of DNA to be specified is at most 10 8 base pairs .
13 If we take this point of view , it seems that we will gain a better understanding of the history of what is usually called standard English , because we will be able to separate out those issues that primarily involve the development of standard ( prescriptive or codified ) norms from those that do not .
14 Yet , if we take this together with the fact that many other forms characteristic of modern English spread in these centuries from the East Midlands and the North , we can advance the hypothesis that this change was in progress in the East Midlands around 1300 , and look for further evidence to support or refute this .
15 If we take this quotation at face value , it is very difficult to see what possible set of physical circumstances could serve to falsify it .
16 I mean , if we take this as a game , as you rightly describe it , he only takes these people from th in the first place , to have hostages that he can use as bargaining chips later .
17 So it looks as if er nature has kind of erm struck a bargain in this respect , that each parent can contribute exactly half , but I think it 's , we 're only just beginning to find out about what happens then and my guess is about internal conflict between genes because I strongly suspect that there must be a lot of that going on because , as I think you 've rightly seen , if we take this view of evolution as selecting for individual genes , then we would expect conflict even within the gender .
18 Or if we take this whole lot up to Malcolm , say that you know these are six quid across the board you know ?
19 Everyone will be avoiding us like the plague if we take this there with us !
20 If we take any ordinary ( or " real " ) number and multiply it by itself , the result is a positive number .
21 Thus , if we take any volume of any gas at 0°C and reduce its temperature by 273°C at constant pressure , the final volume will be zero .
22 That 's if we take any notice of them eh ?
23 That 's if we take any notice of them
24 If we take these characteristics of perception into an organizational setting , then the verbal and non-verbal signals still provide data for interpersonal relationships .
25 If we take these views literally we arrive at the notion of style as an optional additive , and there is an obvious problem : how can we judge when the factor of style is absent ?
26 Well obviously if , if we take these away there might be questions .
27 Which is that if we take these cards , instead of dropping in one at here there and everywhere and I doubt if anyone will take much notice of one , maybe I 'm a bit personally interested in , if I say could we all drop them in at Prestos in Rougier Street ?
28 If we take these as emblematic of the human condition , the morals drawn at the end of these tales look conspicuously , even deliberately , inadequate .
29 For example , if we take those words there , I I hope that most of you can work out that that says , the cat , right , some of you can be difficult and say that you ca n't but I should think that most of you can .
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