Example sentences of "and if [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we going to prepared to start that then , I 'll say we started , I make it , I make it dead on twenty five to now , but if we go by that clock , and if everybody goes by that one it 's probably easier , because that 's between twenty five to , so if we make it about eighteen minutes past . |
| 2 | McFarlane argued that on balance England did not lose from the war , and if one thinks in strict cash terms , the evidence supports him . |
| 3 | Until Hopkin & Williams published its paper in The Analyst ( 1961 , p464 ) , every laboratory had its own preferred prime standardisation substance , and if one moved from one lab to another one would find that the primary standard — say sodium hydrogen phthalate , borax or sodium carbonate — produced a slightly different standard acid from the one the old laboratory used . |
| 4 | If reforms are based on an inadequate analysis of how the existing system actually works , if they ignore the advice of experienced professionals because of an ideology which dismisses them as self-interested , and if they rest on questionable economic and political assumptions , then policy messes , policy fiascos and policy failures are inevitable . ’ |
| 5 | However , males are sexual opportunists and if they come across another male 's female they will try to mate with her . |
| 6 | ‘ In a democracy , that is very dangerous , because at the end of the day ministers are elected to take responsibility and if they fail in that , they are not doing their duty . |
| 7 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 8 | All they need is the planning permission and certainly the landowners will sell them the land , and if we put in stringent rules and regulations then we could control it properly . |
| 9 | The most recent has been from the late 1970s through the 1980s , and if we think of those years as one of only four periods of major structural change in nearly two centuries we can appreciate that we have been living in interesting times . |
| 10 | And if we overate on any one of them then any surplus energy would end up by making us fat . |
| 11 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 12 | The bud ( e ) has been burrowed into by the tortrix moth , and if it opens at all will be badly damaged . |
| 13 | All chemical reactions were in a sense an expression of this principle ; and if it seemed in some case that the weights of the reactants and the products were unequal , then the chemist must have missed something . |
| 14 | For example , if the notion of human rights is a meaningful one ( itself in hot dispute ) , and if it extends to all humans , including the severely and terminally brain-damaged , then how could we logically fail to extend the notion to at least some animals ? |
| 15 | I have given them the danger peak flow value of 100 , and if it falls below this they will come to casualty . |
| 16 | And if it comes to that , how can I be here at all if I have n't been born yet ? |
| 17 | ‘ This piece was n't meant to denigrate feminism , and if it comes across that way , I think I failed . ’ |
| 18 | Generally and for the most part they 'll come up with the same sum at the end of the day and if I go to two different philosophers and say , erm can you tell me about free will ? |
| 19 | And if he stays behind that door ’ — the mounting gale of voices behind him was lifting him as he spoke , he wanted to jump on the factor , grab his hair and swing him against the door like a battering ram — ‘ we will fire the roof ! and smoke him out ! ’ |
| 20 | She always observed every move he made out of the corner of one eye , though , and if he stirred in any way , even just to stretch or yawn , she would immediately react and flex herself to take defensive action . |
| 21 | The Jamaican-born winger is six weeks ahead of schedule and if he comes through this test against a Tranmere side , he will be on target for an appearance in the Premier League match at QPR on November 23 . |
| 22 | But if the defendant lost , he was ordered to pay his outstanding debt by instalments and if he defaulted on any one of them , he had to pay over the rest in one lump . |
| 23 | I , I said the truth is that everybody stop work at twelve and we do our paperwork and and we 're normally finished by two o'clock , and if you come to the factory by twelve o'clock you wo n't find any machines working , and if you come at two o'clock you wo n't find any storeman working so that is the truth . |
| 24 | And if you went to General Accident and looked at their actuarial tables , they might be slightly different to other groups , but in that sense |
| 25 | And with Rentakil , and if you remember at that time , as he rightly said last night the idea of going with Rentakil , was that we thought they were a reputable firm , |
| 26 | And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too . |
| 27 | It 's pitch dark and you have to stand up dead straight and if you wobble at all you get spiked either by the glass on the walls or the nails on the door . |
| 28 | All seats are £5 ( half price for Saturday matinees ) and if you book for three shows you get the fourth one free . |
| 29 | Obviously you will save on heating bills , petrol , and if you book in all-inclusive holiday , on what you would otherwise have spent on food at home . |
| 30 | You pay the deposit immediately in all cases and if you book within 8 weeks of departure , the total cost of your holiday . |