Example sentences of "but if [art] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if a judge errs the other way and fines a rapist a few hundred pounds , or puts on probation a bank robber with previous convictions who clearly ought to go directly to jail , nothing happens . |
| 2 | It would not make any difference if fluid was being poured into the funnel , but if the arrow traced the path of a ball-bearing dropped into the funnel then the baffle plate would speed up the descent of the ball into the tube part of the funnel , In the same way structural changes need to take account of what is to pass through the structure . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 4 | But if the speaker wished the hearer to recover these effects , why did he not simply produce the utterance in [ 33 ] ? |
| 5 | If the lavatory is inaccessible , down a corridor , or dark and cold , the child may be reluctant to use it but if the parent accompanies the child and waits , he or she can gradually learn confidence . |
| 6 | IT IS one of the oldest and most famous hospitals in the world but if the Government follows the recommendations in the Tomlinson report , St Bartholomew 's in London will soon close . |
| 7 | You have to go through a short course at the R A F College Cranwell and then once that that teaches you the R A F side of it makes you into an officer because at the end of the day you maybe there to do public relations but if the spaghetti hits the fan you 're an officer and you 're a combatant and you know you carry a gun around when you 're in a war zone and you know you 're expected to use it and if the senior officer of the unit next to you gets shot and you 're the most senior officer then you take over |
| 8 | ‘ But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people … |
| 9 | Well to be quite clear I 'm prepared to allow debate on that motion if you wish it to be if the majority of you wish there to be a fight , but if the majority wish the er to pass the vote on the amendment I will take that , do you wish to . |
| 10 | But if the past points the way to the future , then a healthy and prosperous adulthood seems more than likely . |
| 11 | Most cases take between a year and 18 months to process , but if the victim disputes the award a case can take another year for a full hearing . |
| 12 | But if the teacher remains the chief articulator of purpose and the planner and executor of method , this leaves him in a fairly exposed position even if lie is surrounded by technical , production and librarianship support . |
| 13 | But if an entrepreneur perceives the possibility of gaining profit by offering to buy at a price attractive to sellers and by offering to sell at a price attractive to buyers , the opportunities he thus offers to the market can in principle be made available by anyone . |
| 14 | Its body colour is exactly that of its food plant , but if an intruder shakes the branch and alarms it , the caterpillar suddenly lifts its head from its meal , exposing a scarlet face . |