Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone played the same chess game , it would be stalemate . |
| 2 | Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet . |
| 3 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
| 4 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
| 5 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 6 | To see clearly that the selection of the parameter γ 2 affects the distribution of output around its natural level , we follow Barro 's procedure and first derive what real output in a typical market would be if there were full current information ; that is , if everyone knew the current value of all the shocks affecting the economy . |
| 7 | Payment would be based on a pooled system : if everyone wanted the same coverage costs would be shared . |
| 8 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 9 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
| 10 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
| 11 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 13 | ‘ If I make the other person happy then I feel great . |
| 14 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 15 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 16 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 17 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 18 | I once asked my stage director what would happen if I made an unexpected ritardando . |
| 19 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
| 20 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 21 | If I trace the two lines on a transparent screen between my eye and the lines , the lines in my tracing , as in the original , will be equal in length . |
| 22 | He points out that if I tear a living system apart into its component atoms , I kill it . |
| 23 | If I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly , he suggested that redundancy pay for displaced miners was excessively generous . |
| 24 | It really does n't matter if I 'm a nice guy or not , or if I wrote an awful book . |
| 25 | ‘ If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd suddenly start weeping if I saw a pregnant woman . |
| 27 | If I saw an Indian girl being beaten up , I might just watch or walk away . |
| 28 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 29 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
| 30 | . If I take the same example , waiver of premium , erm , and I 'm relating to knowledge that I will have got through the plan your future document , if I use Andrew again if I may , if I say to you , Andrew , erm , you explained earlier that erm , if you 're off work through ill-health , your employer will actually pay you for six months , and then it stops . |