Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In other words , these things I 've been talking about , map , if I may use that concept again from mathematics , they map to earlier feelings . |
2 | The Government have cut unemployment benefit 11 times since 1979 , making a cumulative ’ saving ’ — if I may use that word — at the expense of the unemployed , of £5 billion to £6 billion over the past decade . |
3 | This is only a reflection of larger areas of the church above , that 's if I may use that phrase , which is happening . |
4 | Is my hon. Friend — if I may use that term — sure that a solution put forward in this House would be accepted in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic ? |
5 | What , what we have actually is two proposals on speed cameras , if I can make that point . |
6 | If , if I can support that Chairman , and what John said also . |
7 | steel stock holder there , there is in fact er , a , a wood saw , there 's also a shed manufacturer and also a clear waste of Thetford also uses that , there are large houses , erm in there and all that traffic has to trundle along through residential areas , again onto er onto public routes , er indeed also in fact Pengate Road is very unattractive looking er settlement , if I can use that expression , so for Weeting my proposals would in fact disguise that by embankment and by tree planting , in fact I think that Weeting would gain considerably and it 's these sort of things which we will press upon your vote to draw their attention not just the |
8 | If I if m I summarize that , I know Harrogate have supported the principle of a new settlement within the Greater York figure , but you had n't anticipated that it would bite on your district , if I can use that word . |
9 | I mean , some and some of the issues are , perhaps not the main issue of the story , but er , are sort of peripheral , if I can use that word , on the , on the edge , like identified weight as a problem , which a lot of middle aged women seem to encounter and get obsessed by it , but actually , the weight thing there , but the central thing is the relationship between the husband and wife , and the weight issue is sort of , I do n't know , tied up with it , but it it was n't the main issue . |
10 | We had some discussion about competition , if I can use that word , between ourselves and and Leeds , but where Selby sits in in North Yorkshire we are in competition with with more than just West Yorkshire . |
11 | I 've got a picture of the way I want us to play , and if I can get that picture in 15 heads we 've got a chance of playing the way we want to . |
12 | Erm well in in the context of what I did say yesterday it 'll come as no great surprise to anyone that like Ryedale we also accept the North Yorkshire County County figures , erm which in short we we find are based on reasonable assumptions and and and an appropriate methodology , compared to some of the more extreme interpretations and projections that have that have been put forward , if I can illustrate that point by reference to er potential building rates , that the highest figure that 's been suggested is the one put forward by Mr Grigson , of Barton Willmore , I 'm talking for the moment about Greater York generally , and I 'll come onto the Selby aspect in a minute . |
13 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |
14 | When I learned one day that an amateur American flyer had set ‘ the world 's record ’ in altitude for a single-engined aircraft , carrying two to a height of more than 18,000 feet , I saw the possibility of a news story if I could beat that record . |
15 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
16 | What if someone could undergo that absorption with a cool … dare I say it ? … scientific rationale . |
17 | You need not feel your hands tied — if you can bring that prince of yours and his armies victorious into Shrewsbury over my body in fair fight , go do it , and I 'll never cavil . |
18 | But if you can do that try and do that . |
19 | if you can wear that top . |
20 | So they said no , erm , erm if you can beat that price we will pay you the difference . |
21 | But if you can raise that profile which I talk about , the of the ethics of of your trade , your profession and become , in effect , a pressure group , a pressure group for the public good , while we may not always agree with you , and indeed we 're going to say that we do n't agree with you and you must n't be afraid of that but we would rather hear from you , you 're the men and women at the sharp end , I hesitate to say ‘ experts ’ because ‘ expert ’ is a , a rather over-used word but we 'd much rather hear from you , at the sharp end , than the part-time politicians who , by the very nature of , of their role , and however well-meaning they may be , they have other priorities . |
22 | I do n't know if you can help that man or not . |
23 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
24 | If you can find that person , yes . |
25 | Then close your eyes and see if you can describe that person in sufficient detail to distinguish him or her from anyone else — it 's harder than you think but you will improve in time . |
26 | in this private in this country does n't mean that you 've got to pay for it , it does mean that you 've got to pay for yourself , but its not like obligatory , so you might as well get the money you can , if you that , at that , at that standard are n't , had n't you really ? , if you can get that money , you 'd be thick not to go for it |
27 | That 's it okay So if you can remember that rule the these these words are ones that a lot of adults get wrong a lot of the time . |
28 | With us , if you can alleviate that pressure in advance then so much the better ’ . |
29 | ‘ It 's questionable if you could change that perception at a national level . |
30 | Yeah cos if you could clarify that point it might or tell the pressure we 're under . |