Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone catches a human soul or throws their spear into a human body thereby causing illness to the victim , then this is either plain bad luck or the direct result of some transgression which permits the animal/being to attack . |
| 2 | If someone shines a small torch at one end , the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other . |
| 3 | I ca n't stand it if someone makes a sudden movement I am really nervous all the time . |
| 4 | Therefore , if someone develops a new form of layout for the components in a computer or a new configuration for printed circuit boards , these are unlikely to be granted patents . |
| 5 | He says if someone has a low immunity it could cause muslce paralysis . |
| 6 | Now if you 're if somebody becomes a persistent discounter first of all they 'll they 'll question it back at head office . |
| 7 | ‘ If somebody needs a technical briefing today on switching systems , I 'd have to pass , ’ says Speakes , 51 . |
| 8 | If she bears a female child , this period of impurity is doubled to two weeks , plus sixty-six days , a ruling that makes clear that femaleness per se is a source of uncleanliness . |
| 9 | If she sees a nice dress for her , she 'll buy it . |
| 10 | The accused is therefore not guilty of this offence if she drafts a worthless cheque . |
| 11 | If she wants a particular toy that is n't hers , explain that it belongs to Jamie and she must ask him if she wants to play with it . |
| 12 | If she sprouts a second head or grows fangs — I 'll shoot her . |
| 13 | Benefits affected by admission to hospital For details see leaflet NI9. ( f your elderly parent is admitted to hospital or an old people 's home under the National Health Service , there may be a reduction in , or a withdrawal of , certain State benefits ( but this will not apply if she enters a charitable home or has treatment as a private patient ) . |
| 14 | If she has a dry mouth condition offer her a wet feed with the bit in position to teach her to move it about better . |
| 15 | If she has a religious faith which enables her to believe that death is not the end and that she and her husband will be re-united one day , she should be supported and encouraged in this , as it is something really positive on which she can begin to rebuild the rest of her life . |
| 16 | If she has a male boss who has tantrums that would be more appropriate in a three-year-old , a boss who shouts at and bullies her , in the institutional world of male values , she will lose all respect if she cries . |
| 17 | ‘ But if she has a scarred uterus , with strong contractions and a large baby , the weak point might give way . ’ |
| 18 | But there may not be any tax to pay on it if the pension comes from a former employer of hers , and if she has a National Insurance retirement pension from her own contributions the special ‘ wife 's earned income allowance ’ will be due . |
| 19 | ‘ If she has a large family and some of them are unprovided for , say , for instance , she has unmarried sisters and aunts and nieces , then it is only right , since her husband has married into the family , that he should provide for them , too . ’ |
| 20 | You can be sure that a woman must have big and thick labia if she has a big mouth and thick lips . |
| 21 | It implies that if one achieves a desirable end ( in terms , say , of pain prevented ) but at a greater cost of suffering than was necessary for it , one 's act was right , though not the best , even if one could have achieved that end by a less drastic means . |
| 22 | If one gets a better design , if one gets bobbins and the other does n't get the , they just scrap , you know , scratch one another 's eyes out . |
| 23 | Similarly , others have argued that the matrices make little allowance for risk and in their early application this was true , but , if one undertakes a Porter-type analysis to give a solid foundation to industry attractiveness and competitive strengths and the derivation of the appropriate strategies , that will take into account a risk assessment . |
| 24 | Thus , if one takes a hypothetical case where the price was fixed at 10 francs per kilo , all grapes coming from the 100% crus — like Avize , Cramant , Bouzy , for example — would cost 10 francs per kilo , while grapes coming from the 94%-rated Rilly-la-Montagne would cost 9.40 francs and so forth . |
| 25 | Even if one takes a sceptical view of the applicability of the laws of war to nuclear weapons , it does not follow that the laws of war are irrelevant in the nuclear age . |
| 26 | If one takes a broader view of economies of scale along these lines then one must also take a more differentiated view of the large-scale enterprise . |
| 27 | Hence , if one considers a long-lived tree , say a three-hundred-year-old oak , the innermost heartwood will give a radiocarbon result three hundred years older than the sapwood . |
| 28 | 's result on the grounds that the baryon fraction in HG92 may be bigger if one considers a larger region around the group . |
| 29 | Indeed if one gives a little thought to the matter it becomes distinctly doubtful that one could ever establish anything even vaguely resembling a sheet of charge . |
| 30 | If one performs a single regression ( rather than a probit ) using all values of p t a similar story emerges : |