Example sentences of "if the [noun] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interference mysteriously stopped and through a clear line Frau Nordern 's voice boomed with all its usual authority , as if the ghost had miraculously become embodied with all the solidity of human flesh . |
| 2 | THREE people in four would prefer to protect areas of natural beauty or historic interest from roads , even if the roads took longer to build or cost more , according to a Gallup poll for The Daily Telegraph . |
| 3 | THREE people in four would prefer to protect areas of natural beauty or historic interest from roads , even if the roads took longer to build or cost more , according to a Daily Telegraph Gallup poll . |
| 4 | If the child has ever had a severe reaction , or suffers from asthma , then the retesting must be done very cautiously . |
| 5 | It is as if the legislature wishes both to compromise the criminalizing effect of conviction and to mitigate the impact of a prosecution facilitated by strict liability ( cf. |
| 6 | Night brightened sharply , as if the moon had just disentangled itself from cloud . |
| 7 | In assessing the impact of stories of premature interment , one must bear in mind that for most of the nineteenth century , medical science , such as it was , was helpless in the face of coma and cardiac arrest ; if the patient had apparently ceased breathing and had no discernable heartbeat , it was assumed that death had come . |
| 8 | If the patient has successfully carried out the task that was agreed he should now be helped to plan what to do before the next session . |
| 9 | She acted surprised , as if the idea had never crossed her mind . |
| 10 | I exclaimed , looking , sounding , and in fact feeling as if the idea had never crossed my mind . |
| 11 | Your alloted space in purgatory is reserved the moment you decide , for whatever reason , that a bottle of excellent but inexpensive champagne ( Safeway £7.49 ) must make way for a grander counterpart like Bollinger ‘ 83 ( Sainsbury 's £20.45 ) or , if the devil has really got to you , Dom Perignon ‘ 82 ( £44.99 at Tesco ) . |
| 12 | He added , though , that there were no guidelines to cover the situation which had manifested itself in Orkney , and even if the council had formally adopted written guidelines , they would not have been appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 13 | It would be no good stroking their Adult , say , if the transaction had largely come from their Child . |
| 14 | The words had been Sandor 's before he died and Rostov wondered if the assassin had ever suspected that he too was scheduled for termination once he completed his assigned task . |
| 15 | The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the powers conferred thereby had not expired . ’ |
| 16 | If the parents feel badly treated , or even worse , humiliated then they will quite likely broadcast their version of events in a way which the school will find difficult to counter . |
| 17 | Allowing schools to become independent of local councils , by applying for Grant-Maintained status if the parents involved so wish . |
| 18 | So the only justification for saying " the postgraduate study " would be if the writer had already named a group of types of study ( so creating the classification ) , and then compared the postgraduate element with an element of undergraduate studies . |
| 19 | If the goods had already perished at the time the contract was made , then section 6 is the appropriate section . |
| 20 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |
| 21 | Before such questions can be properly investigated , it is worth asking if the changes do really amount to a revolution in the economic roles of men and women . |
| 22 | If this happens the scab may bounce about with great speed and energy within the turret and may do as much damage as if the shell had actually penetrated . |
| 23 | It therefore takes longer for the B's priors to converge to correct information on A's type , than it would take if the A's had always set . |
| 24 | When this round of appointments was made the situation would be reviewed to see if the inspectorate needed further strengthening . |
| 25 | An attack to the utmost — offensive a l'outrance — was to be made into Lorraine by the First and Second armies , while the Third and Fifth armies , on their left , would take the offensive north of Metz or , if the Germans did indeed come down through Belgium , strike them in flank . |
| 26 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 27 | ‘ We do n't mind if the girls have just left school , or are still in school , whether they live outside the town or whether they are married , ’ said the committee member . |
| 28 | If the seller is able to sell the goods elsewhere for more than the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will in fact make a profit ( i.e. will be better off than if the buyer had fully paid the seller before going into liquidation ) . |
| 29 | And Goldberg , on his pad : If the fool had ever bothered to read what I have written on the subject in the essay on aura and the hour he would not have flailed about as he does here . |
| 30 | It therefore follows that , if the courts have indeed replaced manslaughter by gross negligence with manslaughter by recklessness , they have narrowed the law slightly . |