Example sentences of "if they [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Public health doctors are more likely to influence public health if they collaborate with the million or so people employed in the health service . |
2 | Infants can also be observed to enjoy playing with their faeces , something which adults do if they regress to the anal phase when in a confined cell , in prison or hospital . |
3 | An example of this is the trigram model used in the TANGORA speech recogniser ( Jelinek , 1986 ) which assumed that histories are equivalent if they end in the same two words . |
4 | Well , you know , if , if they come like the bloody clappers there ! |
5 | The curriculum is designed by teachers who unconsciously reflect the view that city life is best , even if they come from the rural areas . |
6 | Research enables people to be aware of different ways of conceiving of the familiar world and , if they act on the new conception , to alter or extend their customary ideas and practices . |
7 | Alternatively , employees who might have sued the transferor employer ( i.e. the government department ) directly on the Directive , because , say , they had been dismissed by the department in the course of a contracting out , are not time-barred , if they act before the 1993 Bill is enacted . |
8 | One way of making it more difficult for the Community Charge Registration Officers to trace people will be if they disappear from the electoral register . |
9 | if , if , if they go into the Common Market rate , EE standard or summat it 's bloody new job we 'd have to be , got ta go to Blackpool this year |
10 | and they , if they go round the wrong way , oh all right you 're out , now we try again , and |
11 | But Guatemalans can enjoy their freedom only if they stick to the unwritten rules . |
12 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
13 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
14 | Therapy teaches clients that feelings can be tolerated and will fade away if they stay in the feared or difficult situation . |
15 | If they stay in the lower divisions they 'll have to eliminate seating in seven years time . |
16 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
17 | with people coming into your house for instruction if they fall over the front door mat |
18 | Then one must consider how these can be achieved , or , if they fall outside the practicable range , what departures are least unacceptable . |
19 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |
20 | Why would we consider men fully paid-up perverts if they showed an unnatural interest in Crimplene blouses , but normal red blooded males if they ignite at the mere mention of silk teddies ? |
21 | Fitness fanatics have been warned that they could seriously injure themselves if they join in the latest health craze without proper preparation . |
22 | The simplest maze is a T-maze in which the individual has to make one directional choice ; by rewarding rats that turn one way rather than the other ( or by giving them an electric shock if they turn in the opposite direction ) , the experimenter can teach them to make a consistent and predictable choice . |
23 | So , we 're in a pretty strong position to make acquisitions if they appear at the right price and they fit our strategic framework . |
24 | If they decide on the former , then they may deny differences between themselves and their child but they must , in the interests of the child , differentiate the child and his or her natural parents from themselves in terms of race , colour and sometimes culture . |
25 | One hopes he will be rather keener to have play in marginal conditions if they arise during the next month . |
26 | Leaks can have very serious consequences in terms of the damage they cause to your home — especially if they occur on the central heating system . |
27 | So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home . |
28 | ‘ But if they play with the same commitment and determination , against Villa at Highbury , I 'll be satisfied . ’ |
29 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
30 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |