Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
| 2 | Well if we get them into threes |
| 3 | Cos I thought if we round it off both ways |
| 4 | If we put them in little bags I think there 's some more in the grass outside . |
| 5 | We oldies can find digging soothing and satisfying , even enjoyable — particularly if we take it in small doses and choose good weather and soil conditions . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , species are real things , with real discontinuities between them — at least if we confine ourselves to sexual organisms living in the same place at the same time . |
| 7 | Most horses can be highly motivated to do what we want if we reward them with some favourite food . |
| 8 | When challenged as to why the ‘ pasty-faced ’ directors were not more representative of the public , Sir Nicholas replied : ‘ If we meet someone outside Scottish and English nationality who meets our requirements they would be welcomed . |
| 9 | We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘ |
| 10 | How much are we going to get now if we share one between four people ? |
| 11 | In ordinary politics , however , we must treat integrity as an independent ideal if we accept it at all , because it can conflict with these other ideals . |
| 12 | But , that just means the levels of insurance , as a risk , ah , you know , and we 've just put a rate in to , to represent the , the levels of insurance because we charge you more if we insure you for more then . |
| 13 | This does not mean that we can not be friends with an unbeliever — obviously , we can not reach people for Christ if we insulate ourselves from non-Christian company . |
| 14 | ‘ It has the range if we fit it with FAST packs , ’ the Air Force general told Morton Stannard at the Pentagon . |
| 15 | Is it certain that if we divide it in alternative ways , and attach a value to the parts in each case , the sum will always be the same ? |
| 16 | Well I think that 's a good idea if we have something with that nature . |
| 17 | But certainly , if we have something like fifty applications , then we 'd be into a much more complex procedure . |
| 18 | ‘ If we have plenty of top Aussies playing , we should get a few thousand London-based Australians coming to the games and the chances are they 'll bring an English mate , ’ he said . |
| 19 | We wanted to avoid all the delays that creep in if we hack them by hi-speed Busby post to Dover , put them on board a ponderous Sealink ferry and eventually consign them to the decidedly risky hands of some unknown foreign postman in the forlorn hope that they-might , with luck and a following wind , reach the Antipodes before the turn of the century . |
| 20 | We do n't see as much of you as we 'd like to ( if we see you at all ) . |
| 21 | Will some of these carrots grow larger if we leave them till next week ? |
| 22 | let them , let , do you think , let them , let , cos if we leave it to International Secretaire they may still not do it . |
| 23 | Still if we move them on fifty five quid I reckon nice set that 'll tempt somebody . |
| 24 | A pink milk pudding or blancmange is simple in the sense that , if we slice it in two , the two portions will have the same internal constitution : a blancmange is homogeneous . |
| 25 | Right so if we pay you by five yearly value in three months , and invest for initially life cover of twenty thousand , and that 's O K for now . |
| 26 | Well no no but I mean , if we limit it to two for the first day , and a I mean I shall know by eleven o'clock |