Example sentences of "if it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For myself , ’ Mrs Parvis went on , ‘ I 'd have felt more excited like , if it 'd finished lost summer . |
| 2 | The Judge said if it had cost one penny more he would have been hanged . |
| 3 | It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated . |
| 4 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 5 | If it had said solid silver I 'd have been down the h down the s down the high street . |
| 6 | It was a black and white picture , superficially scratched , and curling at the edges , as if it had received much handling . |
| 7 | A flicker of rebellion stole into her mind and , as if it had needed that impetus , one clear thought struggled free . |
| 8 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton MP , Scottish Office environment minister , said it would be ‘ additional ’ to the public road building programme and could start by 1992 or 1993 — against a delay until the next century if it had to await public funding . |
| 9 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |
| 10 | However , given the importance of the mortality record of the children of what we believe to be economically inactive , one parent families , any analysis of health inequalities will be seriously flawed if it fails to include this group . |
| 11 | Where an exclusion clause controlled by the UCTA is specific to a particular liability the effect of the UCTA is either to render the clause unenforceable ( if the UCTA imposes a total ban ) , or ( if the UCTA imposes the requirement of reasonableness ) to render the clause unenforceable if it fails to satisfy that requirement . |
| 12 | The merchant bank or broker will charge a commission for procuring the subscribers and may agree to subscribe itself for the balance if it fails to procure sufficient interest from its clients . |
| 13 | Either it must achieve the reductions it agreed to by using technological means to remove the sulphur from domestic coal , or , if it chooses to see low-sulphur coal being imported , or gas burned in power stations , it must endure reductions in emissions closer to those agreed by West Germany , the Netherlands , France , Belgium and Denmark . ’ |
| 14 | Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time . |
| 15 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 16 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 17 | How would you know if it 's finished one side ? |
| 18 | I think a business can hardly fail if it 's got that sort of spirit . |
| 19 | If it 's got another consonant do you know what a consonant is ? |
| 20 | I do n't know , it looks as if it 's got some grit in it for when it gets icy I suppose you have to put he grit down there . |
| 21 | I have ju I do n't know if it 's got any water in , I have only just boiled it . |
| 22 | 1993 is a time to put everything you 've got into your career and ambitions , even if it means sacrificing some fun . |
| 23 | We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation . |
| 24 | If it costs to transport one item from i to j , how should the goods be transported in order to satisfy all requirements at minimum cost ? |
| 25 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 26 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |