Example sentences of "if they [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , who would guess , if they did not already happen to know , that the huge sum raised by plants was the achievement and gift of one family – the Crawfords ? |
| 2 | The force with which the judges made their case for Second Empire can be explained by assuming that they felt that if they did not strongly press for this form of building , another , and less welcome style in their eyes , would be adopted . |
| 3 | For example , a person who early on in life formed the assumption that they had to have everybody 's approval in order to be happy , could become depressed if they did not subsequently secure the approval of someone important to them . |
| 4 | In short , teachers are helped to offer all children , as Quinton put it when reporting his and Rutter 's findings ( 1988 ) on the healing effects of teachers on children in even severe adversity , ‘ good school experiences , such as some form of success , accomplishment , sense of self-esteem or just pleasure in school activities ’ , with consequent better adjustment in adult life — even if they did not always seem to have an immediate effect ( ! ) . |
| 5 | His plea was well received by his listeners who , if they did not quite accept his characterisation of the present moment as a ‘ cultural war ’ between the advocates of free expression and individuals he referred to as ‘ know-nothings ’ , nonetheless were happy , even relieved , to have something resembling moral high ground from which to defend themselves in the controversy and even take the battle back to the ‘ enemy ’ . |
| 6 | as if they did n't even want anyone to know they 'd been inside . ’ |
| 7 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |
| 8 | ‘ If they do n't already know , Mother . |
| 9 | Let everyone see what she is , if they do n't already know . |
| 10 | On the other hand , this point of view has to be balanced against those who protest that they only ever see politicians at election time and that if they do n't even call then they are undeserving of a vote . |
| 11 | You actually , if they do n't do the r if they do n't actually put anything down then you ca n't conjure it out of nothing but as long as you can get the benefit of the doubt then you 'll prob y'know we 'll give it to you . |
| 12 | Two is enough really but just to be on the safe side use three and if they do n't all lie in the same straight line then one of them 's wrong . |
| 13 | I certainly think that this is good in terms of , it gives you a a lot of areas , even if they do n't necessarily identify the stories , so , if you 're , sort of taking notes about which areas . |
| 14 | It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified . |
| 15 | It is not a very practical or reliable weapon , but engineers are notoriously fond of clever little devices like this even if they do n't always work . |
| 16 | The debt to Picasso is immediately obvious ; the large canvas , the scale of the figure itself and the distortions within it , the muted pinks , buffs and greys ( which if they do not closely resemble those of the Demoiselles are surely a response to them ) , the treatment of the background in terms of large angular planes — all these features are new in the work of Braque . |
| 17 | Provided that the relevant conditions are met ( see below ) , a firm can treat the following as market counterparties : ( 1 ) Other members of SFA ( in relation to any investments , even if they do not normally deal in them ) ; ( 2 ) Trading members of investment exchanges ( in relation to investments of the kind traded on the exchange , even if they do not themselves normally deal in them , and related derivatives ) . |
| 18 | Position the plant in the centre of the pot so that its crown is about 2 cm ( 1 in ) below the pot rim ( 1 cm/½ in if the compost is soilless ) , spread the roots out if they do not already form a compact ball with the soil and , holding the plant with one hand , fill in compost with the other all round the roots until the pot is full . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , military pilots are still required to qualify for an Airline Transport Pilots Licence soon after joining the Branch if they do not already possess one , since much of their investigating career is going to be closely concerned with civil regulations and civil operating techniques as well as with the technicalities of flying . |
| 20 | Repeat this procedure with the apples if they do not already have stems and push them into the cane |
| 21 | If they do not then deny them as possible bases for their own action they defeat the very point and purpose of the arbitration . |
| 22 | They deserve to be listed in this context , as they often operate in unison even if they do not always do so . |
| 23 | What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them . |
| 24 | There is not , of course total disagreement , but contradictory positions are present , even if they do not radically affect the priority to be given to economic growth . |
| 25 | If they do not fully understand them , they may be destroyed by the voices of the old unreconstructed socialist Left who will briefly find their voice again . |
| 26 | Does the knowledge that an experiment is taking place , even if they do not fully understand what it is about , mean that people behave differently from usual ? |
| 27 | Once again , the marketing mentality permeates these specialist services for they need to understand marketing principles and concepts even if they do not directly involve themselves in the data and planning . |
| 28 | The egoist might raise a further objection : granted that I do indeed suffer from a sufferer 's viewpoint , I generally feel very much less from other viewpoints than from my own ; then will not the inclinations I choose in obedience to ‘ Be aware ’ tend to be self-centred , even if they do not quite fulfil the requirements of a pure philosophical egoism ? |
| 29 | Patients undergoing surgery sometimes find talking to a spiritual counsellor provides psychological comfort , even if they do not usually practise a religion . |