Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we proceed to draw the line , where exactly will it fall ? |
| 2 | If we try to analyse the conception of possession , we find two elements . |
| 3 | ‘ If we try to re-cross the desert without water and provisions for the st'lyan , we 'll end up walking . ’ |
| 4 | Organizations are political systems and we need to recognize the sources and manifestations of power if we hope to understand the behaviour of individuals or groups within them . |
| 5 | We might begin by asking ourselves just what is a sexual problem : we may find the term a difficult one to define , and even more so if we attempt to assess the magnitude of the problem in any given situation or individual . |
| 6 | To be very specific is dangerous , because if we attempt to clothe the image too precisely U becomes restricted , less of ‘ light ’ and more of ‘ substance ’ , and the life may go from it . |
| 7 | If we wish to claim the leading of the Spirit of God with any assurance , we shall find that the leading is always towards Jesus . |
| 8 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 9 | It is essential , therefore , that a clear theoretical basis for multicultural mathematics be developed if we wish to demonstrate the value of a multicultural approach to education . |
| 10 | If we wish to examine the problem of recidivism amongst offenders , to look at the prisons alone would ignore the crucial roles played by the courts and the Home Office in the determination of sentences and the prison system we have . |
| 11 | Although , if we wish to test the depth of these mid-Victorian fears and also to judge the constancy of the vocabularies of reaction , then we must edge back a few years to an episode that would bring back flogging as a judicial punishment almost as soon as it had been abolished . |
| 12 | If we wish to extend the equation to describe geodesics followed by light , we write where λ is the path parameter discussed in Section 6.3 . |
| 13 | If we wish to know the heritability of size we breed together sets of parents of different sizes , and measure the size of the offspring . |
| 14 | If we wish to measure the past in terms of life-expectancy , poverty , ignorance , disease , education , comfort and leisure , then there is no doubt that the modern world in the West has come a long way . |
| 15 | For example , if we wish to delete the information that Martin is studying B742 , it can not be done without deleting the information that Prof. Harris teaches the module B742 . |
| 16 | If we wish to query the validity of his data we must look at the methods employed in collecting data on various aspects of population which go into his publications . |
| 17 | If we wish to add the information that Prof. Harris can teach B742 , three tuples need to be added to the relation . |
| 18 | If we wish to understand the structure of objective economic inequality in capitalist society , we must understand both of these economic relations and see both as producing distinct social classes . |
| 19 | the case should be diaried and the advised immediately on expiry of the limitation period if we intend to take the point . |
| 20 | If we decide to change the way we do business or change the way the application works on how it models our environment , then we have to revisit using this architecture every single client machine on the network and upgrade that particular business function . |
| 21 | However , if we choose to confront the horse , and to fight it out , the horse will always associate having its feet picked up with anger and fear , and it will always be difficult . |
| 22 | The second one , wo if we look to support the carnival and their extortionate high insurance costs . |
| 23 | In other words , if we want to compare the size of the money stock at one point in time ( M st ) with that of a previous point in time ( M st-1 ) , we have to look at the flow ( change ) of money between those two points |
| 24 | If we want to see the night sky , we have to leave the bright lights of the city behind and climb a darkened mountain . |
| 25 | If we want to see the glory of God ( which no man can do in all its unmediated radiance , and live , Exod. 33:20 ) then we must seek it in the person of Jesus . |
| 26 | If we want to assess the relationship between X and Y but are worried that both are associated with a third variable , Z , whose effect we therefore wish to control , we adopt a two-stage procedure . |
| 27 | 4 If x+ ½ find the value of the following : unc If we want to find the value of an expression with more than one letter in it , we have to know what number each letter is standing for and then substitute the correct number in place of each letter . |
| 28 | Because the microscope gives an image which is fuzzy over a distance of the size of the wavelength of the light being used , if we want to measure the position more accurately we must decrease the wavelength . |
| 29 | A possible response to this may be that if we want to understand the concept of knowledge we must treat the use of ‘ I know ’ ( the activity of avouching ) as the primary thing , but that there are other psychological verbs — such as ‘ I hope ’ — in which a speaker using the first person singular of the present tense does simply express his mental state . |
| 30 | If we want to understand the functioning of a pay-roll system of a local authority we could see it as a system and the near environment will include the other departments of the local authority as well as the banks , building societies and other financial institutions . |