Example sentences of "if we [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So if we would like further consultation apparently it was noted in view of the test carry out what we could do erm in fact the questionnaires have the response , I do share some of Mr 's er er worries that erm I think we ought to get out of the way and say to number one that this er . |
2 | Then I did ask myself if we would see this place again ; and when Jaffa started to disappear to our starboard , I remember I said to myself : ‘ If this ship could turn round now , I would return to Jaffa . ’ |
3 | We may ask if we would have different views on the interrelationships of modern craniates if we had no fossils . |
4 | Of the scientific Discourses at the Royal Institution some were describing original research , occasionally very new as when J. J. Thomson reported in 1897 the discovery of the electron ( if we may allow that phrase ) ; others were in the nature of a review of recent work . |
5 | I wonder if we 'll get any snow ? |
6 | Instead he said , ‘ I was going to ask you if we might have some breakfast . |
7 | Well I think some of the big problems if we can clarify mechanical breakdown insurance . |
8 | If we can bring such talks into being , we shall be making our contribution . |
9 | ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’ |
10 | If we can associate certain patterns of family living with the process of industrialization then what were these particular patterns , and were they caused by industrialization or a necessary pre-condition for it ? |
11 | However , my hon. Friend is perfectly correct : if we can make constructive progress along those lines , one of the consequences will be that we shall marginalise the terrorist . |
12 | It is not as if we can give young people a ration of knowledge that they can draw on throughout their careers . |
13 | ‘ If we can settle institutional deals in a secure environment , then that could perhaps be quite a cheap exercise and fairly simple to establish . |
14 | If we can answer that question — and I believe with Christ 's power we can — we can turn the tide of war and tyranny here . |
15 | If we can answer this question , we shall have gone some way to understanding the different claims made in the Conservative and Labour manifestos . |
16 | You see if we can split this Union in two , that 's exactly what the management wants . |
17 | If we can treat any piece of conversational data as a process in which two or more participants speak within the topic framework , we should also find in their contributions elements which characterise their own personal ‘ speaker 's topics ’ . |
18 | Hopefully , we can if we can retain some membership , then obviously hopefully we can put some money to return to these unemployed centres and give the government what it needs , a good kick up the arse . |
19 | Consequently , if we can exhibit one BFS corresponding to a tree , all BFSs will correspond to trees . |
20 | If we can capture that human look it helps to characterise the bird |
21 | If we can establish that literacy practice involved a socially variable set of conventions ( as I hope this book will make a contribution to doing ) , then claims for its consequences will not so easily be disguised as universal truths . |
22 | If we can reduce that term , at no extra cost , surely be an advantage . |
23 | If indeed there are dangers to the health of our children in exposure to low levels of lead , and if we can reduce this exposure by banning lead additives from petrol , then something can and should be done . |
24 | If we can see this wealth of ideas as stimulations to the imagination rather than as what we have hitherto understood as literal truth we may gain deeper insights into the true nature of our relationship with the living Earth . |
25 | Now , if we can convince enough Tories , often a handful , ten , fifteen , twenty , there is a possibility however faint , that you can change the government 's mind . |
26 | If we can average 1.5–2 pts between now and 8th January ( AND beat Scum ) we should still be in there with a shout . |
27 | I 'll accept that , if we can nick some money from the private sector to educate our activists , so be it . |
28 | It is only if we can read that record that we can discover some very important biological characteristics of human beings , since ( to repeat an earlier point ) it is through convention , convention that has a history , that human nature is expressed . |
29 | If we can get that machine though . |
30 | If we can get that lot sorted |