Example sentences of "if [noun] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is argued that even if researchers do not really believe in the religion that they are studying , they will get more information if they pretend to do so — if , in other words , they use covert , rather than overt , methods of investigation . |
| 2 | If B does not so account , B is liable to reimburse C. A ‘ double liability ’ would , however , still exist if both A and B were insolvent . |
| 3 | If retirement does not inevitably involve economic dependency , then it is easy to see how retirement may result from a positive choice by those people who believe they will not suffer any substantially reduced ability to consume . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid if things do n't soon improve , you may have to find another employer . ’ |
| 5 | Even if sociologists do not actually provide a solution themselves , their data are often used in the formulation of policy by others . |
| 6 | Furthermore , it is said , as native speakers of a language seem able to recognize correct and incorrect sentences , the idea of there being language rules exemplified in such sentences does seem to correspond to some kind of reality , even if people do not always speak according to these abstracted rules . |
| 7 | erm if people do n't actually read the policies erm they wo n't be fully aware of what they 're being offered . |
| 8 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 9 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 10 | If Gibbs does not finally catch up with Horan and Little , any talk of a resurgence in Welsh fortunes will have to be put on ice . |
| 11 | If most experiences were nonveridical — or , to put it another way , if seeing did not usually justify believing — we probably would not survive for long . |
| 12 | If Jimmy does not completely enclose his chickens he has not made a polygon . |