Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
2 | If I trace the two lines on a transparent screen between my eye and the lines , the lines in my tracing , as in the original , will be equal in length . |
3 | do n't swear , ooh you 're doing well , if I get some of these bits , if I get the whole ones and the big pieces they can go on the top and that |
4 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
5 | ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’ |
6 | ‘ I have Mattie if I need the usual palliatives , coffee , alcohol , warmth . |
7 | and could report upon them in their own ethical statements , but they could not object to my ethical statements as I meant them , if I have the relevant feelings . |
8 | It may help if I summarize the main conclusions . |
9 | And it 's really to provide , according to Derek , it 's to provide the Secretary of State with some ideas of costings of , if she decides the new careers services to run careers conventions , she would make that part of the specification and she would know how much that that was likely to cost her . |
10 | It would be impossible to accuse Lili of being ill-dressed , but if she wore the same clothes for decade after decade while my mother did not , then there was something wrong somewhere and my mother was suspecting that , implicit in the situation , lay criticism of her taste and judgement . |
11 | you know , just ask them if there 's any more money in it if she works the long hours . |
12 | If you exclude the eight hours on average spent in bed each night , then you could be spending around 65 per cent of your entire waking life in one form of sedentary position or another . |
13 | Yes , if you use the 110 hinges and lock strikers . |
14 | Perming is one of the main causes of lifeless hair but it is avoidable if you use the correct products to protect and moisturise it . |
15 | The later seats will fit if you use the later mounts but you will have to modify the seatbelt mounts as they are fitted in the pillar of later vehicles . |
16 | If you apply the same consequences to both children — say , time-out — not only are you relieved of being judge and jury but you encourage them to avoid fights by cooperating or settling differences peacefully . |
17 | Nevertheless , if you pick the required specimens carefully , you 'll be able to remove several leaves or flowers from , for instance , a bush in full bloom without spoiling its appearance or harming it . |
18 | If you eat the right foods and take some exercise you will begin to understand and know your body better and you will be able to discern something that is just a muscular ache from carrying heavy shopping from a pain that you have never encountered before . |
19 | If you follow the above rules you should be as safe as possible . |
20 | If you follow the exact instructions in the manual to install the software on a winchester you are likely to be in for a shock . |
21 | The design criteria for desktop publishing are simple enough if you follow the basic guidelines . |
22 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
23 | ‘ But if you get the wrong cues , you have to adjust the lines to make sense of the dialogue . ’ |
24 | It 's a good idea to keep that test data , because later on , you 're almost certainly going to make changes and you 'll therefore need to re-test the system , and a quick way to re-test the system is to put all that test data in again and see if you get the same answers . |
25 | The reason for this is that if you put the female pupae in the tube before they hatch to the adult stage , you will ensure that females mate only with the type of male you put in the tube . |
26 | If you put the right ones in there my love you 've got a fortune . |
27 | But if you reshape the national accounts and show the money is going on capital projects ( something of a long term value ) it becomes a different matter . |
28 | If you reached the wire there were two ways of dying ; if you reached the German Trenches , a dozen . |
29 | Racehorses , helicopters ; both needed hands responsive to the messages reaching them , and both would usually go where you wanted if you sent the right messages back . |
30 | Do you have a quarter of the right you would expect if you done the forty years . |