Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb base] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's better to tell them beforehand , ‘ You wheel the chair and if I need help in a shop , I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 2 | If you omit words from a quotation , indicate the omission by the use of three points ( … ) , allowing a blank space on either side . |
| 3 | RULE Number One : If you hold shares in a company that receives a take-over bid , never sell out early . |
| 4 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |
| 5 | If you suffer loss as a result of the manner of an unfair dismissal , for example because you lose the chance of another job when your prospective employer learns that you have been sacked , you will be compensated for that loss . |
| 6 | ‘ So , if you get wind of a rumour from Salome on , say , Bloggs International , which says that tomorrow they 're going to be taken over on very generous cash terms , then you buy as much Bloggs stock as you can . |
| 7 | It 's faster , harder and , if you lose concentration for a second , you 've had it . |
| 8 | If you put money in a bank or building society some years ago , ask how much interest it is now earning . |
| 9 | But you 've only got , if you w if you put chips in a basket in a chip pan if it , the fat boils up you can at least lift the chips out straight away but if you 're putting them straight into the pan there 's no hope of stopping it coming over . |
| 10 | Well , what people forget is that , if you put employers in a straight-jacket , the people who suffer first , are the employees , which as you appreciate will not take on the future . |
| 11 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 12 | Erm but maybe this , this issue is , is , could be important in the sense that you , you 've got tt er if you take China as a whole you 've probably got well in excess of a million villages erm you 've probably got a denser population in the south than the north so you 've got more than half a million villages in the south |
| 13 | Well I I erm Roy Donson House Builders ' Federation , I I think it will because if you take Hambleton as an example and and and and we 've seen in more detail stage one er more detailed justification for the boundaries of some particular settlements in the Hambleton District Plan er based on a based on a landscape analysis . |
| 14 | If you take photographs as a hobby , you are likely to have produced at least one quality snap in your time and it might just be that a magazine would find it useful . |
| 15 | He recalls one study suggested that if you present youngsters with a diet of relentlessly insipid programmes then that in itself may stir up aggressive tendencies and encourage violence . |
| 16 | In fact if you concentrate attention on a habit it often causes the habitual behaviour pattern to break down . |
| 17 | If you borrow money from a bank and it becomes insolvent you do not have a problem . |
| 18 | If you prefer fun at a gentler pace , there are plenty of attractions especially for you . |
| 19 | For example , if you mix springs from an unlevelled One Ten with those of a levelled One Ten , the ride and handling is poor . |
| 20 | Big mugs : if you like drinks in a big way , get these colourful French-style breakfast mugs and saucers , £6.99 , from The Reject Shop |
| 21 | But if you lend money to a bank and it becomes insolvent you do . |
| 22 | Because if you define requirements in an ivory tower and you do n't talk to the client , you 're gon na produce something which is n't exactly what they necessarily want . |
| 23 | If you happen to.sit on a drawing pin and jump up the objective is a rear-end one . |
| 24 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 25 | For example , if you place £2 on a horse with odds of 5/1 , and it wins , you win £10 ( five times £2 ) . |
| 26 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 27 | For truly I say to you , if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed , you will say to this mountain , move from here to their at it will move . |
| 28 | For truly , I say to you , if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed , you 'll say to this mountain , move from here to there , and it 'll move , and nothing 'll be impossible . |
| 29 | so , yeah , yeah I mean if you have flu for a week or something , you know everything |
| 30 | This is a handy tool if you have reservations about a customer 's financial ability but you still want to do business with him . |