Example sentences of "if [pron] be [verb] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 2 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 3 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 4 | Er I mean that , that 's not an attempt to dissuade or anyone but it , it you know people are very traditional and if the Garrick has always charged reasonably and suddenly there seems to be rate of inflation and this sort of thing , you know , as Linda said , they might think okay , I 'll pay three quid but I 'm damned if I 'm buying any raffle tickets . |
| 5 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 6 | By the time Judith was seven , it was quite obvious to Bertha Cohen that if she was to have any hope of achieving the enlargement of her life that she dreamed of she would just have to try again . |
| 7 | It is useless if you are fishing any distance from the bank , or even close to the bank but a distance downstream , for in this instance it may attract fish past your baited hook and to the source of the feed . |
| 8 | If you are taking any vitamin tablets with coloured coatings , give these up — an uncoloured supplement is suggested on p 337 . |
| 9 | If you are to finish any piece of woodwork you must learn to live with faults and find ways to disguise them . |
| 10 | They will help you with the choice of holiday and the selection of accommodation or simply offer you advice if you are experiencing any difficulty in making up your mind . |
| 11 | If you are arranging any function which involves the use of video , it is safest to specify as precisely as you can both the format and the colour system you will need or can offer . |
| 12 | If you are offered any work on television or radio you will need to join the union . |
| 13 | if you are offered any time of gift or inducement from people with whom you have dealings as a representative of the ES ; |
| 14 | While there are good ideas tumbling from your head , you 'll need to slow them down if you are to make any use of them . |
| 15 | However , it must be stressed that you must still practise the manoeuvre if you are to stand any chance of success in an emergency situation . |
| 16 | If you 're to do any service to Harry , you must not appear in this . |
| 17 | If we are to combat any attempt of the Right to exploit issues involving sexuality in order to hang onto power , we can not afford to neglect the virtue of solidarity — which involves a certain restraint concerning our feelings bout what other people do in bed . |
| 18 | Resisting them is essential if we are to make any advance with our own life-respecting alternatives . |
| 19 | ‘ All League matches are vital , but we simply have to win this one if we are to have any chance of taking the title , ’ said Evans . |
| 20 | However , I believe that it is unavoidable if we are to have any hope of defending what is ours . |
| 21 | We must have partnership between government and non-government if we are to achieve any degree of success in our aid efforts . |
| 22 | A new approach to central area redevelopment was implied if the argument was accepted , that if we were to have any chance of living with the car , then a different type of city was needed . |
| 23 | This will be essential if one is to have any hope of detecting the much lower fluorescence levels . |
| 24 | The beer awards given at GBBF must be moved to a cooler part of the year if they are to have any credibility . |
| 25 | The adventurers must cut their way to the archway quickly if they are to have any hope of surviving . |
| 26 | If they are to have any significance , their lives must be self-constructed and made significant with the use of homemade materials . |
| 27 | One persistent idea has been that the two main moderate right-wing parties , the Rassemblement pour la République and the Union pour la Démocratie Française , must get together if they are to have any chance of regaining power . |
| 28 | Their effect will be rapid if they are to have any effect at all . |
| 29 | With severe skills shortages looming , UK companies must promote more women to the most senior positions if they are to stand any chance of competing globally in the next century . |
| 30 | Oxford had a lot to do if they were to stand any chance of taking on Italian opposition . |