Example sentences of "if [pron] had the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I doubt if I had the necessary day or so to spare . |
| 4 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | You see if I had the original identification I could at least match it up against a description . ’ |
| 7 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 8 | If you had the inner relief road those figures would in fact therefore change quite dramatically in the same way that the A sixty one figures have changed . |
| 9 | If you had the additional capital to go all-out for a new start I 'd say it was almost a certainty . |
| 10 | It is if you had the other compound where this O H group was on carbon number two as well then those two would be positional isomers cos their carbon skeleton would then be the same and all they would differ is in the position of the O H functional group . |
| 11 | Prior to that the only way that you could get sweets was if you had the necessary ration coupons . |
| 12 | ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’ |
| 13 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 14 | We could , then , presumably , if we had the relevant instrumentation , specify the place of the utterance in terms of a fine interaction of latitude and longitude . |
| 15 | If we had the given conception of " now-they-work-and-now-they-don't " circumstances , we presumably would also have an idea along these lines that might be reported . |
| 16 | Almost certainly if we had the full text of Edward 's coronation oath , we should find that , like his predecessors back to the early twelfth century and his successors to the end of the Middle Ages , he promised to protect the liberties of the church , which , after all , was also the substance of the first clause of Magna Carta . |
| 17 | So , if we had the same range of materials on video as we do on audio , would we continue to use audio in language teaching ? |
| 18 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 19 | Clearly , some of the needs now met by social services departments would be better met by the old people themselves if they had the financial means to preserve their own independence . |
| 20 | Who on earth would want a holiday in Wales if they had the slightest knowledge of the climate ? |
| 21 | There would hardly have been harmony between them if they had the same desires , if their interests coincided , if they were a threat to each other . |
| 22 | And you do n't fall asleep , as you are inclined to do if you try to be an absorbent sponge , soaking in what the authors say as if they had the last word . |
| 23 | If that were so then what I say would be true if it had the appropriate backing , false otherwise . |
| 24 | These findings offered important support for theoretical proposals about children 's acquisition of the meanings of more and less as well as of other adjective pairs ( e.g. , big/small , tall/short , wide/narrow ) , in that they appeared to show that children first learned the meaning of the unmarked term for a dimension ( e.g. , big , tall ) , and interpreted the marked ( negative ) member ( small , short ) of the pair as if it had the same meaning as the unmarked ( positive ) member ( see H. Clark , 1970 ; Clark , 1973a ) . |
| 25 | They 'd have probably given him ninety days if he had the right advice . ’ |
| 26 | I asked him if he had the right number ? |
| 27 | If he had the slightest suspicion of how she really felt , it could well bring out the sympathetic side of his nature . |
| 28 | Fourth , why , if he had the unusual habit of signing on the back , do none of the new Ravens have a similar signature ? |
| 29 | He says he wanted to find out if he had the intellectual ability to complete a degree starting from nothing . |
| 30 | If anyone had the individual headhunting kudos to survive as a one-man band it would be priem or , of course , Roche . |